November 17, 2009
OUA W-HOCKEY ROUNDUP: LIONS DOMINATE NO. 7 GAELS
KINGSTON, Ont. - The York Lions (5-3) brought some of their best play to the ice against the No. 7 nationally-ranked Queen's Gaels (7-2), and were rewarded with a 4-1 win.
The Lions started off the game with real jump. Only 30 seconds into the game, Mandy Cole (Peterborough, Ont.) scored a goal with an assist from Michelle Daniels (Scarborough, Ont.).
The Gaels finally tied the score up 13 minutes into the first period, but York responded five minutes later when Kristie Wilson (Hamilton, Ont.) scored a power play goal with passes from Autumn Mills (London, Ont.) and Danielle Beach (Port Perry, Ont.).
A slew of penalties were taken by both teams in the second period, but neither was able to capitalize on the ensuing power plays.
Both teams continued the tough battle in the third but eventually, with only seven minutes left, Beach put a shot past the Queen's netminder. In the final minute of the game the Gaels pulled their goalie in an effort to close the gap but team captain Courtney Unruh (Fort St. John, B.C.) put the puck in the empty net, after a feed from Mills to secure the win.
York goaltender Sydney McMurter (Orillia, Ont.) came away with a spectacular 47-save game.
WINDSOR 3, GUELPH 2
At Guelph, the Windsor Lancers (4-6) defeated the No. 9 Gryphons (5-2) by a 3-2 score in dramatic fashion on Friday night.
The Gryphons established an early 2-0 lead but a valiant effort by the Lancers saw them claw back to take the home team into overtime and eventually, shootout.
In the first period, Guelph's Samantha Ryder (Vancouver) took a pass from the left boards and one-timed a shot past Windsor netminder Jamie Tessier (Copper Cliff, Ont.) to give Guelph a 1-0 lead.
The Gryphons continued to pressure Windsor and with 6:18 remaining in the first, Tamara Bell (Guelph, Ont.) picked up a loose puck and snapped it past Tessier for a 2-0 lead.
Before the period came to its conclusion the Lancers were able to get on the board as Manon Davis (Sudbury, Ont.) scored on a wrap-around that saw the puck trickle in.
With just under thirteen minutes left in the game, the Lancers were able to tie the game up. A nice slapper from the point by captain Kelly Meincke (Sault Ste. Marie, Ont.) was redirected from a beautiful tip by third year forward Candace Rapchak (Stoney Point, Ont.) to even the score at 2-2.
Neither team was able to score throughout the remainder of regulation or overtime to send the game into a shootout.
After the first five shots were stopped by their respective goalies, Windsor had the final shot in the round. Lancer Stephanie Hebert (Windsor, Ont.) was able to turn some nice stick-handling into the shootout winner as her shot sailed past Roy and into the back of the net.
LAURIER 3, WATERLOO 0
At Waterloo, the No. 2 Wilfrid Laurier Golden Hawks (9-0) continued their winning ways with a 3-0 shutout of the cross-town Waterloo Warriors (1-4-1) at the Columbia Ice Fields Saturday afternoon.
Three different players netted the goals for the purple-and-gold. Kaley Powers (Kingston, Ont.) opened scoring with the only marker of the first and what would end up being the game winner. Early in the second Abby Rainsberry (Petrolia, Ont.) added the second power play goal to put the Hawks up by two. Rookie winger Devon Skeats (Whitby, Ont.) followed just over a minute later with her first goal of her Golden Hawk career.
Backstop Liz Knox (Stouffville, Ont.) stopped all 22 shots on net.
QUEEN'S 6, TORONTO 5
At Queen's, Kelsey Thomson (Martintown, Ont.) scored the game-winning goal in overtime to propel the No. 7 Queen's Gaels (7-2-1) to a 6-5 come-from-behind victory over the Toronto Varsity Blues (3-3-1).
After the Gaels fell behind 5-1 midway through the second period, Thomson led the charge all the way back. She set up the Gaels third goal of the game before scoring their fourth less than a minute into the third period. She capped off a spectacular comeback by the Gaels with an unassisted goal with just 32 seconds left in the overtime period.
Other goal scorers for Queen's included Becky Conroy (Pembroke, Ont.) and Kristin Smith (Toronto, Ont.)
BROCK 1, WINDSOR 0
At Brock, the Badgers (4-6-1) shut out the Windsor Lancers (4-6-0) by the score of 1-0 Saturday afternoon at the Seymour-Hannah Centre.
In a key conference match-up, Brock senior Beth Clause (Hamilton, Ont.) showed why she is one of the top goaltenders in the OUA as she turned aside 33 Lancers shots for the shutout.
