November 26, 2013
MEN'S HOCKEY ROUNDUP: Gaels sweep No. 7 Lancers
Friday, November 22
York 1 @ UQTR 4
A slow start handicapped the York University Lions men's hockey team Friday (Nov. 22), as the squad dropped a 4-1 decision to the UQTR Patriotes in Trois-Rivieres, Que.
The loss has the Lions sitting at 7-6-0 on the year, while the Patriotes improved to 8-4-0 with the victory.
A solid all-around team effort from UQTR had the Lions on their heels from the drop of the first puck, as an uncharacteristically slow start by the Lions saw the squad outshot 14-7 in the frame. The period would remain scoreless however, as a stellar effort from goaltender Andrew Perugini (King City, Ont.) had the Patriotes unable to get on the scoreboard. Perugini would finish with 40 saves in the contest.
Surging back offensively in the second, the Lions focused on getting the puck to the net. The result was a 19-shot performance, which ultimately fell short however, as York was unable to convert on a single shot. Marc-Antoine Gelinas (St-Etienne-de-Lauzon, Que.) stood on his head throughout the contest, making 35 saves on 36 shots.
And the offensive focus cost the Lions defensively, as UQTR was finally able to sneak a couple goals past Perugini. Tommy Tremblay (La Tuque, Que.) and Anthony Verret (Roven, France )was among the goal scorers, notching his fifth of the season.
The Patriotes retained a 2-0 lead going into the final frame.
The third period saw each team grind it out for nearly fifteen minutes, until York captain and leading scorer Jesse Messier (Keswick, Ont.) finally put the Lions on the board with a timely power play goal to move the team within one.
In an all-out effort for the equalizer goal, the Lions would once again sacrifice defensively as Pierre-Olivier Morin (Trois-Rivieres, Que.) padded UQRT's lead. The Patriotes would add an empty netter to seal the victory, 4-1.
Source: York Sports Info
Toronto 5 @ Nipissing 3
There wasn’t much to separate the Nipissing Lakers men’s hockey team and the University of Toronto Varsity Blues Friday night and despite outshooting the Blues, the Lakers came up short.
The Lakers controlled the first two periods, leading 24-13 on the shot clock, but it was the Blues who led 3-2 as they went on to a 5-3 victory over the Lakers.
After allowing the opening goal, Lakers assistant captain Conor O’Donnell scored with three seconds left on the clock in the opening frame to tie the game.
The Blues would once again take the lead early in the second, but again, the Lakers replied. This time is was Luca McKinley scoring his first of two goals on the night.
With the game tied 2-2, the Blues would scored three straight goals to put them up 5-2 before McKinley scored his second goal to make it 5-3.
The Lakers outshot the Blues 30-26, with Garrett Sheehan making 27 saves for the win, while Kirk Rafuse was tagged with the loss making 21 saves.
O’Donnell finished with three points, as he was in on all three goals.
Source: Nipissing Sports Info
Western 6 @ RMC 1
KINGSTON, Ont. – Six different Mustangs contributed goals and Greg Dodds turned in a solid effort to help Western prolong RMC's early season struggles, handing the Paladins a 6-1 loss in front of their home fans at Constantine Arena.
Zach Harnden had a three point night, registering a goal and two assists to bring his season point-total up to 19 in only 11 games. The veteran forward is currently on a four-game point streak, during which stretch he has compiled three goals and five assists for a total of eight points.
Adam Stoykewych, Matt Marantz, Matt Clarke, Stephen Gaskin, and Stefan Salituro also had multi-point nights for the Mustangs. Stoykewych, Marantz, Clarke and Salituro all had a goal and one assist while Gaskin chimed in with two assists on the night.
Mark Begert and Daniel Erlich provided the rest of the offense on Friday with Begert assisting on Erlich's sixth of the year just over three minutes into the third. With his third-period goal, Erlich ensured that he would both extend his amazing eleven game point streak and remain on top of the OUA in points with 22.
In Western's own zone, Greg Dodds was solid once again for the Mustangs, turning aside 27 of 28 shots to earn his third win of the season. Although he has had quite a low sample size compared to most of his competition, playing only 200 minutes so far this season, the rookie goaltender currently leads the OUA in both goals against average (1.20) and save percentage (0.961).
The loss to Western leaves RMC searching for their first win of the season as the Paladins have gone 0-13-0 this season and remain the only pointless team in the OUA. They will have a chance to turn their luck around when they welcome Guelph (6-5-2) to Kingston tomorrow night.
The Mustangs, on the other hand, still sit two points out of first place in the OUA West with 16 points and have two games in hand on third-place Toronto (9-4-0). Besides Toronto, the only other teams between Western and first place in their division are Lakehead (9-2-0) and Windsor (9-2-0), who the Mustangs will play on November 29 and December 16, respectively.
Source: Western Sports Info
Guelph 3 @ Carleton 4 (SO)
The Carleton Ravens and Guelph Gryphons needed overtime and a shootout on Friday night to determine the winner of their OUA men’s hockey game.
Joey West (Orleans, ON) scored the winning goal for Carleton after swooping down the right side of the ice before snapping the puck past Guelph goalkeeper, Keith Hamilton to give the Ravens a 4-3 shootout victory.
Ravens net-minder Frances Dupuis (Ottawa, ON) stopped two of three Guelph’s shots for the win.
“I knew their final shooter was a skilled player and didn’t want to give up the tying goal so I took away the top part of the net and made the save,” Dupuis said.
“I thought we (Carleton) played an excellent game but ran into some penalty trouble in the third period which cost us the lead. In the end it’s good to get back on the winnings side of things, it will help our confidence.”
The lead Dupuis is talking about was a 3-0 Carleton advantage that evaporated over the course of the third period.
The Ravens led 2-0 after 20 minutes of play then scored on their first shift of the third period to go up by three.
But penalties started to take their toll with the Gryphons scoring twice on the power play and once five on five.
“I was happy with our compete level, we battled hard and stuck together throughout the entire game, a win like that is something to build on,” said Marty Johnston, Carleton head coach.
Linden Bahm (Kinburn, ON), Jeff Hayes (Ottawa, ON) and Jake Cardwell (Niagara Falls, ON) scored for Carleton in regulation. Michael McNamee had two assists and found the back of the net in the shoot-out.
Carleton outshot Guelph 39-29. Frances Dupuis made 26 saves for his second win of the season. The Ravens (7-4-1) went 1-5 on the power play while Guelph (6-5-2) finished the night 2-5.
Source: Carleton Sports Info
Waterloo 2 @ Ottawa 4
The Gee-Gees men’s hockey team downed the defending OUA West champions, the Waterloo Warriors, 4-2 on Friday night and racked up a seventh consecutive victory. The win brings Ottawa’s record to 8-5-0 and drops Waterloo’s to 5-6-1.
The Gee-Gees played a resilient game, as they responded to each of the Waterloo goals by scoring just minutes after. “It’s important to be resilient. I think at this moment we’re in a bubble where nothing bothers us, so we get scored on and we come right back at our opponents and that helps kill our opponents’ momentum and emotion,” said Gee-Gees head coach Real Paiement.
Ottawa was able to play a very good defensive game, keeping the CIS top goal scorer Chris Chappelle off the score sheet and limiting his overall impact. “We knew he was the best scorer in the league, so we played tight on him and always had a man shadowing him and it worked out in the end,” explained Gee-Gees captain David Foucher.
The Gee-Gees started the first period exactly as a team on a six game winning streak should, hitting and playing aggressive on the puck. Their good start and hard work paid off as Ottawa opened the scoring at the 13:06 mark, when Mathieu Guertin scored a beautiful goal. The rookie forward deeked several Waterloo players while cutting towards the middle of the ice and ripped the puck into the top corner with assists going to Matt White and Mathieu Leduc. Ottawa struck again when Andrew Creppin stole the puck and fired it past the Waterloo keeper, ending the period at 2-0 for the Gee-Gees.
