By Michael Heilman

The Boston Pride visited the Danbury Ice Arena for game one Saturday afternoon against the Connecticut Whale, who are still searching for their first win of the season. The Pride were looking to remain undefeated and build on their season record of 14-0.

The Pride did not waste any time as the first period started moving the puck to the Whale’s zone and scored the first goal of the game four minutes and forty-eight seconds by McKenna Brand with an assist from Jillian Dempsey to put the Pride up 1-0. Both the Pride and the whales were called for penalties; however, neither team capitalized as the Pride remained in the lead 1-0 as the first period ended.

The Pride continued to dominate the Whale’s offensively in the second period with seventeen shots on goal to the Whale’s six. The Pride committed two penalties in the second period but didn’t allow a goal. The Whale’s only committed one penalty, which the Pride couldn’t take advantage of in the power play. The Pride remained in the lead 1-0 as the second period came to a close.

The Pride were looking to finish off the Whale’s as the third period got underway. Momentum shifted to the Whale’s favor as the third period was nearing the halfway mark when the Whale’s tied the game 1-1 on a goal by Hanna Beattie with assists from Maddie Evangelous and Shannon Doyle. There was a scary scene a couple of minutes later, as Pride forward Tori Sullivan tripped Shannon Doyle, who was still lying on the ice for a few minutes before getting back to her feet and remained in the game. Both teams were battling it out for the remainder of the third period and were heading to overtime tied 1-1.

Neither team couldn’t score in the overtime and so they headed to a shootout. The Pride’s Tori Sullivan scored in the shootout to keep the Pride’s undefeated streak intact with a 2-1 win over the Connecticut Whale.

The Pride dominated the shots on goal total with fifty-four, and Whale’s had twenty-four shots. The Pride went zero for two on the power play while the Whale’s went zero for five. Pride goalie Lovisa Selander made twenty-three out of twenty-four saves allowing one goal, and Whale’s goalie Brooke Wolejko made fifty-six out of fifty-seven saves allowing one goal. Both of these teams will do it again for game two tomorrow at 1:30 pm from the Danbury Ice Arena.