M-Hockey Saturday Roundup
Carleton 3 Concordia 2 Final – OT
Captain Brad Good (Kitchener, Ont.) scored three minutes into overtime to lift the Carleton University Ravens men's hockey to a 3-2 win over the Concordia University Stingers on the road Saturday afternoon.
After splitting the weekend with a win and a loss, the Ravens have a record of 12-6-2 for fourth place in the OUA East.
Brandon MacLean (Burlington, Ont.) and Joey Manley (Ottawa) both finished the game with two points, giving them five points each this weekend.
After a scoreless first period, MacLean got things going for the Ravens 39 seconds into the second with a goal on the man-advantage. The Stingers responded with a powerplay marker of their own six minutes in off the stick of Jesse Goodsell (Ayer's Cliff, Que.). Michael Stinziani (Lorraine, Que.) gave Concordia its first lead of the game midway through the period when he scored a shorthanded goal, putting the Stingers up 2-1.
A minute and a half into the third, Jeff Hayes (Ottawa) scored a shorthanded goal for Carleton, tying things up at two. Neither team was able to find the back of the net again before Good won it for Carleton in the extra frame.
Ryan Dube (Sault Ste. Marie, Ont.) made 23 saves for the win as the Ravens more than doubled Concordia's shots, peppering Stingers goalie Maxime Joyal (Chateauguay, Que.) with 51.
The men will return to Montreal on Wednesday, Jan. 19 to take on McGill for their second matchup in six days against the No. 3 nationally ranked Redmen. The puck drops at 7 p.m.
Source: Carleton Sports Info
The UOIT Ridgebacks men's hockey team dropped the first game in their home and home series with York University on Saturday night as the Lions skated away with a 5-4 victory.
The teams will be back at it on Thursday, January 20 as the Ridgebacks host York at the Campus Ice Centre for a 7:30 p.m. puck drop.
With the teams combining for nine goals in the first two periods and York holding a slim 5-4 lead, it looked as if fans were going to be in for a high scoring finish in the final frame. However, this was not the case as either team was able to light the lamp and York managed to skate off with the one goal victory.
Kyle Wetering had a three point night for UOIT scoring two goals and an assist. The Pickering native has seven goals and five assists in 21 games this season.
Scott Baker (Mactier, Ont.) and Kevin George (Uxbridge, Ont.) were the other goal scorers for the Ridgebacks. Baker and George currently sit two-three in team scoring with 16 and 14 points respectively, trailing captain Nathan Spaling (Drayton, Ont.) who has 17 points.
Penalties were lopsided on the night as York had five power play opportunities compared to just one for UOIT. In total, the Ridgebacks accumulated 32 penalty minutes while the Lions had four.
Jason Guy (Whitby, Ont.) allowed five goals on 28 shots in two periods of play, while teammate Jeff Dawson (Bracebridge, Ont.) stopped all ten shots he faced after coming in relief at the beginning of the third period.
York (7-14-0) kept their postseason hopes alive as they trail UOIT (8-9-4) and Guelph (9-9-2) by six points for the final playoff spot in the OUA western conference.
Source: UOIT Sports Info
Laurier 2 Waterloo 3
Warriors' defenceman Ryan Molle's first-ever goal in the CIS helped the Warriors overcome their cross-town rivals from Laurier for the third time this season. Molle also added an assist in the 3-2 victory, the second victory by that score in as many days for the rebounding Warriors. The CIF arena was packed this Saturday night as the Warriors hosted the first of a series of five targeted events for their "Ultimate Warrior Showdown." The fans were treated to an excellent opening pace with both teams trying to control the flow of the game.
Tensions ran high as the two teams have met twice before this season, with both games incredibly close. After Warriors forward Kyle Schwende was rubbed out in the boards by defenceman Mike Gauthier while chasing a puck in the Laurier end, he took exception to the check and the ensuing shoving match resulted in both players drawing roughing minors, with Schwende taking the instigator as well.
On the ensuing powerplay, a wraparound attempt generated a rebound that Ryan Bellows poked by Waterloo's starting goalie Keaton Hartigan, giving Laurier the 1-0 lead. The Warriors would get the goal back on a powerplay of their own very late in the period. Warrior Andy Smith fired a slapshot from the point that gave a juicy rebound for Molle to clean up.
Midway through the second period, Laurier would take their second lead of the game after drawing a full two minutes of 5-on-3 action. Despite strong penalty killing by team captain Chris Ray and Thomas Cardiff, a harmless looking shot from Belle finds twine in the dying seconds of the penalties to put the Golden Hawks up by one.
With less than two minutes left in the second frame the Warriors tied the game after a Steve Whitely slapshot was cleaned up by Cory Fraser notching his second goal of the season. Less than a minute later Tyler Moir rushed down the wing and fired a shot that Laurier keeper Ryan Daniels stopped but gave up a big rebound that Moir picked up and snapped the shot over the shoulder of a sprawling Daniels.
