Century edges Austin girls hockey team in OT

Published 8:50 pm Sunday, January 8, 2012

The Austin girls hockey team lost its third straight game when it fell to Rochester Century 3-2 in overtime in Rochester Saturday.

The Panthers (7-5 overall, 5-4 Big Nine) won the game when Shantel Loos scored with 2:11 left in the extra session. Loos also forced overtime when she scored early in the third period to make it a 2-2 game.

Austin (7-10 overall, 4-6 Big Nine) took a 2-1 lead when Kennedy Thompson scored two goals in a four-minute span in the second period.

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“The girls played a good game and Allison Hoban made some tremendous saves to keep us in it,” Austin head coach Denny Bray said.

Hoban finished with 28 saves.

SCORING SUMMARY

Austin 0 2 0 0 — 2

Century 0 1 1 1 — 3

First period

No scoring

Second period

(C) Madeline Eischen (Rebecca Lorsung) 5:13

(A) Kennedy Thompson (Carley Grunewald) 9:33

(A) Thompson (shorthanded) (Abby Gallaher) 13:06

Third period

(C) Shantel Loos (Katherine Aney, Jessica Aney) 1:16

OT

(C) Loos (Jessica Aney, Katherine Aney) 4:49

Shots: Austin — 26; Century — 31