The Warriors took the wind out of the Gee-Gees sails, as Waterloo capitalised on a power play opportunity early in the second period to cut Ottawa’s lead to one. Only a little bit over a minute later, the Gee-Gees got their two-goal lead back thanks to Alexandre Touchette who scored following a couple of wacks at a weird bounce that came back in front of the net.
The third period felt like deja vu, as the visiting Warriors scored only two minutes into the period and 22 seconds later, the Gee-Gees regained their second two-goal lead when Paul Landry scored his first goal of the season from a beautiful wrap around pass from Taylor Collins making it a game at 4-2.
Source: Ottawa Sports Info
Laurier 4 @ McGill 3
MONTREAL - Tyler Stothers of Oakville, Ont., scored twice as the visiting Wilfrid Laurier Golden Hawks men's hockey team upset No. 5 McGill 4-3 at McConnell Arena, Friday.
It was WLU's third straight win as well as their third cosecutive conquest over McGill dating back to the 2006 season. The teams are now knotted at 11-11-1 lifetime against each other since they first met in the 1960s.
It was the first meeting between the clubs since former Laurier bench boss Kelly Nobes left the Waterloo-based club to take over as head coach at McGill in 2010.
McGill outshot Laurier 32-22 but the teams were tied at 2-2 after one period. The Hawks pulled ahead 4-2 after two and hung on for a dizzying third period which featured a 14-2 edge in shots for McGill.
Stothers scored his pair sandwiched around first-period McGill goals by Max Le Sieur of Montreal and Cedric McNicoll of Thelford Mines, Que. The Hawks regained their lead in the middle stanza when Zach Woolford of Rockwood, Ont., and Ryan Lopes of Brampton, Ont., struck for two goals in 34 seconds late in the period o make it 4-2.
Jonathan Brunelle of Broisbriand, Que., replied on the power-play for McGill midway through the final stanza but the Redmen could not solve goaltender Duncan Long of Brantford, Ont.,, who made 29 saves and collected only his second victory in five decisions.
Mathieu Pompei, a sophomore from Laval, Que., drew assists on both Redmen markers..
The Redmen dug themselves into a hole with penalties, taking the game's first five infractions and seven of the nine called. Laurier went 2-for-5 on the power-play while McGill was 1-for-2.
Source: McGill Sports Info
Windsor 0 @ Queen’s 3
KINGSTON, Ont. (November 22, 2013) - Gaels netminder Kevin Bailie (Kingston, Ont.) got the shutout stopping all 31 shots faced as the Gaels (7-0-5) knocked off the No. 7 Windsor Lancers (9-3-0) 3-0 on Friday night at the Memorial Centre in Kingston.
With the win the Gaels keep their point streak alive and have yet to lose in regulation play.
Bailie held the Lancers at bay in the first as Queen's got outshot 14-10. After a scoreless second period the battle of the goaltenders ended.
Queen's got their first of the game from Jordan Coccimiglio (Burlington, Ont.) who scored his first career CIS goal. The goal came at 3:28 in the third with assists going to Chris Van Laren (Kingston, Ont.) and Corey Bureau (Amherstview, Ont.).
Late in the third Queen's was hanging on to their lead and the Lancers started to put on the pressure. After just killing off time on back-to-back shifts the Gaels kept the puck high at the points to get some offense going. Patrick McEachen (Stouffville, Ont.) stepped into a slap shot from the high slot and beat Parker Van Buskirk the Lancer netminder to give the Gaels the clear advantage.
Queen's tacked on and empty net goal and took a 3-0 decision.
Source: Queen’s Sports Info
Lakehead 0 @ UOIT 1
OSHAWA, Ont. - The UOIT men’s hockey team defeated the nationally ranked Lakehead Thunderwolves 1-0 Friday night at the Campus Ice Centre.
Lakehead entered the game on a seven-game winning streak and ranked sixth overall in the CIS while the Ridgebacks looked to end a three-game losing streak.
The Ridgebacks received an exceptional performance from rookie goaltender and Thunder Bay native Colin Dzijacky who earned his first career shutout stopping all 37 shots he faced, including several from hometown friends.
“It’s our first home win, first shutout in the CIS, couldn’t ask for anything more,” said Dzijacky after the victory. “I know a majority of the guys here on the Lakehead team to so it’s nice to get it against them.”
The lone goal for the Ridgebacks came late in the second period as James Diminie (Cobourg, Ont.) was able to find James Woodcroft (Milton, Ont.) in front of the net and after a few attempts, Woodcroft was able to find the back of the net for his second goal of the season. The crowd erupted in a fury of excitement after the Woodcroft goal as the Ridgebacks took the unexpected lead over the nationally ranked opponent.
The line of Diminie, Woodcroft and Nate Mitton (Kitchener, Ont.) worked hard throughout the game displaying a strong forecheck and accounting for several of the Ridgebacks scoring chances.
Late in the third, the Thunderwolves pulled their goalie for the extra attacker in an attempt to even the score but the strong play of Dzijacky continued as several scrambles in front were able to be covered up allowing for the Ridgebacks to complete the shutout effort.
UOIT (4-7-1) jumps into a tie for sixth place in the OUA eastern conference with Concordia, as both teams have nine points and are three points ahead of Nipissing and Laurentian. With only their second loss of the season, the Thunderwolves allow Windsor and Toronto move into a tie for first place in the western conference. All three teams have 18 points.
Source: UOIT Sports Info
Brock 2 @ Concordia 9
MONTREAL - The Brock University men's hockey team (5-6-2 OUA West) lost to the Concordia Stingers by the score of 9-2 Friday night on the road.
Concordia scored four times in the opening period on Brock starter Dalton McGrath (Toronto, Ont.). The Stingers leading scorer Olivier Hinse would add his 11th and 12th goals of the season, while Kyle Armstrong and George Lovatsis added singles.
Early in the second period, the Badgers Dylan MacEachern (Mississauga, Ont.) would add a shorthanded marker beating Concordia starter Antonio Mastropietro to cut the lead to three. The Stingers would answer right back as Lovatsis would collect his second goal of the game making it a four goal deficit for Brock.
Daniel Zweep (Richmond Hill, Ont.) would register his second goal as a Badger with just over three minute remaining in the second period. Gabriel Bourret would answer 30 seconds later putting Concordia up 6-2 after 40 minutes.
In the third period it was all Concordia as they added three more goals. Hinse would finish with the natural hat trick while Francis Beauregard and Taylor Lambke rounded out the Stingers scoring.
In goal, McGrath allowed nine goals on 38 shots, the most allowed in his first two seasons. Mastropietro recorded 23 saves for the victory.
Source: Brock Sports Info
Ryerson 6 @ Laurentian 4
The 1st annual “Dust the Ice” fundraising effort took place Friday night at Countryside Arena. Students were awarded free admission for sporting our blue and gold colors as well as moustaches in an effort to raise funds to support men’s health and the Laurentian University Movember Campaign.
The Laurentian Voyageurs Men’s Hockey team was looking to earn a victory at home, however were unable to hold back the Rams. The game ended 6-4, in favour of the Rams.
The Voyageurs (3-8-0) looked to end a seven game losing streak against the Ryerson Rams (7-4-0), who were riding a hot streak winning six of their last ten games. The men were unable to take advantage of the home crowd, as Ryerson capitalized on their first powerplay of the game to take a 1-0 lead early. The Voyageurs would not settle being down one goal, and Dylan Fitze answered on a 2 on 1 opportunity to tie the game 1-1. Soon thereafter, Ryerson bounced back with another quick goal by Dustin Alcock in the slot putting the Rams up 2-1, where it would remain heading into the first intermission.