With sound defence and key saves by Hartigan, the Warriors would hang on to the 3-2 lead, to take the third edition of the battle of Waterloo. Hartigan made 32 saves in the win while the busier of the two, Daniels stopped 43 of 46 shots.
The win puts Waterloo just a point back of third-place Lakehead and two behind Laurier in the West. They will take on the UOIT Ridgebacks again next Friday night at the CIF before traveling to Windsor to face the Lancers.
Source: Waterloo Sports info
Guelph 2 Windsor 3
Special teams made the difference in Windsor's Saturday night 3-2 win over the Guelph Gryphons.
The win has major implication on the standings as the Lancers now leap frog past Guelph in the standings and sit in 6th place with a .500 record of 9-9-3.
The Lancers got a jump on the Gryphons in the first period as they peppered goalie Andrew Loverock with 22 shots.
Brett Vandehogan and Steve Ferry scored on the power play in the first period. Kyle Nishizaki and Mark Thorburn both assisted on Vandehogan's beautiful tick-tac-toe goal.
Vandehogan added his second point of the night with an assist on Ferry's powerplay blast from the point. Matt McCready also added an assist.
In the second Mike Lombardi shelved a beautiful goal from the top of the circle after Ryan Caicco won the draw cleanly onto Lombardi's stick.
The Gryphons finally got on the board in the third at the 13 minute marker as captain Kris Belan scored on the powerplay with assists going to Tim Priamo and Ken Peroff.
Guelph would add another one early in the third, again on the powerplay, as Zack Lillie went to the net strong to get his own rebound.
Jim Watt made 37 saves in the win for the Lancers second consecutive win.
Windsor will now host the Western Mustangs on Friday January 21st and the Waterloo Warriors on Saturday the 22nd. Both games are at 7:30pm at Windsor Arena.
Source: Windsor Sports Info
Lakehead 1 Western 4
Western (16-1-3) steals four points from Lakehead (13-6-1) in weekend double header with a 4-1 victory for the annual Jack Frost Cup on Jan. 15 at Thompson Arena.
Jason Furlong (London, Ont.), Josh McQuade (Grimsby, Ont.), Kevin Baker (Georgetown, Ont.) and Keaton Turkiewicz (Brantford, Ont.) scored for the Mustangs while Andy Zulyniak (Winnipeg, Man.) notched Lakehead's only goal.
In tonight's win, Western moves eight points past third place Lakehead and seven points past second place Laurier.
With last night's contest still lingering, the Mustangs understood the importance of getting the first goal against a tough team like Lakehead. Furlong opened the scoring less than two minutes into play as his linemate Steve Reese (Dorchester, Ont.) threw the puck in front of Lakehead's net. Furlong was planted at the edge of the crease and batted at the rebound, scoring on his second effort.
The Thunderwolves countered Western's lead midway through the first period on the powerplay. Zulyniak picked the top corner from the left face-off circle to beat Josh Unice (Holland, Ohio) and tie the match at one apiece.
Western started the second period with 1:20 remaining on the man-advantage, but could not beat Lakehead's goaltender Alex Dupuis to secure the lead. The Mustangs went 0 for 7 on powerplay opportunities.
Western's McQuade grabbed possession of the puck and deked a Lakehead player at the blue-line to gain the offensive zone. McQuade walked in and fired a shot that hit the cross bar and jumped back out front. Skating hard to the net, McQuade grabbed his own rebound, beating Dupuis for his first goal of the season and handing Western a 2-1 lead.
The Mustangs broke out of their end just two minutes later and Turkiewicz headed towards Lakehead territory along the right-wing boards. Turkiewicz was checked by a Thunderwolves defender, but Baker gripped the puck and headed down the open lane. Baker skated full tilt towards the net and ripped a shot and beat Dupuis on the far post for a two-goal edge over Lakehead. Baker's goal marks his 11th of the season
Unice made several key saves in the second period to preserve his team's lead including a stacked pad save moments after a Lakehead forward was dumped into his net.
The Thunderwolves battled hard in the final frame, but Unice stood on his head to hold the win with 27 saves.
Turkiewicz added an empty net goal with 11 seconds left to seal the victory at 4-1.
Mustangs key forward Aaron Snow (Windsor, Ont.) left last night's game during the second period after suffering a knee injury as he was taken into the boards. Snow is expected to be out for eight months recovering. Already this season Snow has added 11 goals and 12 assists and is ranked third on the team for point leaders.
The Mustangs look to avenge last weekend's 2-1 loss to the Laurier Golden Hawks on Thursday Jan. 20 for a 7:30 p.m. rematch.
Source: Western Sports Info
