January 19, 2009
OUA W-HOCKEY ROUNDUP: NO. 5 GRYPHONS RIDE POWER PLAY TO WIN OVER NO. 8 VARSITY BLUES
TORONTO, Ont. - The University of Toronto Varsity Blues women's hockey team fell 4-2 to the No. 5 Guelph Gryphons on Sunday at Varsity Arena.
Special teams proved to be the difference in the game, as Guelph scored all of their goals on power play opportunities.
The Gryphons opened up the scoring when Tamara Bell (Guelph, Ont.) deflected a Jody Hodgins (Stayner, Ont.) point shot through Blues goaltender Kendyl Valenta's (Brampton, Ont.) legs.
Less than four minutes later, Leslie Taylor (Mindenmoya, Ont.) pounced on a rebound in front of the net to score Guelph's second goal of the game.
The Blues answer back immediately as first-year forward Stacey Oue (Scarborough, Ont.) picked up a loose puck in the slot and sent a beautiful shot past Gryphons goaltender Cassandra McNichol (Unionville, Ont.) for her first career goal.
Guelph led 2-1 at the end of the first period.
The Gryphons notched their third goal two minutes into the second period when Tori Woods (Orangeville, Ont.) tipped Lucia Mazza's (Sudbury, Ont.) point shot into the net. With four minutes remaining in the period, Guelph forward Jessica Zerafa (Mississauga, Ont.) walked out from by the Blues net and slid the puck into the Blues net to build a three-goal lead.
In the dying minutes of the second period, Blues assistant captain Annie DelGuidice (Hamilton, Ont.) led her squad down the ice, chipping the puck past a Gryphons defenceman to Oue who garnered her second goal of the night.
Toronto came out hungry in the third period but Guelph put forth a solid defensive effort to keep scoring chances to a minimum.
With 6:51 left in the game, Blues second-year forward Karolina Urban (Kamloops, B.C.) was tripped on a breakaway and awarded a penalty shot. Urban pulled a nifty move down the stretch but hit the post and the Blues were unable to put another one past McNichol. The Gryphons skated away with the 4-2 victory.
Source: Varsity Blues Athletics
NO. 3 LAURIER 4, UOIT 0
OSHAWA, Ont. – Four different players scored as the No. 3 nationally-ranked Wilfrid Laurier Golden Hawks defeated the UOIT Ridgebacks 4-0 at the Campus Ice Centre. Laurier is currently on a 19-game winning streak.
Heather Fortuna (Kitchener, Ont.) scored the first goal of the contest 14 minutes in to give the Golden Hawks a one-goal advantage. The visitors fired 19 shots on net in the first frame, while the home team only managed two due to Laurier's tight defence.
Jessica Berrigan (Port Hope, Ont.) notched her first goal as a Golden Hawk just over three minutes into the second period, leading to two more goals for the purple and gold in the frame. Andrea Bevan (Collingwood, Ont.) scored with the man-advantage just over midway through the period and then Caitlin Muirhead (Waterloo, Ont.) scored 44 seconds later to give Laurier a four goal advantage.
The Ridgebacks stepped up the defence in the third period, preventing the Golden Hawks from scoring a goal, but allowed ten shots on net.
UOIT netminder Carleigh Taggart (Bowmanville, Ont.) faced 43 shots and stopped 39, while Cindy Eadie (Brantford, Ont.) shutout the opposition, facing only 20 shots. The shutout is Eadie's 23rd of her career.
Bevan is currently sitting tied for first place in Golden Hawk history in assists with 59. Bevan is also Laurier's highest scoring defenceman.
Lauren Barch (Burlington, Ont.) is also moving into the history books, currently holding down second all-time in assists with 53 and third all-time in goals with 45. Barch is also the Golden Hawks third leadings scorer with 98 points, three behind second place.
Source: Golden Hawks Athletics
YORK 4, QUEEN'S 1
KINGSTON, Ont. - It was déjà vu for the Queen's Gaels women's hockey team, falling twice to the York Lions in less than 24 hours. This time the Lions edged the Gaels 4-1.