After a holding call to Windsor's Kelly Calhoun (Weston, Ont.) at 2:05 of the third period, the Badgers power play would go to work capitalizing at 3:42 as sophomore defenceman Amber Wilson (Brantford, Ont.) would beat Windsor goalie Jamie Tessier (Copper Cliff, Ont.) for her first goal of the season and second of her career. Senior Courtney Sutherland (Mount Forest, Ont.) and rookie Brittany Veale (Sault Ste Marie, Ont.) were credited with assists.
YORK 3, UOIT 2
At UOIT, after squandering a two-goal lead to the Ridgebacks, the York Lions came out on top as they won 3-2 in the shootout on Saturday.
Lions goalie Sydney Brown (Kincardine, Ont.) made 43 saves and stopped UOIT's two penalty shots to give her team the edge.
York's Mandy Cole (Peterborough, Ont.) struck early at 1:22 into the first period with an unassisted tally, and Katie Ippolito (Richmond Hill, Ont.) added to the lead at 17:02 of the second. Jennifer Petkovics (Mississauga, Ont.) assisted on Ippolito's goal.
But the Ridgebacks made a game of it just 50 seconds into the third period, as Jill Morillo (Whitby, Ont.) beat Brown to get her team on the board. UOIT kept coming, and finally tied things up at 18:48 to force overtime and ultimately the shootout.
Courtney Unruh (Fort St. John, B.C.) and Chloe Milano (Maple, Ont.) scored in the shootout, while Cole missed on her attempt.
GUELPH 4, WESTERN 2
At Guelph, after a game of many chances for both sides, the host Gryphons (5-2) were able to hold off the Western Mustangs (4-5), taking the game by a score of 4-2.
Tayne Hewer (Barrie, Ont.) would score the game-winner in the second while Dayna Kanis (Georgetown, Ont.) added the insurance late in the third.
Danielle Skoufranis (Thornhill, Ont.) got the start for the Gryphons and put on a great performance stopping 21 of 23 shots to pick up the win.
Erin Small (Pickering, Ont.) was a major offensive factor for Guelph setting up the Gryphons' first two goals. Jessica Zerafa (Mississauga, Ont.) and Rose Harris (Colborne, Ont.), who also picked up an assist, notched the Gryphons' first two tallies.
Scoring for the Mustangs were Ellie Seedhouse (Whitby, Ont.) and Chantal Morais (Guelph, Ont.).
TORONTO 6, UOIT 3
At UOIT, Lindsay Hill scored two goals and added two assists as the Toronto Varsity Blues (4-3-1) defeated the UOIT Ridgebacks (3-6-0) by a 6-3 score on Sunday.
UOIT's Jill Morillo (Whitby, Ont.) opened the scoring on the first shift of the game as she picked up her own rebound to find the back of Toronto's net.
Third-year forward Amanda Fawns (Scarborough, Ont.) answered back at the 5:26 mark of the first period when she buried a rebound to beat Ridgebacks goaltender Jessica Larabie (Pickering, Ont.).
Blues captain Karolina Urban (Kamloops, B.C.) scored less than three minutes later as she wired a wrist shot into the top corner of the net.
Annie DelGuidice (Hamilton, Ont.) scored a short handed marker to put the Blues up by two on a solid individual effort.
The Blues got into some penalty trouble and Rikki Palmateer (Cobourg, Ont.) capitalized with 10 seconds remaining in the first period to bring the game within one.
UOIT captain Megan Friel (Pickering, Ont.) would tie the game 46 seconds into the second with another power play marker, however the rest of the game would be dominated by the Blues.
Hill (Ajax, Ont.) continued her stellar play this season as she knocked in an Urban rebound for what would be the eventual game-winner.
Fourth-year forward Emily Milito (Ottawa) finished off a beautiful passing play with DelGuidice and Brenley Jorgensen (Kingston, Ont.), before Hill would tally her second of the night, an empty-netter, to secure the 6-3 victory for the Blues.
WESTERN 2, BROCK 0
At Brock, sophomore forward Ellie Seedhouse (Whitby, Ont.) scored the game-winning goal for the Western Mustangs (4-5-0) in a 2-0 win over the Badgers (4-6-1) on Sunday.
Seedhouse scored midway through the first period on a pass from Katie Dillon (Oshawa, Ont.). Lindsay Gidomski (Mississauga, Ont.) scored an empty-netter to ice the victory, while Lindsey Martin (London, Ont.) made 16 saves for the shutout victory.
