Darien and New Canaan girls hockey teams skate to 1-1 tie in rivalry thriller

New Canaan’s Jess Eccleston (7) and Darien’s Nelle Kniffin (20) and Evelyn Hidy (8) mix it up during a girls ice hockey game at the Darien Ice House on Saturday, Jan. 26. — Dave Stewart/Hearst Connecticut Media photo

It was a girls ice hockey game more befitting a state championship in March than squarely in the middle of the regular season for the Darien Blue Wave and New Canaan Rams.

Darien’s Colleen Cassidy scored with 0.7 seconds remaining in regulation and the two rivals skated through an eight-minute overtime before finishing in a 1-1 tie Saturday night at the Darien Ice House.

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