Ryerson continued their strong play heading into the second period, and Mitch Gallant capitalized on a great scoring chance sending the Rams to a 3-1 lead. The Voyageurs continued to look flat throughout the period, and Alain Valiquette kept his teammates in the game making some key saves throughout the period. The Voyageurs were able to make the game 3-2 late in the second period as Cory McEwen finished off a great passing play from Sebastian Leroux and Matthew Eddy. Less than a minute later, Ryerson deflated any momentum the Voyageurs were gaining burying another goal making the game 4-2. The domination continued as Ryerson was able to make it 5-2 heading into the second intermission.
The Voyageurs came out strong to start the 3rd period, burying one early as Sebastian Leroux made it 5-3. The Voyageurs momentum was short lived as the Rams continued their pressure, however Valiquette continued to make some key saves to keep his team in the game. As time wound down, Ryerson was able to cap off a solid effort scoring an empty netter making the game 6-3. Laurentian was able to make the game 6-4, however it was too little too late as Ryerson improved to 8-4-0 on the season. The final shots on goal in the contest were 43-34 Ryerson.
Source: Laurentian Sports Info
Saturday, November 23
York 3 @ Concordia 0
The York University Lions men's hockey team capped off their weekend trip to Quebec with a win on Saturday (Nov. 23), shutting out the Concordia Stingers by a score of 3-0 at Ed Meagher Arena.
The win advances York to 8-6 on the season.
The Lions would come out looking refreshed for the afternoon game, outworking the Stingers early. Forward Evan Gravenor (Winnipeg) earned the goal advantage six minutes into the frame, taking a Michael Santini (Woodbridge, Ont.) dish to the net for the score. The 1-0 tally would stand after one.
York wouldn't miss a beat returning in the second, outshooting Concordia 13-7. Lions points leader Jesse Messier (Keswick, Ont.) would again find the score sheet, notching his ninth goal of the year.
Riding their momentum, Mike Lombardi (Richmond Hill, Ont.) found pay dirt on the power play midway through the period, padding the Lions lead to 3-0, closing out the period.
York noticeably transitioned to a defensive focus in the final frame, resting on their large advantage. Goaltender Andrew Perugini (King City, Ont.) was stellar throughout, and ultimately closed the door in the third to finish with 26 saves and the shutout.
Source: York Sports Info
Brock 3 @ UQTR 5
After a difficult 9-2 loss against Concordia on Friday night, the Badgers returned to action a mere 16 hours later as they visited the UQTR Patriots.
UQTR, who entered the game third in the OUA East with an 8-4 record, opened the scoring at 10:15 of the first on a goal by Olivier Dallaire, assisted by Billy Lacasse and Marc-Olivier Mimar.
The Patriots extended their lead just over two minutes later when assistant captain Keven Robert beat Dalton MacGrath to make it 2-0.
With Patriots forward Olivier D'Aoust off for roughing, the Badgers cut into the lead with the man advantage, as Andrew Radjenovic snapped it by goaltender Marc-Antoine Gelinas.
Matt Abercrombie and Johnson Andrews had the assists on Radjenovic's goal, which was scored at 19:36 of the first period.
UQTR took a commanding 5-1 lead in the second, with three consecutive goals.
Billy Lacasse made it 3-1 on his first goal and third point of the game, followed by Anthony Verret, who made it 4-1 on the powerplay, scoring the eventual game winner.
At 7:10 of the second, Marc-Olivier Mimar provided insurance for the Patriots, while also collecting three points in the game, en route to making it 5-1.
The Badgers cut into the lead 46 seconds into the third after Matt Abercrombie scored his sixth goal of the season – unassisted. Milan Doczy capped off the Badgers scoring, with his first career OUA goal, off a cross-crease pass by Sammy Banga.
The total shots were 53-37. MacGrath made 48 saves in a losing effort for the Badgers.
Source: Brock Sports Info
Western 2 @ Carleton 3
Tyler Taylor picked the perfect time to register his first goal of the season.
The fourth year forward from Kitchener, Ontario scored at 15:43 of the third period to give the Ravens a 3-2 lead and win over the Western Mustangs in OUA men’s hockey action on Saturday afternoon at the Carleton Ice House.
“The puck came back to me on a rebound and I shot right away,” said Taylor.
“It was a nice reward for going hard to the front of the net which is one of the things we’ve been trying to work on in practice.”
The game looked like it may be heading to overtime for the Ravens’ second contest in a row until Taylor’s marker put Carleton up by one with just over four minutes to play in regulation.
Carleton had taken a 2-1 lead earlier in the period on a power play goal by Jeffrey Hayes (Ottawa, ON) but the Mustangs replied 47 seconds later to tie things up.
“I thought we competed hard in the second and third periods,” said Marty Johnston, Carleton head coach.
“We (Carleton) wanted to keep things simple and get pucks and bodies to the net which resulted in our winning goal. “I’m very happy with the weekend, the four points and with the way the guys competed every shift.”
Carleton won back to back games this weekend starting with a 4-3 shootout win over Guelph on Friday night, followed by Saturday afternoon’ s exciting 3-2 victory over Western.
Mitch Zion (Manotick,ON) had the other goal for Carleton. Tim Billingsley had two assists for the Ravens (8-4-1).
Carleton outshot Western 34-13. Frances Dupuis (Ottawa, ON) made his second straight start in goal for the Ravens and registered 11 saves for his third win of the season. The Ravens went 1-5 on the power play while Western (8-4-0) finished the game 0-6.
Source: Carleton Sports Info
Ryerson 9 @ Nipissing 7
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If you like scoring chances, offence and a tonne of goals, Memorial Gardens was the place to be Saturday night, as the Nipissing Lakers men’s hockey team hosted the Ryerson Rams.
The Lakers were looking to bounce back after a loss Friday night, unfortunately that was not the case as the Rams outscored the Lakers 9-7 to walk away with the win.
The teams combined for 16 goals, 75 shots and a tonne of offence and despite an early 2-0 for the Lakers, they dropped their second straight game.
A total of five Lakers had multi-point games and six Rams accomplished that feat as well, with forward Jamie Wise leading the way with four points.
Lakers captain Matt Paton led the way with two goals and an assist, Conor O’Donnell had two goals and an assist as well, while Jon Mitchell scored twice and Brodie Barron added a single.
Grant Toulmin chipped in with three assists and only five players on the Lakers didn’t manage a point.
The game went back and forth right from the opening goal which came just under five minutes into the first period.
The Lakers held leads of 2-0, 6-3 and 7-6, but also trailed 3-2 at one point and eventually came up two goals short in the end.
All four goalies saw time as John Chartrand started for the Lakers, but was replaced by Kirk Rafuse after surrendering six goals.
In the Rams net, Adam Courchaine got the nod, but was pulled as well, after allowing six goals.
Troy Passingham made 23 saves in relief of Courchaine for the Rams.
Source: Nipissing Sports Info
Guelph 5 @ RMC 4
Waterloo 1 @ McGill 4
MONTREAL -- Defencemen Ryan McKiernan and Jean-Philippe Mathieu each scored once as No.5-ranked McGill quadrupled the Waterloo Warriors 4-1 in men's university hockey at McConnell Arena, Saturday.
It was McGill's sixth win in their last eight meetings with Waterloo, improving their all-time record against the Warriors to 12-17-3 dating back to their first rendez-vous in 1964.
The Redmen, who had a 42-30 edge in shots, led 1-0 after the first period and 3-1 after two.
"I liked our work ethic," said McGill head coach Kelly Nobes, whose troops snapped a rare two-game losing streak. "It was one of the things that has been lacking the last couple of games. Our main objective tonight was to make sure that regardless of the outcome, we would outwork our opponent for three periods."
Rookie Alexis Millette opened the scoring for McGill at 15:29 of the first period. It was the third marker of the season for the physical & occupational therapy freshman, who has tallied seven points in seven regular season games. Including non-conference games, he has a 6-5-11 record in 12 contests overall.
