GORHAM, Maine — The Albertus Magnus College women's ice hockey team dropped a 5-0 road contest against New England Hockey Conference opponent Southern Maine University on Saturday.

Christmas Johnson (Winnipeg, Manitoba) collected 30 saves in the net for the Falcons, while Maddy Gootjes (Quispamsis, New Brunswick) earned five of Albertus' 16 blocked shots.

THE BASICS

FINAL: Southern Maine 5 | Albertus Magnus 0

RECORDS: Albertus (4-15-2, 2-11-1 NEHC) | Southern Maine (10-9-2, 7-5-2 NEHC)

BOX

HOW IT HAPPENED

• Albertus had back-to-back opportunities to get on the board in the first minute and a half as Tori Walsh (Marystown, Newfoundland) and Kayla Clark (Avon, Conn.) had blocked shots by a pair of Huskies.
• Southern Maine drew a penalty for a power play, but the visitors stifled the home team's advantage with a blocked shot by Isabella Fedele (Buffalo, N.Y.) and a save secured by Johnson.
• Clark stormed the scoring zone for a potential powerplay goal, but Jess Maclean denied the attempt with a block.
• Following the powerplay chance for the Falcons, Johnson sent away six shots by the Huskies across a minute of action to keep the score deadlocked at zero.
• With another attempt to score off the short-handed visitors, Southern Maine couldn't capitalize on the powerplay thanks to a pair of blocks by Gootjes and two saves by Johnson.
• Southern Maine netted their first goal of the contest at 18:33 off the tip-in by Ellie Eiger and put the hosts up, 1-0, in the opening period.
• The Huskies connected a trio of goals — including a powerplay goal — in the second period for the 4-0 lead. Saige Macleod scored twice in the period for the Huskies. Southern Maine added one more goal in the third.

BETWEEN THE PIPES

Albertus

Christmas Johnson (L, 3-12-2) 30 Shots on Goal | 25 Saves | 5 Goals Allowed

Southern Maine

Ellie Fredenburg (W, 3-0-0) 15 Shots on Goal | 15 Saves | 0 Goals Allowed

TEAM STATS

Power-Play Goals/Opportunities

Albertus 0/5 | Southern Maine 2/9

Penalties/Minutes

Albertus 10/20| Southern Maine 4/11

Faceoffs Won 

Albertus 30 | Southern Maine 30

UP NEXT

Albertus hosts its final home game of the season against NEHC foe Elmira College in a weekend series on February 7-8, with the first game on Friday at 5 p.m.