November 19, 2013
WOMEN'S HOCKEY ROUNDUP: Windsor hands No. 3 Gaels first loss of year
Thursday, November 14
Waterloo 2 @ Ryerson 3 (OT)
TORONTO - For the first time in team history, the Ryerson Rams were victorious in overtime, defeating the Waterloo Warriors 3-2 on Thursday night.
Halfway into the overtime period, Ryerson set up shop in the Waterloo zone, moving the puck around with crisp passes. Finally, a shot from the point was blocked in front causing a scramble and third year centreman Melissa Wronzberg (Thornhill, Ont.) got a stick on the puck. Wronzberg was able to slide the puck past Waterloo goaltender Rebecca Bouwhuis and into the net sending the crowd at the Mattamy Athletic Centre at the Gardens home happy.
“I kind of just shot it,” said Wronzberg. “Did not aim at all, just shot it and hoped for the best.”
It didn’t look good for the Rams going into the third period. After an Amy Barnard goal with under three minutes left in the second period, Waterloo had a 2-1 advantage going into the intermission. At 4:20 of the third period, Rams captain Nella Brodett (Edmonton, Alta.) would find the equalizer, tying the game at two. Brodett finished the evening with a goal and an assist.
In the late stages of the game things got a little bit strange. A shot on goal by Waterloo had them thinking that they got it past Ryerson starting goaltender Emma Crawley and a celebration ensued. There was no signal from the referee that the puck went into the net, and Ryerson went down the ice in a 5-0 opportunity in which Samantha Pui (Toronto) was denied.
Although interim head coach Pierre Alain didn’t get a good look of the Waterloo opportunity from the bench, he did comment post-game.
“Once in a while you need a break, so I think we got a break.”
Emily Rose Galliani Pecchia (Toronto) scored shorthanded for Ryerson’s first goal. Galliani Pecchia was Ryerson’s leading scorer from last season and with the goal on Thursday night, recorded her second point in as many games.
“She was just forechecking hard and she was paying attention to the clock and she told me after she scored, there were 10 seconds left, I wasn’t going to play passive penalty kill, I just wanted to go for the goal,” said Brodett about Galliani Pecchia’s first period goal with 1.8 second left on the clock.
Crawley’s 19 saves were good enough to even her record on the season at .500 with three wins and three losses. Bouwhuis wasn’t tested much, only making 16 saves in the loss.
Both teams struggled on the specialty teams. Ryerson went 0-5 while Waterloo was 0-4.
Source: Ryerson Sports Info
Saturday, November 16
Nipissing 4 @ York 2
A busy third period left the York University Lions women's hockey team on the wrong side of 4-2 decision Saturday (Nov. 16), falling to the Nipissing Lakers in front of a home crowd at the Canlan Ice Sports.
Andrea Joyce (Mississauga, Ont.) scored both Lions' goals in the third period, her team-leading fifth and sixth of the year, but it was not enough to overcome the Lakers. The loss drops the Lions to 3-6-1 on the year, while the Lakers improved to 3-8-0 with the win.
Nipissing forwards Brooklyn Irwin (Ayton, Ont.) and Carly Marchment (Courtice, Ont.) were the standouts for the Lakers, each contributing two points in the game with Marchment notching two goals, while Irwin had a goal and an assist.
The Lakers turned on the pressure early, repeatedly sending the puck on net to generate some traffic in front of Lions goaltender Jessalyn Bogacki (Thunder Bay, Ont.). An opportune rebound off of one of their shots would trickle in behind the netminder, and Marchment chopped the puck in for the one goal lead.
The Lions would battle back throughout the period, but were unable to even the score before the first intermission. It remained 1-0 going into the second.
Both teams pushed the pace upon returning to the ice, as the middle frame would prove to be a close endeavour. Nipissing continued to test the Lions goaltending, as a trickling rebound in the crease mirrored the Lakers earlier goal. Bogacki would recover however, making the stretching save to prevent another rebound.
