January 31, 2010
OUA M-HOCKEY ROUNDUP: THUNDERWOLVES SWEEP NO. 3 MUSTANGS IN MEN'S HOCKEY
THUNDER BAY, Ont. - Freshman Matt Dias had his best game in a Thunderwolves uniform with five points to lead Lakehead to a 8-5 win over the No. 3 Western Mustangs, Saturday night at the Fort William Gardens in Thunder Bay, Ont. The Sault Ste. Marie, Ont. native tallied two goals and added three assists as No. 8 Lakehead (17-5-2) completed the weekend sweep to draw even with No. 3 Western (18-6-0) at the top of the OUA West Division.
The Thunderwolves got two goals and one assist from Dan Speer (Thunder Bay, Ont.) while Shandor Alphonso (Orangeville, Ont.), Mark Soares (Burnaby, B.C.), Scott Dobben (Drayton, Ont.) and Kris Hogg (Sicamous, B.C.) also found the back of the net. Freshman Matt Caria (Sault Ste. Marie, Ont.) had three assists in extending his point-scoring streak through his first eight conference games with Lakehead.
Ryan Martinelli led Western with two goals while Scott Aarssen, Geoff Killing and Aaron Snow also scored.
The Mustangs opened the game with a quick goal from Snow at 0:49 of the first, breaking Lakehead goalie Kyle Moir's shutout streak at two games. UWO kept the offence coming with Aarseen and Killing each scoring power play goals to make it 3-0 for the visitors 11:53 into the game.
Lakehead came storming back with five unanswered goals bridging the first and second periods. First, Dias scored at 13:51 of the first on the power play, followed less than one minute later by Hogg. Speer knotted the game up at 3-3 by the first intermission on assists from Caria and Dias.
Dias added his second of the night at 2:43 of the second and Alphonso extended the lead to 5-3 when he capitalized on a brutal giveaway in the neutral zone to beat Mustangs starting netminder Josh Unice on the backhand. That was it for Unice, as he was replace by Keyvan Hunt.
UWO and LU traded two goals each to close the second period, with both 'Stangs markers coming off the stick of Martinelli with Soares and then Dobben scoring for the 'Wolves.
Both teams' offence fizzled through most of the third period but Speer added a power play marker at 19:07 to put the final nail in the Mustangs' coffin.
Special teams were a major factor in the contest as Lakehead went 3-for-8 with the man advantage and Western 2-for-9.
Lakehead faces the UOIT Ridgebacks in Friday and Saturday night home games next weekend at the Fort William Gardens. The puck drops at 7:30 p.m. both nights.
MCGILL 11, CONCORDIA 0
At Concordia, the No. 6 McGill Redmen (18-5-0) celebrated their 133rd birthday with an 11-0 rout against the Concordia Stingers (7-15-2) on Sunday.
Andrew Wright earned a hat trick for the Redmen, adding an assist for a four-point effort. Alexandre Picard-Hooper and Francis Verreault-Paul also earned four points each with a goal and three assists.
Leonard Verrilli scored a pair of goals for McGill. Other Redmen contributing goals were Ben Gazdic, Simon Marcotte-Legare, Guillaume Doucet and Maxime Langelier-Parent.
McGill goaltender Hubert Morin made 33 saves for the shutout.
UQTR 6, CARLETON 3
At Carleton, Guillaume Chicoine scored a pair of goals to lead the No. 5 UQTR Patriotes (18-3-2) to a 6-3 win over the host Ravens (13-8-3) on Saturday.
Etienne Bellavance-Martin, Alexandre Demers, Francis Charland and Andre Joanisse contributed single goals for the Patriotes.
Andrew Self scored a pair of goals for the Ravens in a losing effort. Yves Bastien also scored for Carleton.
WATERLOO 4, LAURIER 3
At Wilfrid Laurier, the No. 10 Waterloo Warriors (17-6-1) edged their cross-town rival Golden Hawks 4-3 on Saturday.
Four different players scored for the Warriors, including Chris Ray, Mark Hartman, Kurt Thorner and Kyle Sonnenburg.
Craig Voakes scored a pair of goals for the Golden Hawks (15-7-2) in a losing effort. Also scoring for Laurier was Jean-Michel Rizk.