Warriors forward Colin Behenna, who hails from Waterloo, evened the score at 1-1 only 60 seconds into the second frame.
McKiernan, a senior from White Plains, N.Y., tallied what proved to be the game-winner midway through the second period to give McGill a 2-1 lead. Mathieu, who assisted on McKiernan's goal, then made it 3-1 less than three minutes later.
Guillaume Langelier-Parent added an empty-netter with 12 seconds remaining to ice the contest. It was his second point of the night.
Freshman goaltender Jacob Gervais-Chouinard made 29 saves to collect the win between the pipes for McGill. Justin Leclerc registered 38 saves in a losing cause for the Warriors.
McGill was 2-for-6 on the power-play and killed off all three shorthanded situations.
The injury bug that devastated the Redmen lineup last season has hit the team again over the last few games. Regulars scratched for the confrontation against Waterloo included D Hugo Laporte, F David Rose, F Cedric McNicoll and F Jonathan Brunelle.
"We're banged up but the nice thing this season is that we have more depth," said Nobes, who is maintaining a 29-man roster, which is three more players than he carried last year. "A good example of that is (rookie) Alexandre Lemieux who played his first (regular season) game tonight and had a great game. He was very thorough (in the way he played) and it is clear that he has been paying attention in practice."
Among the others who have contributed much more than was expected is the aforementioned Millette, as well as Neil Blunden, a senior defenceman who saw limited duty over his first three years but has been among the team's top rearguards thus far.
Source: McGill Sports Info
Laurier 2 @ Ottawa 4
The Gee-Gees stepped up and beat the Laurier Golden Hawks 4-2 in a hard fought game. Ottawa makes it eight wins in a row improving their record to 9-5-0 and Laurier’s record drops to 4-6-1.
Ottawa played what seemed to be a team on a mission, as the last placed Golden Hawks gave Ottawa all they can handle. “We were surprised by Laurier’s intensity and desire to win, they gave us a good battle and they never gave up even when they were down three goals,” said Ottawa head coach Réal Paiement.
Ottawa’s Alexandre Touchette scored a goal and an assist to give him 17 points in 14 games.
As they have time and time again, the Gee-Gees came with a very solid start, as all pistons were firing. Ottawa opened the scoring on the power play when Rock Regimbald roofed a rebound past the Laurier keeper at the 16:19 mark. Ottawa quickly grew their lead, scoring 37 seconds later as Andrew Creppin found Taylor Collins crashing the net and Collins tipped in the puck making it a 2-0 game.
Ottawa continued on their momentum in the second frame as at the 6:19 mark, Tanguay-Theriault scored a rebound goal putting the Gee-Gees up 3-0. Ottawa continued to establish its dominance as no less than four minutes later, Touchette scored off a beautiful pass from Stephen Blunden to make it 4-0.
Laurier’s Matt Provost broke the shoutout bid for Ottawa, as he ripped a slap shot top corner past Warren Shymko with assists going to Brendan Woods and Spencer MacCormack, making it a 4-1 game before the end of the second.
The Hawks started the third showing character and fight, as they brought the game to the Gee-Gees, and eventualy it paid off, as Zach Woodlord scored an absolute beauty off a one timer at the 18:07 mark with assists going to Woods and Tyler Stothers, finalizing the score at 4-2.
Source: Ottawa Sports Info
Windsor 1 @ Queen’s 4
KINGSTON, Ont. (November 23, 2013) The Queen's Gaels (8-0-5) once again proved their worth against a top team in the CIS beating the No. 7 Windsor Lancers (9-4-0) 4-1, their second win over the Lancers this weekend.
The Gaels improved to 8-0-5 and have yet to lose in regulation on the season. Queen's leads the OUA East division and have the most points in the entire OUA with 21.
Jordan Soquila (Maple Ridge, B.C.) got things started for Queen's in the first period with his fourth goal of the season coming at the 7:44 mark. Just over three minutes later the Lancers used their power play to get their first goal of the weekend as Spencer Pommells beat Gaels starting netminder Kevin Bailie (Belleville, Ont.).
In the second the Gaels took over, scoring three times to take a commanding 4-1 lead. After Taylor Clements (Toronto) put the Gaels up 2-1, Patrick McGillis (Calgary) added a power play goal to put the Gaels up two goals. Braeden Corbeth (Oakville, Ont.) then added another just before the period ended and Queen's headed to the locker room up three scores on Windsor.
In the third Bailie shut the door once again on the Lancers, stopping all eight shots in the third. For the game the Belleville native made 32 saves for the win.
Clements and Corbeth each had two point nights for the Gaels in the win.
Source: Queen’s Sports Info
Lakehead 1 @ UOIT 3
OSHAWA, Ont. - The UOIT men’s hockey team defeated Lakehead University 3-1 Saturday night at the Campus Ice Centre completing a sweep of the nationally ranked team in their back-to-back weekend match-up.
The Ridgebacks entered the game filled with confidence as they shutout the Thunderwolves the previous night. This confidence showed in their play as a consistent attack led to the first goal of the game and first goal of the season for Matt Paul (Penetang, Ont.).
UOIT would then add to the lead with only 10 seconds remaining in the second period when the puck found its way onto the stick of Nate Mitton (Kitchener, Ont.) who successfully found the back of the net, creating breathing room for the Ridgebacks entering the third period.
The third period saw that margin of victory increase even further as Paul recorded his second goal of the game. The Thunderwolves would add a goal late courtesy of Keith Grondin, however, it would not be enough as UOIT collected their second win in as many days.
Ridgebacks’ goaltender Colin Dzijacky (Thunder Bay, Ont.) followed up his first career shutout with another spectacular showing stopping 34 of 35 shots. With the back-to-back strong performances, the freshman goaltender increases his save percentage to .900, which places him seventh in the OUA among goalies who have played ten or more games.
Source: UOIT Sports Info
Toronto 3 @ Laurentian 4 (SO)
The Laurentian Voyageurs Men’s hockey team played against the Toronto Varsity Blues at the Countryside Arena in Sudbury. The Voyageurs have had a few tough weeks with injuries, and were looking for a change of pace on Saturday night. The men came out strong and took the lead in the second period, however couldn’t hold onto their lead in for the remaining time in regular play. In the end the Voyageurs beat the Blues 4-3 in the shoutout, improving their record to 4-9.
The play was equally distributed between both teams in the first period of play. The Blues outshot the Voyageurs 8 to 7, however neither team was able to find the back of the net. Going into the first intermission with a score of 0-0 both teams were looking for more in the time remaining to play.
Coming into the second period, the Voyageurs were the first to get on the game sheet, opening the scoring at the 1:48 minute mark. Jordan Carroll (Hanmer, ON) got his 6th goal of the year, assisted by Nick Esposto (Sheguiandah, ON) and Marc-Alain Begin (Hearst, ON). The Blues countered just before the halfway mark of the second when Dylan Heide (Winnipeg, MAN) opened the scoring for his team. The Voyageurs would score twice more in the second period of play, putting them up 3-1 heading into the final period of play.
The Blues came out strong in the third, outshooting the Voyageurs 10 to 6. Their efforts were not in vain, as they put two of their own in the back of the net, tying the game up at 3-3, forcing the game into overtime.
The Voyageurs would outshoot the Blues 4 to 3 in overtime, however neither team would find the back of the net. This would make the teams go into shoutouts to determine the winner.
Alain Valiquette (Sault Ste. Marie, ON) was in net for the Voyageurs. After making 30 saves throughout the game, Valiquette turned away three of the five shooters in the shoutout. Sebastian Lerroux, Brian Nanne and Marc-Alain Begin would all score for the Voyageurs, with Begin being the final one to score, giving his team the go ahead goal to earn the win.
