January 5, 2009
OUA M-HOCKEY ROUNDUP: MUNRO LIFTS RAMS TO VICTORY
TORONTO, Ont. - The Ryerson Rams broke a 3-3 tie with a pair of goals in the final four minutes of the third period Sunday for a 5-3 home win over the Ottawa Gee-Gees in men's hockey.
uOttawa, missing three regulars, has lost two straight games to fall to 6-6-3 in the OUA Far East. First-year left wing Donivan Munro broke a 3-3 tie with a power play goal with just under four minutes remaining before second-year forward Brent Small put the game away with an even-strength goal 35 seconds later for 4-10-1 Ryerson.
"Really disappointing weekend," said Gee-Gees head coach Dave Leger. "We've got to re-group."
Gee-Gees first-year defenceman Pierre Bergeron scored in the first period along with a power play goal from first-year left wing Sean Smyth for a 2-1 lead before first-year left wing Matthieu Methot notched his team-leading 12th goal while the Gee-Gees were short-handed in the second period to tie the game heading to the third.
uOttawa hosts Brock (7-7-3 OUA) Sat., Jan. 10, 7 p.m. at the Sports Complex, and Guelph (7-11-1 OUA) Sun., Jan. 11, 2 p.m.
Source: Gee-Gees Athletics
WESTERN 3, TORONTO 2, OT
TORONTO, Ont. - The Toronto Varsity Blues men's hockey team suffered a 3-2 overtime loss to the Western Mustangs on Sunday at Varsity Arena.
Western defenceman Jason Swit (Mississauga, Ont.) was the overtime hero, finishing off a beautiful two-on-one opportunity to secure the Mustangs victory.
The Blues got off to a good start, creating many opportunities in the opening minutes of the game. However, after a scoreless first period, it was Western who opened up the scoring on their first power play opportunity. Fourth-year defenceman Chris Petrow (Haliburton, Ont.) sent a shot from the point at the Blues net and Jeffrey Martens (Maple Ridge, B.C.) was there to pounce on the rebound to put the Mustangs up by one.
Western capitalized again at the midway point of the game as Petrow sent another booming point shot through traffic to beat Blues goaltender Russ Brownell (Oakville, Ont.). Just over a minute later, Blues leading scorer Byron Elliott (Burlington, Ont.) got his squad on the board, capitalizing on a scramble in front of the Western net. The Mustangs held a narrow 2-1 lead going into the third period.
Things were looking weary for the Toronto squad until second-year forward and Blues player of the game Sean Fontyn (Mississauga, Ont.) scored his first goal of the season to tie things up when he tipped an Ed Snetsinger (Ajax, Ont.) point shot past Mustangs goalie Brad Topping (Strathroy, Ont.).
Western forwards Aaron Snow (Windsor, Ont.) and Sal Peralta (Leamington, Ont.) assisted on Swit's goal with 2:04 into the overtime period.
The Varsity Blues return to action next Fri., Jan. 9 when they host the No. 9 Waterloo Warriors at Varsity Arena. The puck drops at 7:30 p.m.
Source: Varsity Blues Athletics
OUA SCOREBOARD
January 4, 2009
Ryerson 5, Ottawa 3
Western 3, Toronto 2, OT
uOttawa, missing three regulars, has lost two straight games to fall to 6-6-3 in the OUA Far East. First-year left wing Donivan Munro broke a 3-3 tie with a power play goal with just under four minutes remaining before second-year forward Brent Small put the game away with an even-strength goal 35 seconds later for 4-10-1 Ryerson.
"Really disappointing weekend," said Gee-Gees head coach Dave Leger. "We've got to re-group."
Gee-Gees first-year defenceman Pierre Bergeron scored in the first period along with a power play goal from first-year left wing Sean Smyth for a 2-1 lead before first-year left wing Matthieu Methot notched his team-leading 12th goal while the Gee-Gees were short-handed in the second period to tie the game heading to the third.
uOttawa hosts Brock (7-7-3 OUA) Sat., Jan. 10, 7 p.m. at the Sports Complex, and Guelph (7-11-1 OUA) Sun., Jan. 11, 2 p.m.
Source: Gee-Gees Athletics
WESTERN 3, TORONTO 2, OT
TORONTO, Ont. - The Toronto Varsity Blues men's hockey team suffered a 3-2 overtime loss to the Western Mustangs on Sunday at Varsity Arena.
Western defenceman Jason Swit (Mississauga, Ont.) was the overtime hero, finishing off a beautiful two-on-one opportunity to secure the Mustangs victory.
The Blues got off to a good start, creating many opportunities in the opening minutes of the game. However, after a scoreless first period, it was Western who opened up the scoring on their first power play opportunity. Fourth-year defenceman Chris Petrow (Haliburton, Ont.) sent a shot from the point at the Blues net and Jeffrey Martens (Maple Ridge, B.C.) was there to pounce on the rebound to put the Mustangs up by one.
Western capitalized again at the midway point of the game as Petrow sent another booming point shot through traffic to beat Blues goaltender Russ Brownell (Oakville, Ont.). Just over a minute later, Blues leading scorer Byron Elliott (Burlington, Ont.) got his squad on the board, capitalizing on a scramble in front of the Western net. The Mustangs held a narrow 2-1 lead going into the third period.
Things were looking weary for the Toronto squad until second-year forward and Blues player of the game Sean Fontyn (Mississauga, Ont.) scored his first goal of the season to tie things up when he tipped an Ed Snetsinger (Ajax, Ont.) point shot past Mustangs goalie Brad Topping (Strathroy, Ont.).
Western forwards Aaron Snow (Windsor, Ont.) and Sal Peralta (Leamington, Ont.) assisted on Swit's goal with 2:04 into the overtime period.
The Varsity Blues return to action next Fri., Jan. 9 when they host the No. 9 Waterloo Warriors at Varsity Arena. The puck drops at 7:30 p.m.
Source: Varsity Blues Athletics
OUA SCOREBOARD
January 4, 2009
Ryerson 5, Ottawa 3
Western 3, Toronto 2, OT
