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Barrington delivers OT winner as Huskies beat Tigers 6-5
Posted: Oct 17, 2025

Barrington delivers OT winner as Huskies beat Tigers 6-5

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Scoring Summary
1st - 09:40 - Leslie Cuddihy (Saint Mary's)
2nd - 01:25 - Avery Cant (Saint Mary's)
2nd - 03:59 - Avery Cant (Saint Mary's)
2nd - 13:20 - Gillian Lapierre (Saint Mary's)
2nd - 16:34 - PP - Lexie Small (Dalhousie)
3rd - 07:29 - Avery Holmes (Dalhousie)
3rd - 08:21 - Avery Holmes (Dalhousie)
3rd - 10:20 - Keyara Nelson (Saint Mary's)
3rd - 11:47 - Abby Larkin (Dalhousie)
3rd - 12:32 - Mollie Power (Dalhousie)
OT - 00:53 - Anna Barrington (Saint Mary's)
Game Leaders
Saint Mary's
G: Avery Cant - 2
A: 2 Players (#3, #14) - 2
Sh: Jillian Duggan - 7
Sv: Ridleigh Hansen - 16
Dalhousie
G: Avery Holmes - 2
A: 7 Players (#8, #9, #10, #11, #22, #23, #24) - 1
Sh: 2 Players (#16, #17) - 4
Sv: Grace Beer - 20
Team Stats
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HALIFAX, NS - Saint Mary's defender Anna Barrington scored the game-winning goal 53 seconds into overtime, as the Huskies defeated crosstown rivals Dalhousie Tigers 6-5 on Friday night at the Halifax Forum.

Midway through the first period, the Huskies opened the scoring, as forward Charlotte Buffie played a pass back to defender Leslie Cuddihy, who fired a shot that beat Dalhousie netminder Grace Beer, giving the Huskies a 1-0 lead 9:40 into play.

The Huskies outshot the Tigers 11-5 in the first period and took a 1-0 lead into intermission.

Saint Mary's quickly added to the league in the second period thanks to back-to-back goals from forward Avery Cant.

First the Huskies forecheck forced a turnover in the Tigers zone, and Cant stole the puck away and deked out Beer, doubling the Huskies lead to 2-0, 1:25 into the second.

Just over two minutes later Cant struck again, taking a pass from Keyara Nelson and firing a wick shot high for her second of the period, extending the lead to 3-0, 3:59 into the second.

Saint Mary's offensive explosion continued, as forward Gillian Lapierre fired a shot that hit the post, but Jillian Duggan stuffed the rebound in, making it 4-0 for the visitors and forcing Dalhousie to change goaltenders, 13:20 into the period.

The Tigers got one back late on a goal from Lexie Small. But the Huskies took a 4-1 lead and 24-10 shots advantage into second intermission.

But the Tigers had a comeback effort left in them, and came out strong in the third period, with forward Avery Holmes scoring back-to-back goals to cut the lead to 4-3.

Saint Mary's forward Keyara Nelson gave the Huskies some breathing room, scoring 10:20 into the period to push the lead to 5-3.

But Dalhousie kept pushing and once again scored two goals in a minute, with Abby Larkin and Mollie Power finding the back of the net to tie it at 5-5 late.

Both teams pushed for a go-ahead goal, but regulation solved nothing and the two crosstown rivals headed into 3-on-3 overtime.

It took less than a minute of overtime play for the Huskies to secure the victory.

Jillian Duggan's initial shot was stopped, but Gillian Lapierre was able to deflect the rebound back to the point, where Anna Barrington fired a one-timer that took a bounce and beat Tigers netminder Madison King, giving the Huskies the 6-5 overtime win.

Avery Cant was named Player of the Game with two goals, while Gillian Lapierre (three assists), Anna Barrington (one goal, one assist), Leslie Cuddihy (one goal, one assist), Jillian Duggan (one goal, one assist) and Keyara Nelson (one goal, one assist) also recorded multi-point nights for the Huskies.

Ridleigh Hansen made 16 saves for the win while Grace Beer (20 saves) and Madison King (9 saves) combined to stop 29 shots in defeat.

The Huskies improve to 2-2-0-0 with the win, while the Tigers drop to 3-0-1-1. The two teams will meet again Saturday night for the second game of the home-and-home battle of Halifax, this time at the Dauphinee Centre at 7 p.m. GET TICKETS

Recap by Allan April / Saint Mary's Huskies Athletics