OUA Communications with sources from: York Lions, Windsor Lancers, Laurier Golden Hawks, Queen's Gaels, Brock Badgers, Western Mustangs
The Lions started off the game with real jump. Only 30 seconds into the game, Mandy Cole (Peterborough, Ont.) scored a goal with an assist from Michelle Daniels (Scarborough, Ont.).
The Gaels finally tied the score up 13 minutes into the first period, but York responded five minutes later when Kristie Wilson (Hamilton, Ont.) scored a power play goal with passes from Autumn Mills (London, Ont.) and Danielle Beach (Port Perry, Ont.).
A slew of penalties were taken by both teams in the second period, but neither was able to capitalize on the ensuing power plays.
Both teams continued the tough battle in the third but eventually, with only seven minutes left, Beach put a shot past the Queen's netminder. In the final minute of the game the Gaels pulled their goalie in an effort to close the gap but team captain Courtney Unruh (Fort St. John, B.C.) put the puck in the empty net, after a feed from Mills to secure the win.
York goaltender Sydney McMurter (Orillia, Ont.) came away with a spectacular 47-save game.
WINDSOR 3, GUELPH 2
At Guelph, the Windsor Lancers (4-6) defeated the No. 9 Gryphons (5-2) by a 3-2 score in dramatic fashion on Friday night.
The Gryphons established an early 2-0 lead but a valiant effort by the Lancers saw them claw back to take the home team into overtime and eventually, shootout.
In the first period, Guelph's Samantha Ryder (Vancouver) took a pass from the left boards and one-timed a shot past Windsor netminder Jamie Tessier (Copper Cliff, Ont.) to give Guelph a 1-0 lead.
The Gryphons continued to pressure Windsor and with 6:18 remaining in the first, Tamara Bell (Guelph, Ont.) picked up a loose puck and snapped it past Tessier for a 2-0 lead.
Before the period came to its conclusion the Lancers were able to get on the board as Manon Davis (Sudbury, Ont.) scored on a wrap-around that saw the puck trickle in.
With just under thirteen minutes left in the game, the Lancers were able to tie the game up. A nice slapper from the point by captain Kelly Meincke (Sault Ste. Marie, Ont.) was redirected from a beautiful tip by third year forward Candace Rapchak (Stoney Point, Ont.) to even the score at 2-2.
Neither team was able to score throughout the remainder of regulation or overtime to send the game into a shootout.
After the first five shots were stopped by their respective goalies, Windsor had the final shot in the round. Lancer Stephanie Hebert (Windsor, Ont.) was able to turn some nice stick-handling into the shootout winner as her shot sailed past Roy and into the back of the net.
LAURIER 3, WATERLOO 0
At Waterloo, the No. 2 Wilfrid Laurier Golden Hawks (9-0) continued their winning ways with a 3-0 shutout of the cross-town Waterloo Warriors (1-4-1) at the Columbia Ice Fields Saturday afternoon.
Three different players netted the goals for the purple-and-gold. Kaley Powers (Kingston, Ont.) opened scoring with the only marker of the first and what would end up being the game winner. Early in the second Abby Rainsberry (Petrolia, Ont.) added the second power play goal to put the Hawks up by two. Rookie winger Devon Skeats (Whitby, Ont.) followed just over a minute later with her first goal of her Golden Hawk career.
Backstop Liz Knox (Stouffville, Ont.) stopped all 22 shots on net.
QUEEN'S 6, TORONTO 5
At Queen's, Kelsey Thomson (Martintown, Ont.) scored the game-winning goal in overtime to propel the No. 7 Queen's Gaels (7-2-1) to a 6-5 come-from-behind victory over the Toronto Varsity Blues (3-3-1).
After the Gaels fell behind 5-1 midway through the second period, Thomson led the charge all the way back. She set up the Gaels third goal of the game before scoring their fourth less than a minute into the third period. She capped off a spectacular comeback by the Gaels with an unassisted goal with just 32 seconds left in the overtime period.
Other goal scorers for Queen's included Becky Conroy (Pembroke, Ont.) and Kristin Smith (Toronto, Ont.)
BROCK 1, WINDSOR 0
At Brock, the Badgers (4-6-1) shut out the Windsor Lancers (4-6-0) by the score of 1-0 Saturday afternoon at the Seymour-Hannah Centre.
In a key conference match-up, Brock senior Beth Clause (Hamilton, Ont.) showed why she is one of the top goaltenders in the OUA as she turned aside 33 Lancers shots for the shutout.