Victoria Kauffmann (Whitby, Ont.) scored the Gaels lone goal with Kristin Smith (Toronto, Ont.) and Cassandra Sparks (Stouffville, Ont.) assisting at 16:29 of the second period.
York scored twice in the opening frame, once short-handed. They added their third in the second period before Kaufman made the score 3-1. With just over two minutes to play in the third they added an empty net goal to finish the scoring 4-1.
Scoring for York was Mandy Cole (North York, Ont.), Riley Edwards (Kenora, Ont.), Kelsey Webster (Duncan, B.C.) and Jessica Turi (Mississauga, Ont.). Cole also added an assist to record a team high two points.
Queen's outshot the Lions 35-31 with York's Sydney McMurter (Orillia, Ont.) earning the win with 34 saves. Melissa John (Unionville, Ont.) made 27 stops in the loss.
The Gaels were 0-for-11 on the power play today and are scoreless in their last 23 attempts. Their last power play goal came November 30 against Windsor.
On Friday the Lions defeated the Gaels 6-1. With the two losses, Queen's slides one point behind York in the OUA standings.
Source: Gaels Athletics
WESTERN 2, BROCK 1, SO
LONDON, Ont. - For the third consecutive game, the Brock Badgers women's hockey team fell by one goal in OUA action, with Sunday's result a loss to the Western Mustangs by a final score of 2-1 in a shootout.
Kelly Walker (Brampton, Ont.) opened the scoring midway through the second period with her seventh goal of the season.
The Mustangs tied the score with just under seven minutes remaining in the third on a power play.
Overtime proved nothing and the game went into a shootout, where Chantal Morais (Guelph, Ont.) sealed the game for the Mustangs.
Beth Clause (Hamilton, Ont.) made 38 saves in the loss.
Source: Badgers Athletics
OUA SCOREBOARD
January 16, 2009
York 6, Queen's 1
January 17, 2009
Waterloo 3, Guelph 1
York 4, Queen's 1
Laurier 2, Brock 1
Windsor 1, Western 0, SO
Toronto 3, UOIT 2
January 18, 2009
Western 2, Brock 1, SO
Windsor 1, Waterloo 0, SO
Guelph 4, Toronto 2
Laurier 4, UOIT 0
Special teams proved to be the difference in the game, as Guelph scored all of their goals on power play opportunities.
The Gryphons opened up the scoring when Tamara Bell (Guelph, Ont.) deflected a Jody Hodgins (Stayner, Ont.) point shot through Blues goaltender Kendyl Valenta's (Brampton, Ont.) legs.
Less than four minutes later, Leslie Taylor (Mindenmoya, Ont.) pounced on a rebound in front of the net to score Guelph's second goal of the game.
The Blues answer back immediately as first-year forward Stacey Oue (Scarborough, Ont.) picked up a loose puck in the slot and sent a beautiful shot past Gryphons goaltender Cassandra McNichol (Unionville, Ont.) for her first career goal.
Guelph led 2-1 at the end of the first period.
The Gryphons notched their third goal two minutes into the second period when Tori Woods (Orangeville, Ont.) tipped Lucia Mazza's (Sudbury, Ont.) point shot into the net. With four minutes remaining in the period, Guelph forward Jessica Zerafa (Mississauga, Ont.) walked out from by the Blues net and slid the puck into the Blues net to build a three-goal lead.
In the dying minutes of the second period, Blues assistant captain Annie DelGuidice (Hamilton, Ont.) led her squad down the ice, chipping the puck past a Gryphons defenceman to Oue who garnered her second goal of the night.
Toronto came out hungry in the third period but Guelph put forth a solid defensive effort to keep scoring chances to a minimum.
With 6:51 left in the game, Blues second-year forward Karolina Urban (Kamloops, B.C.) was tripped on a breakaway and awarded a penalty shot. Urban pulled a nifty move down the stretch but hit the post and the Blues were unable to put another one past McNichol. The Gryphons skated away with the 4-2 victory.