Source: Laurentian Sports Info
York 1 @ UQTR 4
A slow start handicapped the York University Lions men's hockey team Friday (Nov. 22), as the squad dropped a 4-1 decision to the UQTR Patriotes in Trois-Rivieres, Que.
The loss has the Lions sitting at 7-6-0 on the year, while the Patriotes improved to 8-4-0 with the victory.
A solid all-around team effort from UQTR had the Lions on their heels from the drop of the first puck, as an uncharacteristically slow start by the Lions saw the squad outshot 14-7 in the frame. The period would remain scoreless however, as a stellar effort from goaltender Andrew Perugini (King City, Ont.) had the Patriotes unable to get on the scoreboard. Perugini would finish with 40 saves in the contest.
Surging back offensively in the second, the Lions focused on getting the puck to the net. The result was a 19-shot performance, which ultimately fell short however, as York was unable to convert on a single shot. Marc-Antoine Gelinas (St-Etienne-de-Lauzon, Que.) stood on his head throughout the contest, making 35 saves on 36 shots.
And the offensive focus cost the Lions defensively, as UQTR was finally able to sneak a couple goals past Perugini. Tommy Tremblay (La Tuque, Que.) and Anthony Verret (Roven, France )was among the goal scorers, notching his fifth of the season.
The Patriotes retained a 2-0 lead going into the final frame.
The third period saw each team grind it out for nearly fifteen minutes, until York captain and leading scorer Jesse Messier (Keswick, Ont.) finally put the Lions on the board with a timely power play goal to move the team within one.
In an all-out effort for the equalizer goal, the Lions would once again sacrifice defensively as Pierre-Olivier Morin (Trois-Rivieres, Que.) padded UQRT's lead. The Patriotes would add an empty netter to seal the victory, 4-1.
Source: York Sports Info
Toronto 5 @ Nipissing 3
There wasn’t much to separate the Nipissing Lakers men’s hockey team and the University of Toronto Varsity Blues Friday night and despite outshooting the Blues, the Lakers came up short.
The Lakers controlled the first two periods, leading 24-13 on the shot clock, but it was the Blues who led 3-2 as they went on to a 5-3 victory over the Lakers.
After allowing the opening goal, Lakers assistant captain Conor O’Donnell scored with three seconds left on the clock in the opening frame to tie the game.
The Blues would once again take the lead early in the second, but again, the Lakers replied. This time is was Luca McKinley scoring his first of two goals on the night.
With the game tied 2-2, the Blues would scored three straight goals to put them up 5-2 before McKinley scored his second goal to make it 5-3.
The Lakers outshot the Blues 30-26, with Garrett Sheehan making 27 saves for the win, while Kirk Rafuse was tagged with the loss making 21 saves.
O’Donnell finished with three points, as he was in on all three goals.
Source: Nipissing Sports Info
Western 6 @ RMC 1
KINGSTON, Ont. – Six different Mustangs contributed goals and Greg Dodds turned in a solid effort to help Western prolong RMC's early season struggles, handing the Paladins a 6-1 loss in front of their home fans at Constantine Arena.
Zach Harnden had a three point night, registering a goal and two assists to bring his season point-total up to 19 in only 11 games. The veteran forward is currently on a four-game point streak, during which stretch he has compiled three goals and five assists for a total of eight points.
Adam Stoykewych, Matt Marantz, Matt Clarke, Stephen Gaskin, and Stefan Salituro also had multi-point nights for the Mustangs. Stoykewych, Marantz, Clarke and Salituro all had a goal and one assist while Gaskin chimed in with two assists on the night.
Mark Begert and Daniel Erlich provided the rest of the offense on Friday with Begert assisting on Erlich's sixth of the year just over three minutes into the third. With his third-period goal, Erlich ensured that he would both extend his amazing eleven game point streak and remain on top of the OUA in points with 22.
In Western's own zone, Greg Dodds was solid once again for the Mustangs, turning aside 27 of 28 shots to earn his third win of the season. Although he has had quite a low sample size compared to most of his competition, playing only 200 minutes so far this season, the rookie goaltender currently leads the OUA in both goals against average (1.20) and save percentage (0.961).
The loss to Western leaves RMC searching for their first win of the season as the Paladins have gone 0-13-0 this season and remain the only pointless team in the OUA. They will have a chance to turn their luck around when they welcome Guelph (6-5-2) to Kingston tomorrow night.
The Mustangs, on the other hand, still sit two points out of first place in the OUA West with 16 points and have two games in hand on third-place Toronto (9-4-0). Besides Toronto, the only other teams between Western and first place in their division are Lakehead (9-2-0) and Windsor (9-2-0), who the Mustangs will play on November 29 and December 16, respectively.
Source: Western Sports Info
Guelph 3 @ Carleton 4 (SO)
The Carleton Ravens and Guelph Gryphons needed overtime and a shootout on Friday night to determine the winner of their OUA men’s hockey game.
Joey West (Orleans, ON) scored the winning goal for Carleton after swooping down the right side of the ice before snapping the puck past Guelph goalkeeper, Keith Hamilton to give the Ravens a 4-3 shootout victory.
Ravens net-minder Frances Dupuis (Ottawa, ON) stopped two of three Guelph’s shots for the win.
“I knew their final shooter was a skilled player and didn’t want to give up the tying goal so I took away the top part of the net and made the save,” Dupuis said.
“I thought we (Carleton) played an excellent game but ran into some penalty trouble in the third period which cost us the lead. In the end it’s good to get back on the winnings side of things, it will help our confidence.”
The lead Dupuis is talking about was a 3-0 Carleton advantage that evaporated over the course of the third period.
The Ravens led 2-0 after 20 minutes of play then scored on their first shift of the third period to go up by three.
But penalties started to take their toll with the Gryphons scoring twice on the power play and once five on five.
“I was happy with our compete level, we battled hard and stuck together throughout the entire game, a win like that is something to build on,” said Marty Johnston, Carleton head coach.
Linden Bahm (Kinburn, ON), Jeff Hayes (Ottawa, ON) and Jake Cardwell (Niagara Falls, ON) scored for Carleton in regulation. Michael McNamee had two assists and found the back of the net in the shoot-out.
Carleton outshot Guelph 39-29. Frances Dupuis made 26 saves for his second win of the season. The Ravens (7-4-1) went 1-5 on the power play while Guelph (6-5-2) finished the night 2-5.
Source: Carleton Sports Info
Waterloo 2 @ Ottawa 4
The Gee-Gees men’s hockey team downed the defending OUA West champions, the Waterloo Warriors, 4-2 on Friday night and racked up a seventh consecutive victory. The win brings Ottawa’s record to 8-5-0 and drops Waterloo’s to 5-6-1.
The Gee-Gees played a resilient game, as they responded to each of the Waterloo goals by scoring just minutes after. “It’s important to be resilient. I think at this moment we’re in a bubble where nothing bothers us, so we get scored on and we come right back at our opponents and that helps kill our opponents’ momentum and emotion,” said Gee-Gees head coach Real Paiement.
Ottawa was able to play a very good defensive game, keeping the CIS top goal scorer Chris Chappelle off the score sheet and limiting his overall impact. “We knew he was the best scorer in the league, so we played tight on him and always had a man shadowing him and it worked out in the end,” explained Gee-Gees captain David Foucher.
The Gee-Gees started the first period exactly as a team on a six game winning streak should, hitting and playing aggressive on the puck. Their good start and hard work paid off as Ottawa opened the scoring at the 13:06 mark, when Mathieu Guertin scored a beautiful goal. The rookie forward deeked several Waterloo players while cutting towards the middle of the ice and ripped the puck into the top corner with assists going to Matt White and Mathieu Leduc. Ottawa struck again when Andrew Creppin stole the puck and fired it past the Waterloo keeper, ending the period at 2-0 for the Gee-Gees.
