Box Score Pittsburgh, Pa – (2/13/2015) – The Chatham University hockey team skated to an overtime victory tonight, at home against SUNY Potsdam. The Cougars scored a power-play goal late in the third period to force OT. Chatham then scored their second power-play goal of the game to seal the win. The Cougars are 5-3-1 at home this season.
 
After a scoreless first period, SUNY Potsdam would go up 1-0 early in the second. Junior forward Katrina Hawkins (Powell River, BC) would tie the game unassisted at (11:28). The Bears would take a 2-1 lead deep into the third period, when junior forward Erika Bronk (Fairport, NY) tied the game on a power-play goal at (17:12) forcing overtime. Bronk was assisted by sophomore forward Erika Martin (Fairbanks, AK).
 
On their second power play late into overtime, sophomore forward Jenny Jones (Kernersville, NC) found the back of the Bears net at (04:19). Hawkins and first year forward Cassidy Colhoun (Kincordine, ON) assisted on the goal.
 
Chatham took 31 shots on goal today, with Martin leading the team with 8. Bronk recorded 6 against the Bears, while Hawkins had 4.
 
Jones went an impressive 13 for 16 on face-offs, Martin helped the team going 11 for 17, and Hawkins won both face-offs she took for the team. 
 
Senior goaltender Megan Buchanan (Stittsville, ON) was a wall between the pipes, stopping 26 of 28 shots through regulation time. Buchanan also fended off two SUNY shots on goal in OT. The Cougars power play units were electric, going 2 for 6.
 
Chatham will be back in action for a rematch against SUNY Potsdam in continued ECAC-West play on Saturday February 14, 2015 for a 1:00 p.m. puck drop.
 
 
- COUGARS –                                                                                  
 
Chatham University in Pittsburgh, PA is a member of the President's Athletic Conference (PAC) and offers eight Division III women's sports and six men's sports. The athletic program is housed on Chatham's historic and beautiful Shadyside Campus in the $18 million, 74,000 square foot Athletic and Fitness Center (AFC). Chatham Cougar athletes excel on the field and in the classroom, as illustrated by recent accomplishments such as the women's basketball team's second-highest team GPA across all Division III athletic programs in 2014, and the swimming & diving squad's GPA ranking in the top 50.
 
Women's sports at Chatham include basketball, cross country, ice hockey, soccer, softball, swimming and diving, track & field, and volleyball. Chatham will add six new men's sports in the 2015-2016 academic year: baseball, basketball, cross country, swimming & diving, track & field, and volleyball.
 
For more information, call 1-800-837-1290 or visit www.gochathamcougars.com