February 13, 2010
OUA M-HOCKEY ROUNDUP: GOLDEN HAWKS UPSET NO. 8 THUNDERWOLVES
WATERLOO, Ont. - Goalie Jeff MacDougald (Shallow Lake, Ont.) stopped 40 of 42 shots on net to lead the Wilfrid Laurier Golden Hawks to a 4-2 victory over the visiting No. 8 nationally-ranked Lakehead Thunderwolves.
The win gives Laurier a 17-7-3 record and 37 points, which is good for fourth place in the OUA West. Both Waterloo and Western won their games Friday evening putting them in first and second place with 41 and 40 points respectively. Lakehead falls to 18-7-2 and has 38 points.
Laurier opened the scoring in the game seven minutes in when Jordan Bonneville (St. Agatha, Ont.) drove the net and sent the puck out to a wide open Mike Gauthier (North Vancouver, B.C.) who wired it for his second of the season. Former Soo Greyhound Matt Caria (Sault Ste. Marie, Ont.) evened the match just two minutes later. The Thunderwolves out shot the Hawks 16-4 in the first period.
In the second Laurier again took the lead with a power play marker from Ryan Bernardi (Etobicoke, Ont.) who picked the corner from the blue line. Lakehead tied it up with a goal on the doorstep from Ryan McDonald (Prince Albert, Sask.). The Thunderwolves out shot the Hawks in the frame 15-7.
In the final period, the Golden Hawks Jason Bergeron (Ancaster, Ont.) scored at 6:44 for his eighth of the season. Laurier's Paul Bradley (Calgary) added the insurance marker after getting knocked down on his own blue line, Zack Shepley (Milton, Ont.) found him on a clearing attempt and he was away and made no mistake. It was Bradley's 20th marker of season which sets a net career high for him.
Laurier was only able to capitalize once in four opportunities with the man-advantage including 1:20 of a 5-on-3. Lakehead was shutout on the power play, going 0-for-4.
For the Thunderwolves, Kyle Moir (Calgary) stopped 18 or 22 shots on net for the loss.
The Golden Hawks will conclude their regular season on the road at Thomson Arena in London when they take on the Western Mustangs on Saturday at 7:30 p.m.
UQTR 6, OTTAWA 1
At UQTR, the No. 3 Patriotes (22-3-2) clinched first place in the OUA East with a 6-1 victory over the Ottawa Gee-Gees (6-19-2).
Both Francis Charland and Etienne Bellavance-Martin scored a pair of goals and earned two assists each. Samuel Richard and Andre Joanisse also scored for UQTR.
Scoring Ottawa's lone goal was Darren Miller. The Gee-Gees have been eliminated from the playoffs, in ninth place.
MCGILL 4, CONCORDIA 3, OT
At Concordia, Alexandre Picard-Hooper scored 43 seconds into overtime to lift the No. 5 McGill Redmen to a 4-3 win over the Stingers.
Picard-Hooper also scored in regulation and now has 11 on the season. Also scoring for McGill were Yan Turcotte and Francis Verreault-Paul.
Kyle Kelly, Daniel Michalsky and Marc-André Element scored for Concordia.
The Redmen have clinched second place in the OUA East with a 21-6-0 record. Concordia will be the eighth seed in the OUA East with a 8-16-4 record and will play UQTR in the opening round of the playoffs.
WESTERN 3, UOIT 2, SO
At UOIT, Keaton Turkiewicz scored the shootout winner to lift the No. 6 Western Mustangs (20-7-0) to a 3-2 win over the host Ridgebacks.
Kevin Baker and Aaron Snow scored for the Mustangs in regulation. Josh Vatri and Nathan Spaling scored for the Ridgebacks.
UOIT has clinched eighth spot in the OUA West with a 10-15-2 record, and will face the conference's top seed in the opening round of the playoffs.
WATERLOO 4, WINDSOR 3, OT
At Waterloo, Shane Hart scored 58 seconds into overtime to lift the No. 7 Warriors (20-6-1) to a 4-3 win over the Windsor Lancers.
The Warriors took a 3-0 lead on goals by Kyle Schwende, Ben Pasha and Jarrett Schnurr. But the Lancers stormed back with three unanswered goals in the second half of regulation. Kyle Nishizaki, Danny Anger and Jonathan Sciacca scored for Windsor.
With the overtime loss, the Lancers clinched seventh place in the OUA West with a 10-13-5 record.
NIPISSING 7, RYERSON 3
At Nipissing, Matt Lahey earned a hat trick to lead the Lakers to a 7-3 victory over the Ryerson Rams.
Marcus Pryde added a pair of goals for the Lakers, while teammates Justin Villeneuve and Tyler Riel added single markers.
Brent Small, Kevin Day and Matt Schmermund scored for Ryerson.
The Rams built a 3-0 lead at the end of one period. Whatever Nipissing head coach Mike McParland said in the intermission must have worked, as the Lakers roared back with seven unanswered goals.
Both the Rams (12-13-3) and Lakers (11-15-1) have advanced to the OUA East playoffs as the sixth and seventh seeds, respectively.
TORONTO 5, RMC 2
At RMC, the playoff-bound Toronto Varsity Blues defeated the host Paladins 5-2.
Robert Kay and Ed Snetsinger scored two goals each for the Varsity Blues. Byron Elliott also scored for Toronto.
Shawn Cox and Justin Lacey scored for RMC.
The third-place Varsity Blues (15-8-4) will finish no worse than fourth in the OUA East, meaning home-ice advantage in the opening round of the playoffs. The Paladins (5-18-4) have been eliminated from post-season consideration.