Source: Varsity Blues Athletics
NO. 3 LAURIER 4, UOIT 0
OSHAWA, Ont. – Four different players scored as the No. 3 nationally-ranked Wilfrid Laurier Golden Hawks defeated the UOIT Ridgebacks 4-0 at the Campus Ice Centre. Laurier is currently on a 19-game winning streak.
Heather Fortuna (Kitchener, Ont.) scored the first goal of the contest 14 minutes in to give the Golden Hawks a one-goal advantage. The visitors fired 19 shots on net in the first frame, while the home team only managed two due to Laurier's tight defence.
Jessica Berrigan (Port Hope, Ont.) notched her first goal as a Golden Hawk just over three minutes into the second period, leading to two more goals for the purple and gold in the frame. Andrea Bevan (Collingwood, Ont.) scored with the man-advantage just over midway through the period and then Caitlin Muirhead (Waterloo, Ont.) scored 44 seconds later to give Laurier a four goal advantage.
The Ridgebacks stepped up the defence in the third period, preventing the Golden Hawks from scoring a goal, but allowed ten shots on net.
UOIT netminder Carleigh Taggart (Bowmanville, Ont.) faced 43 shots and stopped 39, while Cindy Eadie (Brantford, Ont.) shutout the opposition, facing only 20 shots. The shutout is Eadie's 23rd of her career.
Bevan is currently sitting tied for first place in Golden Hawk history in assists with 59. Bevan is also Laurier's highest scoring defenceman.
Lauren Barch (Burlington, Ont.) is also moving into the history books, currently holding down second all-time in assists with 53 and third all-time in goals with 45. Barch is also the Golden Hawks third leadings scorer with 98 points, three behind second place.
Source: Golden Hawks Athletics
YORK 4, QUEEN'S 1
KINGSTON, Ont. - It was déjà vu for the Queen's Gaels women's hockey team, falling twice to the York Lions in less than 24 hours. This time the Lions edged the Gaels 4-1.
Victoria Kauffmann (Whitby, Ont.) scored the Gaels lone goal with Kristin Smith (Toronto, Ont.) and Cassandra Sparks (Stouffville, Ont.) assisting at 16:29 of the second period.
York scored twice in the opening frame, once short-handed. They added their third in the second period before Kaufman made the score 3-1. With just over two minutes to play in the third they added an empty net goal to finish the scoring 4-1.
Scoring for York was Mandy Cole (North York, Ont.), Riley Edwards (Kenora, Ont.), Kelsey Webster (Duncan, B.C.) and Jessica Turi (Mississauga, Ont.). Cole also added an assist to record a team high two points.
Queen's outshot the Lions 35-31 with York's Sydney McMurter (Orillia, Ont.) earning the win with 34 saves. Melissa John (Unionville, Ont.) made 27 stops in the loss.
The Gaels were 0-for-11 on the power play today and are scoreless in their last 23 attempts. Their last power play goal came November 30 against Windsor.
On Friday the Lions defeated the Gaels 6-1. With the two losses, Queen's slides one point behind York in the OUA standings.
Source: Gaels Athletics
WESTERN 2, BROCK 1, SO
LONDON, Ont. - For the third consecutive game, the Brock Badgers women's hockey team fell by one goal in OUA action, with Sunday's result a loss to the Western Mustangs by a final score of 2-1 in a shootout.
Kelly Walker (Brampton, Ont.) opened the scoring midway through the second period with her seventh goal of the season.
The Mustangs tied the score with just under seven minutes remaining in the third on a power play.
Overtime proved nothing and the game went into a shootout, where Chantal Morais (Guelph, Ont.) sealed the game for the Mustangs.
Beth Clause (Hamilton, Ont.) made 38 saves in the loss.
Source: Badgers Athletics
OUA SCOREBOARD
January 16, 2009
York 6, Queen's 1
January 17, 2009
Waterloo 3, Guelph 1
York 4, Queen's 1
Laurier 2, Brock 1
Windsor 1, Western 0, SO
Toronto 3, UOIT 2
January 18, 2009
Western 2, Brock 1, SO
Windsor 1, Waterloo 0, SO
Guelph 4, Toronto 2
Laurier 4, UOIT 0