The Warriors took the wind out of the Gee-Gees sails, as Waterloo capitalised on a power play opportunity early in the second period to cut Ottawa’s lead to one. Only a little bit over a minute later, the Gee-Gees got their two-goal lead back thanks to Alexandre Touchette who scored following a couple of wacks at a weird bounce that came back in front of the net.
The third period felt like deja vu, as the visiting Warriors scored only two minutes into the period and 22 seconds later, the Gee-Gees regained their second two-goal lead when Paul Landry scored his first goal of the season from a beautiful wrap around pass from Taylor Collins making it a game at 4-2.
Source: Ottawa Sports Info
Laurier 4 @ McGill 3
MONTREAL - Tyler Stothers of Oakville, Ont., scored twice as the visiting Wilfrid Laurier Golden Hawks men's hockey team upset No. 5 McGill 4-3 at McConnell Arena, Friday.
It was WLU's third straight win as well as their third cosecutive conquest over McGill dating back to the 2006 season. The teams are now knotted at 11-11-1 lifetime against each other since they first met in the 1960s.
It was the first meeting between the clubs since former Laurier bench boss Kelly Nobes left the Waterloo-based club to take over as head coach at McGill in 2010.
McGill outshot Laurier 32-22 but the teams were tied at 2-2 after one period. The Hawks pulled ahead 4-2 after two and hung on for a dizzying third period which featured a 14-2 edge in shots for McGill.
Stothers scored his pair sandwiched around first-period McGill goals by Max Le Sieur of Montreal and Cedric McNicoll of Thelford Mines, Que. The Hawks regained their lead in the middle stanza when Zach Woolford of Rockwood, Ont., and Ryan Lopes of Brampton, Ont., struck for two goals in 34 seconds late in the period o make it 4-2.
Jonathan Brunelle of Broisbriand, Que., replied on the power-play for McGill midway through the final stanza but the Redmen could not solve goaltender Duncan Long of Brantford, Ont.,, who made 29 saves and collected only his second victory in five decisions.
Mathieu Pompei, a sophomore from Laval, Que., drew assists on both Redmen markers..
The Redmen dug themselves into a hole with penalties, taking the game's first five infractions and seven of the nine called. Laurier went 2-for-5 on the power-play while McGill was 1-for-2.
Source: McGill Sports Info
Windsor 0 @ Queen’s 3
KINGSTON, Ont. (November 22, 2013) - Gaels netminder Kevin Bailie (Kingston, Ont.) got the shutout stopping all 31 shots faced as the Gaels (7-0-5) knocked off the No. 7 Windsor Lancers (9-3-0) 3-0 on Friday night at the Memorial Centre in Kingston.
With the win the Gaels keep their point streak alive and have yet to lose in regulation play.
Bailie held the Lancers at bay in the first as Queen's got outshot 14-10. After a scoreless second period the battle of the goaltenders ended.
Queen's got their first of the game from Jordan Coccimiglio (Burlington, Ont.) who scored his first career CIS goal. The goal came at 3:28 in the third with assists going to Chris Van Laren (Kingston, Ont.) and Corey Bureau (Amherstview, Ont.).
Late in the third Queen's was hanging on to their lead and the Lancers started to put on the pressure. After just killing off time on back-to-back shifts the Gaels kept the puck high at the points to get some offense going. Patrick McEachen (Stouffville, Ont.) stepped into a slap shot from the high slot and beat Parker Van Buskirk the Lancer netminder to give the Gaels the clear advantage.
Queen's tacked on and empty net goal and took a 3-0 decision.
Source: Queen’s Sports Info
Lakehead 0 @ UOIT 1
OSHAWA, Ont. - The UOIT men’s hockey team defeated the nationally ranked Lakehead Thunderwolves 1-0 Friday night at the Campus Ice Centre.
Lakehead entered the game on a seven-game winning streak and ranked sixth overall in the CIS while the Ridgebacks looked to end a three-game losing streak.
The Ridgebacks received an exceptional performance from rookie goaltender and Thunder Bay native Colin Dzijacky who earned his first career shutout stopping all 37 shots he faced, including several from hometown friends.
“It’s our first home win, first shutout in the CIS, couldn’t ask for anything more,” said Dzijacky after the victory. “I know a majority of the guys here on the Lakehead team to so it’s nice to get it against them.”
The lone goal for the Ridgebacks came late in the second period as James Diminie (Cobourg, Ont.) was able to find James Woodcroft (Milton, Ont.) in front of the net and after a few attempts, Woodcroft was able to find the back of the net for his second goal of the season. The crowd erupted in a fury of excitement after the Woodcroft goal as the Ridgebacks took the unexpected lead over the nationally ranked opponent.
The line of Diminie, Woodcroft and Nate Mitton (Kitchener, Ont.) worked hard throughout the game displaying a strong forecheck and accounting for several of the Ridgebacks scoring chances.
Late in the third, the Thunderwolves pulled their goalie for the extra attacker in an attempt to even the score but the strong play of Dzijacky continued as several scrambles in front were able to be covered up allowing for the Ridgebacks to complete the shutout effort.
UOIT (4-7-1) jumps into a tie for sixth place in the OUA eastern conference with Concordia, as both teams have nine points and are three points ahead of Nipissing and Laurentian. With only their second loss of the season, the Thunderwolves allow Windsor and Toronto move into a tie for first place in the western conference. All three teams have 18 points.
Source: UOIT Sports Info
Brock 2 @ Concordia 9
MONTREAL - The Brock University men's hockey team (5-6-2 OUA West) lost to the Concordia Stingers by the score of 9-2 Friday night on the road.
Concordia scored four times in the opening period on Brock starter Dalton McGrath (Toronto, Ont.). The Stingers leading scorer Olivier Hinse would add his 11th and 12th goals of the season, while Kyle Armstrong and George Lovatsis added singles.
Early in the second period, the Badgers Dylan MacEachern (Mississauga, Ont.) would add a shorthanded marker beating Concordia starter Antonio Mastropietro to cut the lead to three. The Stingers would answer right back as Lovatsis would collect his second goal of the game making it a four goal deficit for Brock.
Daniel Zweep (Richmond Hill, Ont.) would register his second goal as a Badger with just over three minute remaining in the second period. Gabriel Bourret would answer 30 seconds later putting Concordia up 6-2 after 40 minutes.
In the third period it was all Concordia as they added three more goals. Hinse would finish with the natural hat trick while Francis Beauregard and Taylor Lambke rounded out the Stingers scoring.
In goal, McGrath allowed nine goals on 38 shots, the most allowed in his first two seasons. Mastropietro recorded 23 saves for the victory.
Source: Brock Sports Info
Ryerson 6 @ Laurentian 4
The 1st annual “Dust the Ice” fundraising effort took place Friday night at Countryside Arena. Students were awarded free admission for sporting our blue and gold colors as well as moustaches in an effort to raise funds to support men’s health and the Laurentian University Movember Campaign.
The Laurentian Voyageurs Men’s Hockey team was looking to earn a victory at home, however were unable to hold back the Rams. The game ended 6-4, in favour of the Rams.
The Voyageurs (3-8-0) looked to end a seven game losing streak against the Ryerson Rams (7-4-0), who were riding a hot streak winning six of their last ten games. The men were unable to take advantage of the home crowd, as Ryerson capitalized on their first powerplay of the game to take a 1-0 lead early. The Voyageurs would not settle being down one goal, and Dylan Fitze answered on a 2 on 1 opportunity to tie the game 1-1. Soon thereafter, Ryerson bounced back with another quick goal by Dustin Alcock in the slot putting the Rams up 2-1, where it would remain heading into the first intermission.
