January 17, 2010
OUA M-HOCKEY ROUNDUP: SINGER EARNS 250TH CAREER VICTORY
LONDON, Ont. - Mustangs head coach Clarke Singer earns his 250th career win in Western's 4-2 victory over the York Lions on Jan. 16 at Thompson Arena. Singer has coached with the No. 3 Mustangs for 11 seasons and his 250th win came as his 334th game, excluding non-conference games.
Keaton Turkiewicz (Brantford, Ont.) notched two goals for the Mustangs (17-3-0) and remaining Western goals were scored by Jason Swit (Mississauga, Ont.) and Yashar Farmanara (West Vancouver, B.C.). Lions goals were scored by Chris Jones (Grafton, Ont.) and Tyler Harrison (Whitby, Ont.).
York's defender Riley Brand (Bradford, Ont.) was called for a boarding penalty midway through the first frame after a hit on Western's Turkiewicz. Turkiewicz retaliated with a power play goal after he walked out front and roofed a shot past Lion's netminder David Davenport (Bradford, Ont.).
Western was presented with another power play opportunity two minutes later and increased the pressure on the Lion's penalty kill unit. Aaron Snow (Windsor, Ont.) moved from the point to make a clear pass to linemate Kevin Baker (Georgetown, Ont.) who made a cross-ice pass to Turkiewicz. Turkiewicz released a quick one-timer past Davenport for his second goal of the night. Western's power play unit is ranked second in the OUA.
After two quick Mustangs penalties, York's power play worked down low in the offensive end attempting to bury one past Western's goaltender Josh Unice (Holland, Ohio) on a 5-on-3. The Lions scored a power play goal after a shot was tipped past Unice to make the game 2-1.
The second frame remained scoreless despite a physical match with five infractions handed to York and three given to Western.
York opened the scoring in the third period after Turkiewicz was stripped of the puck in the neutral zone and Lions forward Tyler Harrison (Whitby, Ont.) broke away for a one-on-one against Unice. Harrison beat Unice on a low shot blocker-side to tie the game 2-2.
The Mustangs responded and with the proper offensive attack they managed to reclaim the lead after defenceman Swit cycled the puck down low to Turkiewicz who made a quick pass back to Swit on the point. Swit wired a shot through traffic past Davenport making it a 3-2 contest.
Farmanara netted a late empty net goal to seal the win with eleven seconds left in the game.
Unice turned aside 30 shots for his first full game as a Mustang. York fell to 10-9-1 on the season.
Singer said he is extremely happy with the result.
"We have had a lot of great players and great guys here, they are all part of it, they do all the work. They worked very hard tonight and it's very satisfying. And hopefully we can look forward now to get better over the next games," Singer said.
As of Jan. 13, Singer ranks fourth for active CIS men's hockey coach with career wins. Singer is also listed as No. 10 for all-time CIS men's hockey wins since 1962. His overall record including non conference games sits at 288-116-14 with a win percentage of .706.
CARLETON 3, MCGILL 1
At McGill, the Carleton Ravens (11-6-2) upset the No. 5 Redmen 3-1 on Saturday.
Justin Caruana, Ryan Berard and Christian Boudeau-Mifflen each scored for the Ravens.
Jean-Francois Boisvert responded with McGill's lone marker.
Carleton netminder Alexander Archibald made 36 saves in the victory.
McGill's record dropped to 16-3-0.
LAKEHEAD 8, WINDSOR 2
At Lakehead, the Thunderwolves (13-5-2) jumped out to a 4-0 lead and cruised to an 8-2 victory over the Windsor Lancers (7-10-3) on Saturday.
Shandor Alphonso scored a pair of goals for Lakehead, with single tallies coming from Dan Speer, Matt Dias, Mark Soares, Kris Hogg, Andy Hyvarinen and Ryan McDonald. Speer had a three-point game.
Windsor goals came off the sticks of Kyle Lang and Kyle Tront.
TORONTO 4, QUEEN'S 3
At Toronto, the Varsity Blues (10-7-3) edged the Queen's Gaels 4-3 on Saturday.
Four different players contributed goals for the Varsity Blues, including Joe Rand, Robert Kay, Paul Dupont and Ed Snetsinger. Rand had a three-point effort.
Payton Liske scored a pair of goals for the Gaels (11-9-1), while Ben Munroe scored once.
UOIT 3, GUELPH 2, SO
At UOIT, Mike Noyes scored the shootout winner as the Ridgebacks (8-11-1) defeated the Guelph Gryphons 3-2 on Saturday.
UOIT's Kyle Wetering forced overtime late in regulation, his 11th goal of the OUA campaign. Josh Vatri opened the scoring in the first period with his 10th of the season.
Edward Gale and Barrett Brook responded for the Gryphons (8-9-4).
NIPISSING 4, RMC 0
At RMC, goaltender Kyle Cantlon made 38 saves for the shutout at the Nipissing Lakers (8-11-1) blanked the Paladins 4-0 on Saturday.
