By Michael Heilman

The Buffalo Beauts and the Connecticut Whale combined for ten goals with the Beauts coming away victorious 6-4 Sunday afternoon from the Northtown Center in Getzville, NY.

Buffalo’s Brooke Stacey scored three minutes and four seconds into the first period when she rebounded a shot off of Whales goalie Sonjia Shelly to give the Beauts a 1-0 lead. Iveta Klimasova and Marie-Jo Pelletier assisted in Stacey’s goal.

Buffalo then went on the power play when Connecticut’s Jane Morrisette was called for tripping. The penalty allowed the Beauts to take a 2-0 lead as Taylor Accursi lifted the puck over Whale’s goalie Sonjia Shelly. Corinne Buie and Becki Bowering assisted in Accursi’s goal.

Connecticut would get one back as Whales Kayla Meneghin squeezed the puck past Beauts goalie Mariah Fujimagari to cut the Beauts lead 2-1.

Buffalo would go on their second power play as Connecticut’s Hanna Beattie was called for hooking. The Beauts would capitalize on the power play and get a goal back as Megan Delay shot the puck that was tipped in by Cassidy MacPherson to give the Beauts a 3-1 lead. Megan Delay and Erin Gehen assisted in MacPherson’s goal. A little over a minute later, Beauts Marie-Jo Pelletier blasted the puck into the net to extend Buffalo’s lead 4-1 as the first period came to a close.

Connecticut would cut the Beauts lead in half 4-2 three minutes and nine seconds into the second period as Jordan Brickner scored. About three minutes later, the Beauts would get that goal back when Lenka Curmova scored to put the Beauts back up by three goals at 5-2. Sara Bustard assisted in Curmova’s goal. The Beauts went into the locker room with a 5-2 lead at the end of the second period.

Connecticut began to cut Buffalo’s lead in the third period six minutes in as Whales Shannon Doyle shot the puck that deflected off of Emma Vlasic stick to bring the Whales within two at 5-3. Doyle assisted in Vlasic’s goal. A little over a minute later, the Whales cut the Beauts lead to just one when Shannon Doyle shot the puck that bounced off of the goalie, and Haley Payne shot the puck and scored to make it a 5-4 Beauts lead. With less than a minute left in the game, the Beauts Brooke Stacey would score an empty netter to seal the game for the Beauts. Marie-Jo Pelletier assisted in Stacey’s goal. The Buffalo Beauts defeated the Connecticut Whale 5-4.

The three stars of the game were Beauts forward Brooke Stacey, who had two goals, Beauts defender Mary-Jo Pelletier had one goal and two assists, and Whale’s Shannon Doyle had two assists.

Buffalo goalie’s Mariah Fujimagari made nineteen saves out of twenty-one, allowing two goals in thirty-four minutes of play, and Kelsey Neumann made eight saves out of ten, allowing two goals in twenty-five minutes of play. Connecticut’s goalies Sonjia Shelly made sixteen saves out of seventeen shots allowing one goal, and Cassandra Goyette made seven saves out of eleven, allowing four goals.

Buffalo will be off next weekend while the Connecticut Whale will return home to play the Minnesota Whitecaps Saturday, October 26th at 3:30 pm and Sunday, October 27th at 1:30 pm from the Danbury Ice Arena in Danbury, CT.