By Reece Bastien – Contributor

With the hockey season freshly upon us once again and the weather getting colder, that means that Gaiters women’s hockey is back in action! With twelve games currently under their belts, the team sits at 6-6-0.

After sitting at three wins and six losses, from Nov. 23-29 the team went on an impressive three game run. This featured two games against McGill and one against UdeM.

The team started off the stretch with a home game Saturday Nov. 23 faced off against the Mcgill Martlets. From the get-go it was clear this was Bishop’s game to win coming out firing against an unprepared McGill side. The BU team absolutely shelled the Martlets for eight goals in a dominant shutout win. Gabrielle Santerre registered an impressive two goals along with three assists for a five point outing, followed by Maude Pépin with two goals and two assists as well as Daphné Boutin putting up a goal and three assists of her own to put them both at four points on the day. Goaltender Ericka Gagnon registered 25 saves in her shutout performance to help secure a beating on the Martlets.

The following day the team would make the trip down to Montreal to this time face McGill in their home rink. The Martlets would strike early and capture a one goal lead that they managed to hold all the way until the buzzer to end the second period. Down 1-0 heading into the third, the Gaiters offense exploded onto the scene to dash Mcgills hopes. Maude Pépin would once again register two goals as well as an assist, joined by Gabrielle Santerre who potted a goal as well as two apples. The scoring was rounded out by a goal from Naomi Côté to secure back to back wins over Mcgill. Ericka Gagnon would once again shine in net, recording 25 saves on 26 shots she faced.

The final game of the three game win streak as it stands would come at home against the Carrabins on Nov. 29. The women came out ready to lock down the UdeM side and get themselves back to a .500 record. With no goals scored in the first period, Majorie Bolduc would open the scoring in the second assisted by Maude Pépin to give the Gaiters the lead. Anika Lafrenière would find the back of the net for BU once again late in the second off of assists from Jamie Aspropotamitis and Kamryn Johnson to boost the lead to two. With Ericka Gagnon holding down the fort once again and registering a 30 save shutout, this allowed Majorie Bolduc to find the puck and net an unassisted empty netter for her second of the game.

Make sure to tune in next semester for the Gaiters as they look to continue their streak January twelfth at home against Mcgill!