RYERSON 9, QUEEN'S 5
At Queen's, the Ryerson Rams (9-12-3) scored four unanswered goals in the third period to defeat the Gaels 9-5 on Saturday.
Kevin Krasnowski scored four goals for the Rams to increase his regular season total to six. Ryerson teammate Brent Small scored once and added five assists for a six-point effort, while Stewart D'Eall earned a goal and four assists.
Also scoring for the Rams were Cory Konecny, Scott Madden and Greg Payne.
Payton Liske led the Gaels (13-11-1) with two goals and two helpers. Also scoring for Queen's were Ben Munroe, Jordan Mirwaldt and Jonathon Lawrance.
GUELPH 3, WINDSOR 2
At Guelph, the Gryphons (11-10-4) scored three unanswered goals to down the Windsor Lancers 3-2 on Saturday.
Guelph fell behind 2-0, but Derek Knowles, Michael Kusy and Kris Belan rallied with goals to give the Gryphons the win.
Brett Vandehogen and Kyle Tront scored for the Lancers (9-11-4).
TORONTO 3, RMC 2, OT
At Toronto, Byron Elliott scored the overtime winner on a penalty shot to lift the Varsity Blues (13-8-3) to a 3-2 win over the RMC Paladins (5-15-4) on Saturday.
The Varsity Blues took a 2-0 lead on goals by Bryden Teich and Kyle Paige.
The Paladins fought back to tie the score on goals by Rob Graydon and Justin Lacey.
Paul Whalen earned two assists in a losing effort.
UOIT 3, YORK 1
At UOIT, the Ridgebacks (9-14-1) defeated the York Lions 3-1 on Saturday.
The Lions (11-11-2) took a 1-0 lead in the second period on a goal by Nathaniel Brooks.
The Ridgebacks rallied with three goals in the third period. Josh Vatri, Jeff Barletta and Scott Baker scored for UOIT.
With the win, the Ridgebacks pull into a tie with the Brock Badgers (9-15-1) for the eighth and final playoff spot in the OUA West. The Ridgebacks have one game in hand.
CONCORDIA 2, OTTAWA 0
At Ottawa, Concordia Stingers (7-15-2) netminder Maxime Joyal stopped all 30 shots he faced in a 2-0 win over the host Gee-Gees (6-16-1) on Saturday.
Daniel Michalsky scored the game winner for the Stingers in the second period. Marc-André Element added an insurance marker in the last minute of regulation time.
Source: Lakehead Thunderwolves with files from OUA Communications
The Thunderwolves got two goals and one assist from Dan Speer (Thunder Bay, Ont.) while Shandor Alphonso (Orangeville, Ont.), Mark Soares (Burnaby, B.C.), Scott Dobben (Drayton, Ont.) and Kris Hogg (Sicamous, B.C.) also found the back of the net. Freshman Matt Caria (Sault Ste. Marie, Ont.) had three assists in extending his point-scoring streak through his first eight conference games with Lakehead.
Ryan Martinelli led Western with two goals while Scott Aarssen, Geoff Killing and Aaron Snow also scored.
The Mustangs opened the game with a quick goal from Snow at 0:49 of the first, breaking Lakehead goalie Kyle Moir's shutout streak at two games. UWO kept the offence coming with Aarseen and Killing each scoring power play goals to make it 3-0 for the visitors 11:53 into the game.
Lakehead came storming back with five unanswered goals bridging the first and second periods. First, Dias scored at 13:51 of the first on the power play, followed less than one minute later by Hogg. Speer knotted the game up at 3-3 by the first intermission on assists from Caria and Dias.
Dias added his second of the night at 2:43 of the second and Alphonso extended the lead to 5-3 when he capitalized on a brutal giveaway in the neutral zone to beat Mustangs starting netminder Josh Unice on the backhand. That was it for Unice, as he was replace by Keyvan Hunt.
UWO and LU traded two goals each to close the second period, with both 'Stangs markers coming off the stick of Martinelli with Soares and then Dobben scoring for the 'Wolves.
Both teams' offence fizzled through most of the third period but Speer added a power play marker at 19:07 to put the final nail in the Mustangs' coffin.
Special teams were a major factor in the contest as Lakehead went 3-for-8 with the man advantage and Western 2-for-9.