Ryerson continued their strong play heading into the second period, and Mitch Gallant capitalized on a great scoring chance sending the Rams to a 3-1 lead. The Voyageurs continued to look flat throughout the period, and Alain Valiquette kept his teammates in the game making some key saves throughout the period. The Voyageurs were able to make the game 3-2 late in the second period as Cory McEwen finished off a great passing play from Sebastian Leroux and Matthew Eddy. Less than a minute later, Ryerson deflated any momentum the Voyageurs were gaining burying another goal making the game 4-2. The domination continued as Ryerson was able to make it 5-2 heading into the second intermission.
The Voyageurs came out strong to start the 3rd period, burying one early as Sebastian Leroux made it 5-3. The Voyageurs momentum was short lived as the Rams continued their pressure, however Valiquette continued to make some key saves to keep his team in the game. As time wound down, Ryerson was able to cap off a solid effort scoring an empty netter making the game 6-3. Laurentian was able to make the game 6-4, however it was too little too late as Ryerson improved to 8-4-0 on the season. The final shots on goal in the contest were 43-34 Ryerson.
Source: Laurentian Sports Info
Saturday, November 23
York 3 @ Concordia 0
The York University Lions men's hockey team capped off their weekend trip to Quebec with a win on Saturday (Nov. 23), shutting out the Concordia Stingers by a score of 3-0 at Ed Meagher Arena.
The win advances York to 8-6 on the season.
The Lions would come out looking refreshed for the afternoon game, outworking the Stingers early. Forward Evan Gravenor (Winnipeg) earned the goal advantage six minutes into the frame, taking a Michael Santini (Woodbridge, Ont.) dish to the net for the score. The 1-0 tally would stand after one.
York wouldn't miss a beat returning in the second, outshooting Concordia 13-7. Lions points leader Jesse Messier (Keswick, Ont.) would again find the score sheet, notching his ninth goal of the year.
Riding their momentum, Mike Lombardi (Richmond Hill, Ont.) found pay dirt on the power play midway through the period, padding the Lions lead to 3-0, closing out the period.
York noticeably transitioned to a defensive focus in the final frame, resting on their large advantage. Goaltender Andrew Perugini (King City, Ont.) was stellar throughout, and ultimately closed the door in the third to finish with 26 saves and the shutout.
Source: York Sports Info
Brock 3 @ UQTR 5
After a difficult 9-2 loss against Concordia on Friday night, the Badgers returned to action a mere 16 hours later as they visited the UQTR Patriots.
UQTR, who entered the game third in the OUA East with an 8-4 record, opened the scoring at 10:15 of the first on a goal by Olivier Dallaire, assisted by Billy Lacasse and Marc-Olivier Mimar.
The Patriots extended their lead just over two minutes later when assistant captain Keven Robert beat Dalton MacGrath to make it 2-0.
With Patriots forward Olivier D'Aoust off for roughing, the Badgers cut into the lead with the man advantage, as Andrew Radjenovic snapped it by goaltender Marc-Antoine Gelinas.
Matt Abercrombie and Johnson Andrews had the assists on Radjenovic's goal, which was scored at 19:36 of the first period.
UQTR took a commanding 5-1 lead in the second, with three consecutive goals.
Billy Lacasse made it 3-1 on his first goal and third point of the game, followed by Anthony Verret, who made it 4-1 on the powerplay, scoring the eventual game winner.
At 7:10 of the second, Marc-Olivier Mimar provided insurance for the Patriots, while also collecting three points in the game, en route to making it 5-1.
The Badgers cut into the lead 46 seconds into the third after Matt Abercrombie scored his sixth goal of the season – unassisted. Milan Doczy capped off the Badgers scoring, with his first career OUA goal, off a cross-crease pass by Sammy Banga.
The total shots were 53-37. MacGrath made 48 saves in a losing effort for the Badgers.
Source: Brock Sports Info
Western 2 @ Carleton 3
Tyler Taylor picked the perfect time to register his first goal of the season.
The fourth year forward from Kitchener, Ontario scored at 15:43 of the third period to give the Ravens a 3-2 lead and win over the Western Mustangs in OUA men’s hockey action on Saturday afternoon at the Carleton Ice House.
“The puck came back to me on a rebound and I shot right away,” said Taylor.
“It was a nice reward for going hard to the front of the net which is one of the things we’ve been trying to work on in practice.”
The game looked like it may be heading to overtime for the Ravens’ second contest in a row until Taylor’s marker put Carleton up by one with just over four minutes to play in regulation.
Carleton had taken a 2-1 lead earlier in the period on a power play goal by Jeffrey Hayes (Ottawa, ON) but the Mustangs replied 47 seconds later to tie things up.
“I thought we competed hard in the second and third periods,” said Marty Johnston, Carleton head coach.
“We (Carleton) wanted to keep things simple and get pucks and bodies to the net which resulted in our winning goal. “I’m very happy with the weekend, the four points and with the way the guys competed every shift.”
Carleton won back to back games this weekend starting with a 4-3 shootout win over Guelph on Friday night, followed by Saturday afternoon’ s exciting 3-2 victory over Western.
Mitch Zion (Manotick,ON) had the other goal for Carleton. Tim Billingsley had two assists for the Ravens (8-4-1).
Carleton outshot Western 34-13. Frances Dupuis (Ottawa, ON) made his second straight start in goal for the Ravens and registered 11 saves for his third win of the season. The Ravens went 1-5 on the power play while Western (8-4-0) finished the game 0-6.
Source: Carleton Sports Info
Ryerson 9 @ Nipissing 7
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If you like scoring chances, offence and a tonne of goals, Memorial Gardens was the place to be Saturday night, as the Nipissing Lakers men’s hockey team hosted the Ryerson Rams.
The Lakers were looking to bounce back after a loss Friday night, unfortunately that was not the case as the Rams outscored the Lakers 9-7 to walk away with the win.
The teams combined for 16 goals, 75 shots and a tonne of offence and despite an early 2-0 for the Lakers, they dropped their second straight game.
A total of five Lakers had multi-point games and six Rams accomplished that feat as well, with forward Jamie Wise leading the way with four points.
Lakers captain Matt Paton led the way with two goals and an assist, Conor O’Donnell had two goals and an assist as well, while Jon Mitchell scored twice and Brodie Barron added a single.
Grant Toulmin chipped in with three assists and only five players on the Lakers didn’t manage a point.
The game went back and forth right from the opening goal which came just under five minutes into the first period.
The Lakers held leads of 2-0, 6-3 and 7-6, but also trailed 3-2 at one point and eventually came up two goals short in the end.
All four goalies saw time as John Chartrand started for the Lakers, but was replaced by Kirk Rafuse after surrendering six goals.
In the Rams net, Adam Courchaine got the nod, but was pulled as well, after allowing six goals.
Troy Passingham made 23 saves in relief of Courchaine for the Rams.
Source: Nipissing Sports Info
Guelph 5 @ RMC 4
Waterloo 1 @ McGill 4
MONTREAL -- Defencemen Ryan McKiernan and Jean-Philippe Mathieu each scored once as No.5-ranked McGill quadrupled the Waterloo Warriors 4-1 in men's university hockey at McConnell Arena, Saturday.
It was McGill's sixth win in their last eight meetings with Waterloo, improving their all-time record against the Warriors to 12-17-3 dating back to their first rendez-vous in 1964.
The Redmen, who had a 42-30 edge in shots, led 1-0 after the first period and 3-1 after two.
"I liked our work ethic," said McGill head coach Kelly Nobes, whose troops snapped a rare two-game losing streak. "It was one of the things that has been lacking the last couple of games. Our main objective tonight was to make sure that regardless of the outcome, we would outwork our opponent for three periods."
Rookie Alexis Millette opened the scoring for McGill at 15:29 of the first period. It was the third marker of the season for the physical & occupational therapy freshman, who has tallied seven points in seven regular season games. Including non-conference games, he has a 6-5-11 record in 12 contests overall.
