NORTHFIELD, Vt. - The Norwich University women's ice hockey team slipped past Trinity with a 1-0 win in overtime on Sunday afternoon in an exhibition game at Kreitzberg Arena.

Junior Maddie Moell (Clarence Center, N.Y.) continued her impressive third season in a Cadet uniform, tallying the game-winning goal on a 2-on-1 rush during 3-on-3 overtime to lift Norwich to the victory.

Moell dispossesed a Trinity player of the puck near the Norwich blue line and then fed the puck up to Kenady Nevicosi (Breckenridge, Colo.) to set up the odd-player rush. Nevicosi skated down the right wing and fed a pass over to Moell, who took it and wristed a shot that hit Trinity goalie Stephanie Garvis in the right shoulder, but ended rolling up over her and trickled into the back of the net to clinch the victory for the Cadets.

Moell's goal spoiled an otherwise remarkable goaltending effort from Garvis, who made 39 saves for the Bantams to keep them in the game. Norwich junior goalie Alexa Berg (West Fargo, N.D.) was equally impressive, matching the Bantam goalie with zeroes through 60 minutes. Berg made 20 saves to pick up the shutout. 

Norwich finished 0-for-4 on the power play, while Trinity was 0-for-3. The Cadets killed off a five-minute major to open the third period for a huge momentum boost. NU controlled all of the action in overtime, outshooting Trinity 5-0.

Sunday's exhibition marked the first time Norwich's first two assistant coaches faced off as head coaches as Keith Maurice '02 was behind the bench for the Bantams and Sophie Leclerc '10 was behind the Cadets' bench. The two are both also Barre, Vt. natives and Spaulding High School graduates.

Trinity's roster also featured former NU women's hockey head coach Mark Bolding's '95 daughter, Corinne, who is a freshman with the Bantams this season.

Norwich will close out the 2021 season next weekend when it faces off against Castleton in another home-and-home series. The Cadets host the Spartans at 6 p.m. on Friday at Kreitzberg Arena, while they travel to Rutland on Saturday for a 1 p.m. faceoff with the Spartans.