Lakehead faces the UOIT Ridgebacks in Friday and Saturday night home games next weekend at the Fort William Gardens. The puck drops at 7:30 p.m. both nights.
MCGILL 11, CONCORDIA 0
At Concordia, the No. 6 McGill Redmen (18-5-0) celebrated their 133rd birthday with an 11-0 rout against the Concordia Stingers (7-15-2) on Sunday.
Andrew Wright earned a hat trick for the Redmen, adding an assist for a four-point effort. Alexandre Picard-Hooper and Francis Verreault-Paul also earned four points each with a goal and three assists.
Leonard Verrilli scored a pair of goals for McGill. Other Redmen contributing goals were Ben Gazdic, Simon Marcotte-Legare, Guillaume Doucet and Maxime Langelier-Parent.
McGill goaltender Hubert Morin made 33 saves for the shutout.
UQTR 6, CARLETON 3
At Carleton, Guillaume Chicoine scored a pair of goals to lead the No. 5 UQTR Patriotes (18-3-2) to a 6-3 win over the host Ravens (13-8-3) on Saturday.
Etienne Bellavance-Martin, Alexandre Demers, Francis Charland and Andre Joanisse contributed single goals for the Patriotes.
Andrew Self scored a pair of goals for the Ravens in a losing effort. Yves Bastien also scored for Carleton.
WATERLOO 4, LAURIER 3
At Wilfrid Laurier, the No. 10 Waterloo Warriors (17-6-1) edged their cross-town rival Golden Hawks 4-3 on Saturday.
Four different players scored for the Warriors, including Chris Ray, Mark Hartman, Kurt Thorner and Kyle Sonnenburg.
Craig Voakes scored a pair of goals for the Golden Hawks (15-7-2) in a losing effort. Also scoring for Laurier was Jean-Michel Rizk.
RYERSON 9, QUEEN'S 5
At Queen's, the Ryerson Rams (9-12-3) scored four unanswered goals in the third period to defeat the Gaels 9-5 on Saturday.
Kevin Krasnowski scored four goals for the Rams to increase his regular season total to six. Ryerson teammate Brent Small scored once and added five assists for a six-point effort, while Stewart D'Eall earned a goal and four assists.
Also scoring for the Rams were Cory Konecny, Scott Madden and Greg Payne.
Payton Liske led the Gaels (13-11-1) with two goals and two helpers. Also scoring for Queen's were Ben Munroe, Jordan Mirwaldt and Jonathon Lawrance.
GUELPH 3, WINDSOR 2
At Guelph, the Gryphons (11-10-4) scored three unanswered goals to down the Windsor Lancers 3-2 on Saturday.
Guelph fell behind 2-0, but Derek Knowles, Michael Kusy and Kris Belan rallied with goals to give the Gryphons the win.
Brett Vandehogen and Kyle Tront scored for the Lancers (9-11-4).
TORONTO 3, RMC 2, OT
At Toronto, Byron Elliott scored the overtime winner on a penalty shot to lift the Varsity Blues (13-8-3) to a 3-2 win over the RMC Paladins (5-15-4) on Saturday.
The Varsity Blues took a 2-0 lead on goals by Bryden Teich and Kyle Paige.
The Paladins fought back to tie the score on goals by Rob Graydon and Justin Lacey.
Paul Whalen earned two assists in a losing effort.
UOIT 3, YORK 1
At UOIT, the Ridgebacks (9-14-1) defeated the York Lions 3-1 on Saturday.
The Lions (11-11-2) took a 1-0 lead in the second period on a goal by Nathaniel Brooks.
The Ridgebacks rallied with three goals in the third period. Josh Vatri, Jeff Barletta and Scott Baker scored for UOIT.
With the win, the Ridgebacks pull into a tie with the Brock Badgers (9-15-1) for the eighth and final playoff spot in the OUA West. The Ridgebacks have one game in hand.
CONCORDIA 2, OTTAWA 0
At Ottawa, Concordia Stingers (7-15-2) netminder Maxime Joyal stopped all 30 shots he faced in a 2-0 win over the host Gee-Gees (6-16-1) on Saturday.
Daniel Michalsky scored the game winner for the Stingers in the second period. Marc-André Element added an insurance marker in the last minute of regulation time.
Source: Lakehead Thunderwolves with files from OUA Communications
