M-Hockey Saturday Roundup
The Ryerson men's hockey team is 0-1 in 2011 as they dropped a 7-3 decision to the Nipissing Lakers Saturday at George Bell Arena.
The Rams [6-12-0] had a two-game win streak snapped, while the Lakers [9-6-3] are riding a three-game streak of their own.
"We weren't working hard enough," said captain Marcus Booth, "and you could tell that they wanted it more."
The team did not blame the long break for the loss today, citing that they played an exhibition game versus Lake Superior State on Wednesday.
"We played a great game on Wednesday even though we lost, but today, we thought, oh it's Nipissing and that they were going to let us win," said Head Coach Graham Wise.
Dan Watt proved to be the difference for the Lakers as he scored a hat trick, while leading scorer Andrew Marcoux was held pointless. Conor O'Donnell, Sam Hopewell, Lucas McKinley and Grant McGee also scored for Nipissing.
Returning from injury, Booth scored the team's second goal, and picked up two penalties. Alex Sharpe and Jesse Chidwick netted the teams other two goals. With an assist, left-wing Andrew Buck extended his point streak to three games [2G 4A], and leads the team with 17 points in 18 games.
Despite Booth's return, the Rams are still without starting goalie Paul Gibson, point-per-game forward Cory Konecny, Greg Payne and Ryan Milanovic. Payne and Konecny have been skating with the team and could be ready to go for the team's next game. Gibson has been nursing an undisclosed injury and is battling the flu.
Louie George turned aside 28 of 35 shots in place of the injured starter. George is 2-1 in his last three games.
With the loss, the Rams stay in ninth place in the OUA East, two points behind Toronto. Nipissing moves to fourth place.
Source: Ryerson Sports Info
Laurier, 2 @ Western, 1
The Wilfrid Laurier Golden Hawks dealt the no. four ranked Western Mustangs their first regulation loss of the year with two unanswered goals in the third. They improve to 11-4-4 while the Mustangs fall to 14-1-3.
Western would get on the board in the second period with a power play goal from Keaton Turkiewicz (Brantford, Ont.). Credited with assists were Yashar Farmanara (West Vancouver, B.C.) and Scott Aarssen (London, Ont.). The goal would be the only blemish of the night by six-foot-two Ryan Daniels (Pickering, Ont.). He would stop all thirteen shots in the third and 31 of 32 in the game.
The Hawks Benjamin Skinner (Markham, Ont.) scored two minutes into the third to tie the game up at one. He would add his second of the night late in the match for a 2-1 Laurier win. The two goals past Josh Unice (Holland, OH, USA) from Benjamin Skinner are a career high. Unice finished the night blocking 21 of 23 Laurier shots.
Source: Laurier Sports Info
McGill, 3 @ Ottawa, 2 - OT
Evan Vossen (McKiernan, Biniek), 11:43 1st PP; Francis Verreault-Paul (Picard-Hooper, Morse) 4:56; Andrew Wright (Picard-Hooper, Doucet), 2:45 OT
After suffering an embarrassing 8-0 loss at the hands of the Carleton Ravens Friday night, the uOttawa men's hockey team bounced back with a stellar effort against the McGill Redmen, the number three team in the CIS, only to fall 3-2 in overtime.
After McGill took a 2-0 lead, the Gee-Gees dug in their heels to tie things up going into the third period thanks to goals by first-year forward Chris Smerek, Calgary Alta., his first of the year, and third-year forward Matt Methot, Ottawa, Ont., his 12th.
"Today we had to redeem ourselves," said Methot, "We knew we had to come out with a strong effort and I think it showed. Unfortunately we got the short end of the stick."
The Gee-Gees were also buoyed by an athletic performance from first-year goalie Harrison May, Vancouver, B.C., stopping 34 of 37 shots. While the Gee-Gees cut their penalties significantly from last game, it was May who shut the door on any opportunities for McGill to run up the score.
Off the ice the Gee-Gees were treated to the largest home crowd ever this season, much in part made up of the university's Jockey Club, who brought the atmosphere in the Sports Complex up to a fever pitch.
"We wouldn't have had the success tonight without them," said Methot.
Head coach Dave Leger was also pleased with how his team performed tonight.
"I was really proud of how the guys competed. We pinned a very good hockey team back on their heels."
Source: Ottawa Sports Info
Toronto, 3 @ RMC, 4 - SO
The Varsity Blues men’s hockey team recorded their second consecutive shootout loss, falling 4-3 to the RMC Paladins on Saturday, January 8 at Constantine Arena.
U of T remains in eighth place with a 5-8-5 record, while RMC celebrates their second win of the season.
The Paladins scored two goals in the first 14 minutes of the game to gain a quick advantage. Toronto chipped away at the deficit for the remainder of the game, starting with rookie forward Anthony Bergin’s powerplay marker with a minute to go in the first frame.
RMC increased their lead to two midway through the second period and carried that 3-1 advantage into the third.
The Blues offence finally sparked in the last 10 minutes of regulation as assistant captain Dan Brewer of Cambrdige, Ont., tallied the second powerplay goal of the night. Toronto native and captain Andrew Kizito evened the score with just over a minute to go with a goal assisted by Sean Kliewer and Blake Boddy to force overtime.
After a scoreless five-minute overtime period, the game headed into a shootout. Tied 1-1, RMC’s sixth shooter Colin O’Rourke was the hero as he beat Blues rookie goaltender Garrett Sheehan for the game-winner.
The Blues out shot the Paladins 44-21, with Sheehan recording 18 saves in the loss.
Source: Toronto Sports Info
Windsor, 2 @ Lakehead, 4
Lakehead came out hard, looking to continue the momentum gained from a big win on Friday night. Matt Caria was flying again in the first period, as was the line of Brock McPherson, Adam Sergerie and Ryan Magill.
The Thunderwolves peppered Windsor goaltender Jim Watt early with plenty of great chances, including a 2-on-1 with Caria and Victor Anilane, in which Anilane couldn't quite get a handle on the puck.
Brock McPherson put Lakehead in front at 14:00 of the first period with a nice forehand-to-backhand move. The assists were credited to Sergerie and Magill.
Windsor was kept off the board thanks to solid goaltending from Kyle Moir, and from Kalvin Sagert who had some key blocked shots.
It was much of the same in the second period for Lakehead, as it spent the majority of the second period in Windsor’s end. Brock McPherson got things going at 2:08 of the second, with an unassisted marker that he put over Jim Watt's shoulder.
Caria, Anilane and Ryan McDonald were buzzing all period long and had plenty of chances. The physical play picked up in the second period, highlighted by Mitch Maunu absolutely flattening Lancer defenseman Scott Todd into the boards.
Windsor got on the board early in the third period to make things interesting when Mike Lombardi put one past Kyle Moir to cut Lakehead's lead in half. Ryan McDonald replied for Lakehead with his fifteenth goal of the season to restore Lakehead's two-goal lead. At 9:39 of the third, Brennan Menard broke in alone and fired a shot past Watt to put the Wolves up 4-1, with assists credited to Mitch Maunu and Andrew Wilkins.
Windsor got a late goal from Mark Thorburn to make it 4-2, but it wasn't enough, as Lakehead held on for the win.
Source: Lakehead Sport Info
Guelph, 2 @ Waterloo, 1
York, 0 @ UOIT, 4