After a holding call to Windsor's Kelly Calhoun (Weston, Ont.) at 2:05 of the third period, the Badgers power play would go to work capitalizing at 3:42 as sophomore defenceman Amber Wilson (Brantford, Ont.) would beat Windsor goalie Jamie Tessier (Copper Cliff, Ont.) for her first goal of the season and second of her career. Senior Courtney Sutherland (Mount Forest, Ont.) and rookie Brittany Veale (Sault Ste Marie, Ont.) were credited with assists.
YORK 3, UOIT 2
At UOIT, after squandering a two-goal lead to the Ridgebacks, the York Lions came out on top as they won 3-2 in the shootout on Saturday.
Lions goalie Sydney Brown (Kincardine, Ont.) made 43 saves and stopped UOIT's two penalty shots to give her team the edge.
York's Mandy Cole (Peterborough, Ont.) struck early at 1:22 into the first period with an unassisted tally, and Katie Ippolito (Richmond Hill, Ont.) added to the lead at 17:02 of the second. Jennifer Petkovics (Mississauga, Ont.) assisted on Ippolito's goal.
But the Ridgebacks made a game of it just 50 seconds into the third period, as Jill Morillo (Whitby, Ont.) beat Brown to get her team on the board. UOIT kept coming, and finally tied things up at 18:48 to force overtime and ultimately the shootout.
Courtney Unruh (Fort St. John, B.C.) and Chloe Milano (Maple, Ont.) scored in the shootout, while Cole missed on her attempt.
GUELPH 4, WESTERN 2
At Guelph, after a game of many chances for both sides, the host Gryphons (5-2) were able to hold off the Western Mustangs (4-5), taking the game by a score of 4-2.
Tayne Hewer (Barrie, Ont.) would score the game-winner in the second while Dayna Kanis (Georgetown, Ont.) added the insurance late in the third.
Danielle Skoufranis (Thornhill, Ont.) got the start for the Gryphons and put on a great performance stopping 21 of 23 shots to pick up the win.
Erin Small (Pickering, Ont.) was a major offensive factor for Guelph setting up the Gryphons' first two goals. Jessica Zerafa (Mississauga, Ont.) and Rose Harris (Colborne, Ont.), who also picked up an assist, notched the Gryphons' first two tallies.
Scoring for the Mustangs were Ellie Seedhouse (Whitby, Ont.) and Chantal Morais (Guelph, Ont.).
TORONTO 6, UOIT 3
At UOIT, Lindsay Hill scored two goals and added two assists as the Toronto Varsity Blues (4-3-1) defeated the UOIT Ridgebacks (3-6-0) by a 6-3 score on Sunday.
UOIT's Jill Morillo (Whitby, Ont.) opened the scoring on the first shift of the game as she picked up her own rebound to find the back of Toronto's net.
Third-year forward Amanda Fawns (Scarborough, Ont.) answered back at the 5:26 mark of the first period when she buried a rebound to beat Ridgebacks goaltender Jessica Larabie (Pickering, Ont.).
Blues captain Karolina Urban (Kamloops, B.C.) scored less than three minutes later as she wired a wrist shot into the top corner of the net.
Annie DelGuidice (Hamilton, Ont.) scored a short handed marker to put the Blues up by two on a solid individual effort.
The Blues got into some penalty trouble and Rikki Palmateer (Cobourg, Ont.) capitalized with 10 seconds remaining in the first period to bring the game within one.
UOIT captain Megan Friel (Pickering, Ont.) would tie the game 46 seconds into the second with another power play marker, however the rest of the game would be dominated by the Blues.
Hill (Ajax, Ont.) continued her stellar play this season as she knocked in an Urban rebound for what would be the eventual game-winner.
Fourth-year forward Emily Milito (Ottawa) finished off a beautiful passing play with DelGuidice and Brenley Jorgensen (Kingston, Ont.), before Hill would tally her second of the night, an empty-netter, to secure the 6-3 victory for the Blues.
WESTERN 2, BROCK 0
At Brock, sophomore forward Ellie Seedhouse (Whitby, Ont.) scored the game-winning goal for the Western Mustangs (4-5-0) in a 2-0 win over the Badgers (4-6-1) on Sunday.
Seedhouse scored midway through the first period on a pass from Katie Dillon (Oshawa, Ont.). Lindsay Gidomski (Mississauga, Ont.) scored an empty-netter to ice the victory, while Lindsey Martin (London, Ont.) made 16 saves for the shutout victory.
OUA Communications with sources from: York Lions, Windsor Lancers, Laurier Golden Hawks, Queen's Gaels, Brock Badgers, Western Mustangs