Brandon Happeney scored a pair of goals for the Lakers. Adding single markers were Jason Gray and Matt Lahey.
RMC dropped to 4-13-3 on the season.
Source: Western Mustang with files from OUA Communications
Keaton Turkiewicz (Brantford, Ont.) notched two goals for the Mustangs (17-3-0) and remaining Western goals were scored by Jason Swit (Mississauga, Ont.) and Yashar Farmanara (West Vancouver, B.C.). Lions goals were scored by Chris Jones (Grafton, Ont.) and Tyler Harrison (Whitby, Ont.).
York's defender Riley Brand (Bradford, Ont.) was called for a boarding penalty midway through the first frame after a hit on Western's Turkiewicz. Turkiewicz retaliated with a power play goal after he walked out front and roofed a shot past Lion's netminder David Davenport (Bradford, Ont.).
Western was presented with another power play opportunity two minutes later and increased the pressure on the Lion's penalty kill unit. Aaron Snow (Windsor, Ont.) moved from the point to make a clear pass to linemate Kevin Baker (Georgetown, Ont.) who made a cross-ice pass to Turkiewicz. Turkiewicz released a quick one-timer past Davenport for his second goal of the night. Western's power play unit is ranked second in the OUA.
After two quick Mustangs penalties, York's power play worked down low in the offensive end attempting to bury one past Western's goaltender Josh Unice (Holland, Ohio) on a 5-on-3. The Lions scored a power play goal after a shot was tipped past Unice to make the game 2-1.
The second frame remained scoreless despite a physical match with five infractions handed to York and three given to Western.
York opened the scoring in the third period after Turkiewicz was stripped of the puck in the neutral zone and Lions forward Tyler Harrison (Whitby, Ont.) broke away for a one-on-one against Unice. Harrison beat Unice on a low shot blocker-side to tie the game 2-2.
The Mustangs responded and with the proper offensive attack they managed to reclaim the lead after defenceman Swit cycled the puck down low to Turkiewicz who made a quick pass back to Swit on the point. Swit wired a shot through traffic past Davenport making it a 3-2 contest.
Farmanara netted a late empty net goal to seal the win with eleven seconds left in the game.
Unice turned aside 30 shots for his first full game as a Mustang. York fell to 10-9-1 on the season.
Singer said he is extremely happy with the result.
"We have had a lot of great players and great guys here, they are all part of it, they do all the work. They worked very hard tonight and it's very satisfying. And hopefully we can look forward now to get better over the next games," Singer said.
As of Jan. 13, Singer ranks fourth for active CIS men's hockey coach with career wins. Singer is also listed as No. 10 for all-time CIS men's hockey wins since 1962. His overall record including non conference games sits at 288-116-14 with a win percentage of .706.
CARLETON 3, MCGILL 1
At McGill, the Carleton Ravens (11-6-2) upset the No. 5 Redmen 3-1 on Saturday.
Justin Caruana, Ryan Berard and Christian Boudeau-Mifflen each scored for the Ravens.
Jean-Francois Boisvert responded with McGill's lone marker.
Carleton netminder Alexander Archibald made 36 saves in the victory.
McGill's record dropped to 16-3-0.
LAKEHEAD 8, WINDSOR 2
At Lakehead, the Thunderwolves (13-5-2) jumped out to a 4-0 lead and cruised to an 8-2 victory over the Windsor Lancers (7-10-3) on Saturday.
Shandor Alphonso scored a pair of goals for Lakehead, with single tallies coming from Dan Speer, Matt Dias, Mark Soares, Kris Hogg, Andy Hyvarinen and Ryan McDonald. Speer had a three-point game.
Windsor goals came off the sticks of Kyle Lang and Kyle Tront.
TORONTO 4, QUEEN'S 3
At Toronto, the Varsity Blues (10-7-3) edged the Queen's Gaels 4-3 on Saturday.
Four different players contributed goals for the Varsity Blues, including Joe Rand, Robert Kay, Paul Dupont and Ed Snetsinger. Rand had a three-point effort.
Payton Liske scored a pair of goals for the Gaels (11-9-1), while Ben Munroe scored once.
UOIT 3, GUELPH 2, SO
At UOIT, Mike Noyes scored the shootout winner as the Ridgebacks (8-11-1) defeated the Guelph Gryphons 3-2 on Saturday.
UOIT's Kyle Wetering forced overtime late in regulation, his 11th goal of the OUA campaign. Josh Vatri opened the scoring in the first period with his 10th of the season.
Edward Gale and Barrett Brook responded for the Gryphons (8-9-4).
NIPISSING 4, RMC 0
At RMC, goaltender Kyle Cantlon made 38 saves for the shutout at the Nipissing Lakers (8-11-1) blanked the Paladins 4-0 on Saturday.
Brandon Happeney scored a pair of goals for the Lakers. Adding single markers were Jason Gray and Matt Lahey.
RMC dropped to 4-13-3 on the season.
Source: Western Mustang with files from OUA Communications