Warriors forward Colin Behenna, who hails from Waterloo, evened the score at 1-1 only 60 seconds into the second frame.
McKiernan, a senior from White Plains, N.Y., tallied what proved to be the game-winner midway through the second period to give McGill a 2-1 lead. Mathieu, who assisted on McKiernan's goal, then made it 3-1 less than three minutes later.
Guillaume Langelier-Parent added an empty-netter with 12 seconds remaining to ice the contest. It was his second point of the night.
Freshman goaltender Jacob Gervais-Chouinard made 29 saves to collect the win between the pipes for McGill. Justin Leclerc registered 38 saves in a losing cause for the Warriors.
McGill was 2-for-6 on the power-play and killed off all three shorthanded situations.
The injury bug that devastated the Redmen lineup last season has hit the team again over the last few games. Regulars scratched for the confrontation against Waterloo included D Hugo Laporte, F David Rose, F Cedric McNicoll and F Jonathan Brunelle.
"We're banged up but the nice thing this season is that we have more depth," said Nobes, who is maintaining a 29-man roster, which is three more players than he carried last year. "A good example of that is (rookie) Alexandre Lemieux who played his first (regular season) game tonight and had a great game. He was very thorough (in the way he played) and it is clear that he has been paying attention in practice."
Among the others who have contributed much more than was expected is the aforementioned Millette, as well as Neil Blunden, a senior defenceman who saw limited duty over his first three years but has been among the team's top rearguards thus far.
Source: McGill Sports Info
Laurier 2 @ Ottawa 4
The Gee-Gees stepped up and beat the Laurier Golden Hawks 4-2 in a hard fought game. Ottawa makes it eight wins in a row improving their record to 9-5-0 and Laurier’s record drops to 4-6-1.
Ottawa played what seemed to be a team on a mission, as the last placed Golden Hawks gave Ottawa all they can handle. “We were surprised by Laurier’s intensity and desire to win, they gave us a good battle and they never gave up even when they were down three goals,” said Ottawa head coach Réal Paiement.
Ottawa’s Alexandre Touchette scored a goal and an assist to give him 17 points in 14 games.
As they have time and time again, the Gee-Gees came with a very solid start, as all pistons were firing. Ottawa opened the scoring on the power play when Rock Regimbald roofed a rebound past the Laurier keeper at the 16:19 mark. Ottawa quickly grew their lead, scoring 37 seconds later as Andrew Creppin found Taylor Collins crashing the net and Collins tipped in the puck making it a 2-0 game.
Ottawa continued on their momentum in the second frame as at the 6:19 mark, Tanguay-Theriault scored a rebound goal putting the Gee-Gees up 3-0. Ottawa continued to establish its dominance as no less than four minutes later, Touchette scored off a beautiful pass from Stephen Blunden to make it 4-0.
Laurier’s Matt Provost broke the shoutout bid for Ottawa, as he ripped a slap shot top corner past Warren Shymko with assists going to Brendan Woods and Spencer MacCormack, making it a 4-1 game before the end of the second.
The Hawks started the third showing character and fight, as they brought the game to the Gee-Gees, and eventualy it paid off, as Zach Woodlord scored an absolute beauty off a one timer at the 18:07 mark with assists going to Woods and Tyler Stothers, finalizing the score at 4-2.
Source: Ottawa Sports Info
Windsor 1 @ Queen’s 4
KINGSTON, Ont. (November 23, 2013) The Queen's Gaels (8-0-5) once again proved their worth against a top team in the CIS beating the No. 7 Windsor Lancers (9-4-0) 4-1, their second win over the Lancers this weekend.
The Gaels improved to 8-0-5 and have yet to lose in regulation on the season. Queen's leads the OUA East division and have the most points in the entire OUA with 21.
Jordan Soquila (Maple Ridge, B.C.) got things started for Queen's in the first period with his fourth goal of the season coming at the 7:44 mark. Just over three minutes later the Lancers used their power play to get their first goal of the weekend as Spencer Pommells beat Gaels starting netminder Kevin Bailie (Belleville, Ont.).
In the second the Gaels took over, scoring three times to take a commanding 4-1 lead. After Taylor Clements (Toronto) put the Gaels up 2-1, Patrick McGillis (Calgary) added a power play goal to put the Gaels up two goals. Braeden Corbeth (Oakville, Ont.) then added another just before the period ended and Queen's headed to the locker room up three scores on Windsor.
In the third Bailie shut the door once again on the Lancers, stopping all eight shots in the third. For the game the Belleville native made 32 saves for the win.
Clements and Corbeth each had two point nights for the Gaels in the win.
Source: Queen’s Sports Info
Lakehead 1 @ UOIT 3
OSHAWA, Ont. - The UOIT men’s hockey team defeated Lakehead University 3-1 Saturday night at the Campus Ice Centre completing a sweep of the nationally ranked team in their back-to-back weekend match-up.
The Ridgebacks entered the game filled with confidence as they shutout the Thunderwolves the previous night. This confidence showed in their play as a consistent attack led to the first goal of the game and first goal of the season for Matt Paul (Penetang, Ont.).
UOIT would then add to the lead with only 10 seconds remaining in the second period when the puck found its way onto the stick of Nate Mitton (Kitchener, Ont.) who successfully found the back of the net, creating breathing room for the Ridgebacks entering the third period.
The third period saw that margin of victory increase even further as Paul recorded his second goal of the game. The Thunderwolves would add a goal late courtesy of Keith Grondin, however, it would not be enough as UOIT collected their second win in as many days.
Ridgebacks’ goaltender Colin Dzijacky (Thunder Bay, Ont.) followed up his first career shutout with another spectacular showing stopping 34 of 35 shots. With the back-to-back strong performances, the freshman goaltender increases his save percentage to .900, which places him seventh in the OUA among goalies who have played ten or more games.
Source: UOIT Sports Info
Toronto 3 @ Laurentian 4 (SO)
The Laurentian Voyageurs Men’s hockey team played against the Toronto Varsity Blues at the Countryside Arena in Sudbury. The Voyageurs have had a few tough weeks with injuries, and were looking for a change of pace on Saturday night. The men came out strong and took the lead in the second period, however couldn’t hold onto their lead in for the remaining time in regular play. In the end the Voyageurs beat the Blues 4-3 in the shoutout, improving their record to 4-9.
The play was equally distributed between both teams in the first period of play. The Blues outshot the Voyageurs 8 to 7, however neither team was able to find the back of the net. Going into the first intermission with a score of 0-0 both teams were looking for more in the time remaining to play.
Coming into the second period, the Voyageurs were the first to get on the game sheet, opening the scoring at the 1:48 minute mark. Jordan Carroll (Hanmer, ON) got his 6th goal of the year, assisted by Nick Esposto (Sheguiandah, ON) and Marc-Alain Begin (Hearst, ON). The Blues countered just before the halfway mark of the second when Dylan Heide (Winnipeg, MAN) opened the scoring for his team. The Voyageurs would score twice more in the second period of play, putting them up 3-1 heading into the final period of play.
The Blues came out strong in the third, outshooting the Voyageurs 10 to 6. Their efforts were not in vain, as they put two of their own in the back of the net, tying the game up at 3-3, forcing the game into overtime.
The Voyageurs would outshoot the Blues 4 to 3 in overtime, however neither team would find the back of the net. This would make the teams go into shoutouts to determine the winner.
Alain Valiquette (Sault Ste. Marie, ON) was in net for the Voyageurs. After making 30 saves throughout the game, Valiquette turned away three of the five shooters in the shoutout. Sebastian Lerroux, Brian Nanne and Marc-Alain Begin would all score for the Voyageurs, with Begin being the final one to score, giving his team the go ahead goal to earn the win.
Source: Laurentian Sports Info
