RUTLAND, Vt. – Senior forward Tori Charron (Tecumseh, Ontario) scored with 8:33 left in the third period to help the Norwich University women's hockey team to a 2-1 victory and survive a scare from Castleton on Friday afternoon at Spartan Arena.

Charron batted a rebound out of midair after Castleton goalie Paula Stephens made an initial save on Marie-Philip Guay (Longueuil, Quebec) to score her eighth goal of the season and the difference maker in the game.

Senior forward Emily MacKinnon (Kirkland, Quebec) also scored for Norwich (6-1-0, 5-0-0 ECAC East) as the Cadets picked up their sixth straight victory and stayed perfect in Eastern College Athletic Conference (ECAC) play.

Castleton (3-5-0, 1-3-0 ECAC East) outplayed Norwich for nearly the entire first period and went up just 3:16 into the game when Nicoline Jensen scored on a rebound in front of the net off an assist from Anna Daniels.

MacKinnon salvaged the first period by scoring with just five seconds left in the first period by flipping a shot in on the backhand off a rebound after Brittany Sharman (Ayer's Cliff, Quebec) had a shot deflected away by Stephens. MacKinnon pounced on the rebound though and slid the puck past Stephens on the right side of the net to tie the game at one heading into the first intermission.

Norwich junior goalie Taylor Fairchild (Overland Park, Kan.) made 22 saves for Norwich to improve to 4-0 on the season. She also had a 13-period shutout streak snapped with Jensen's early first-period goal.

Castleton's Stephens was brilliant again for the Spartans against NU, stopping 37 shots to keep the game close.

Norwich returns to action on Saturday afternoon when it travels to New England College to take on the Pilgrims at 1 p.m. at the Lee Clement Arena.  

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