Saturday is the final day of the OUA regular season as teams jockey for post-season positions.
Source: Wilfrid Laurier Golden Hawks with files from OUA Communications
The win gives Laurier a 17-7-3 record and 37 points, which is good for fourth place in the OUA West. Both Waterloo and Western won their games Friday evening putting them in first and second place with 41 and 40 points respectively. Lakehead falls to 18-7-2 and has 38 points.
Laurier opened the scoring in the game seven minutes in when Jordan Bonneville (St. Agatha, Ont.) drove the net and sent the puck out to a wide open Mike Gauthier (North Vancouver, B.C.) who wired it for his second of the season. Former Soo Greyhound Matt Caria (Sault Ste. Marie, Ont.) evened the match just two minutes later. The Thunderwolves out shot the Hawks 16-4 in the first period.
In the second Laurier again took the lead with a power play marker from Ryan Bernardi (Etobicoke, Ont.) who picked the corner from the blue line. Lakehead tied it up with a goal on the doorstep from Ryan McDonald (Prince Albert, Sask.). The Thunderwolves out shot the Hawks in the frame 15-7.
In the final period, the Golden Hawks Jason Bergeron (Ancaster, Ont.) scored at 6:44 for his eighth of the season. Laurier's Paul Bradley (Calgary) added the insurance marker after getting knocked down on his own blue line, Zack Shepley (Milton, Ont.) found him on a clearing attempt and he was away and made no mistake. It was Bradley's 20th marker of season which sets a net career high for him.
Laurier was only able to capitalize once in four opportunities with the man-advantage including 1:20 of a 5-on-3. Lakehead was shutout on the power play, going 0-for-4.
For the Thunderwolves, Kyle Moir (Calgary) stopped 18 or 22 shots on net for the loss.
The Golden Hawks will conclude their regular season on the road at Thomson Arena in London when they take on the Western Mustangs on Saturday at 7:30 p.m.
UQTR 6, OTTAWA 1
At UQTR, the No. 3 Patriotes (22-3-2) clinched first place in the OUA East with a 6-1 victory over the Ottawa Gee-Gees (6-19-2).
Both Francis Charland and Etienne Bellavance-Martin scored a pair of goals and earned two assists each. Samuel Richard and Andre Joanisse also scored for UQTR.
Scoring Ottawa's lone goal was Darren Miller. The Gee-Gees have been eliminated from the playoffs, in ninth place.
MCGILL 4, CONCORDIA 3, OT
At Concordia, Alexandre Picard-Hooper scored 43 seconds into overtime to lift the No. 5 McGill Redmen to a 4-3 win over the Stingers.
Picard-Hooper also scored in regulation and now has 11 on the season. Also scoring for McGill were Yan Turcotte and Francis Verreault-Paul.
Kyle Kelly, Daniel Michalsky and Marc-André Element scored for Concordia.
The Redmen have clinched second place in the OUA East with a 21-6-0 record. Concordia will be the eighth seed in the OUA East with a 8-16-4 record and will play UQTR in the opening round of the playoffs.
WESTERN 3, UOIT 2, SO
At UOIT, Keaton Turkiewicz scored the shootout winner to lift the No. 6 Western Mustangs (20-7-0) to a 3-2 win over the host Ridgebacks.
Kevin Baker and Aaron Snow scored for the Mustangs in regulation. Josh Vatri and Nathan Spaling scored for the Ridgebacks.
UOIT has clinched eighth spot in the OUA West with a 10-15-2 record, and will face the conference's top seed in the opening round of the playoffs.
WATERLOO 4, WINDSOR 3, OT
At Waterloo, Shane Hart scored 58 seconds into overtime to lift the No. 7 Warriors (20-6-1) to a 4-3 win over the Windsor Lancers.
The Warriors took a 3-0 lead on goals by Kyle Schwende, Ben Pasha and Jarrett Schnurr. But the Lancers stormed back with three unanswered goals in the second half of regulation. Kyle Nishizaki, Danny Anger and Jonathan Sciacca scored for Windsor.
With the overtime loss, the Lancers clinched seventh place in the OUA West with a 10-13-5 record.
NIPISSING 7, RYERSON 3
At Nipissing, Matt Lahey earned a hat trick to lead the Lakers to a 7-3 victory over the Ryerson Rams.
Marcus Pryde added a pair of goals for the Lakers, while teammates Justin Villeneuve and Tyler Riel added single markers.
Brent Small, Kevin Day and Matt Schmermund scored for Ryerson.
The Rams built a 3-0 lead at the end of one period. Whatever Nipissing head coach Mike McParland said in the intermission must have worked, as the Lakers roared back with seven unanswered goals.
Both the Rams (12-13-3) and Lakers (11-15-1) have advanced to the OUA East playoffs as the sixth and seventh seeds, respectively.
TORONTO 5, RMC 2
At RMC, the playoff-bound Toronto Varsity Blues defeated the host Paladins 5-2.
Robert Kay and Ed Snetsinger scored two goals each for the Varsity Blues. Byron Elliott also scored for Toronto.
Shawn Cox and Justin Lacey scored for RMC.
The third-place Varsity Blues (15-8-4) will finish no worse than fourth in the OUA East, meaning home-ice advantage in the opening round of the playoffs. The Paladins (5-18-4) have been eliminated from post-season consideration.
Saturday is the final day of the OUA regular season as teams jockey for post-season positions.
Source: Wilfrid Laurier Golden Hawks with files from OUA Communications