The Lions would have a promising opportunity to tie the game, as Rianna Langford (Collingwood, Ont.) broke into the zone for a scoring chance in the slot, but she was denied on her shot by Sabrina Picard (Hearst, Ont.). The Lakers retained a one-goal advantage after two.
Nipissing would strike quickly to begin the third, with Irwin notching a power play goal just 41 seconds into the period to extend the Lakers' lead to two.
But the Lions refused to be denied for much longer, as a Kiri Langford (Collingwood, Ont.) shot attempt produced a juicy rebound opportunity for Joyce out front. She would capitalize to put the Lions on the board.
York would erase their deficit completely moments later, with Joyce streaking into the zone with speed to convert the equalizer goal for her second score of the game and a 2-2 tie.
Marchment would earn the lead for her team for the second time however, beating Bogacki during a costly power play shift. The Lakers would add an empty net goal during York's final push to cap the busy period, and seal the game.
Source: York Sports Info
Waterloo 0 @ Toronto 4
The University of Toronto Varsity Blues women's hockey team scored four second-period goals en route to a 4-0 victory over the Waterloo Warriors on Saturday, November 16 at Varsity Arena.
With the win, the Blues improve to 7-2-1 and move into fourth place in the OUA standings.
After a scoreless first period, third-year forward Sonja Weidenfelder (Toronto) scored two goals in the first six minutes of the second frame, both assisted by linemates Kelly O'Hanlon and Taylor Day.
Sophomore standout Kristi Risely (Pickering, Ont.) added a third just over five minutes later, her first career marker, and veteran defenceman April Looije (Mississauga) notched her first of the season at the 12:26 mark of the second frame to give the Blues a comfortable 4-0 lead heading into the final frame.
Fourth-year netminder Nicole Kesteris (Aurora, Ont.) made 29 saves in her third shutout win of the season.
Source: Toronto Sports Info
Queen’s 3 @ Windsor 6
WINDSOR, Ont.- The Windsor Lancers women's hockey team notched a big upset victory over the national No. 3 ranked Queen's Gaels on Saturday afternoon at South Windsor Arena, topping the defending OUA champions 6-3.
Erinn Noseworthy tallied a hat-trick in helping the Lancers hand Queen's its first loss of the season. Jenny MacKnight added three assists as a total of five Windsor players garnered multi-point games.
After Noseworthy opened the scoring, the Gaels tallied the next two markers to go ahead 2-1 in the second. However, Noseworthy would tie the game and Lindsay Hoogstraten scored late in the second, allowing the women to re-take the advantage. Midway through the third period, Bree Polci tallied her sixth of the year before Noseworthy completed her hat-trick under a minute later.
Marissa Kozovski turned aside 27 of 30 shots for the win. Windsor was 0-for-4 on the power-play while the Gaels went 2-for-4.
Source: Windsor Sports Info
Laurentian 2 @ UOIT 4
OSHAWA, Ont. – Jill Morillo (Whitby, Ont.) recorded her 100th career point as she led the UOIT women’s hockey team to a 4-2 victory over Laurentian on Saturday night.
Morillo scored two second period goals to become the first-ever Ridgeback to reach the milestone mark. The nuclear engineering and management major now has 56 goals and 44 assists in 117 conference games. Her 56 career goals ranks her 12th in OUA all-time goal scoring.
Laurentian would give UOIT trouble in the early stages of Saturday’s game as the Voyageurs held a 2-1 advantage and outshot the Ridgebacks 12-8 after 20 minutes.
UOIT would rebound as Morillo’s two second period power play goals gave the home team their first lead of the night. In the final frame, Jaclyn Gibson (Cobourg, Ont.) would put the game to rest as she beat Laurentian goaltender Emily Toffoli with five minutes remaining.
Katie Dillon (Whitby, Ont.) scored UOIT’s first goal of the night and added an assist to extend her league leading point-scoring streak to eight games. Also recording a goal and an assist for UOIT was Gibson, who moved into sixth place in OUA scoring with 15 points on the year.
UOIT’s Sam Forchielli of Hamilton also had a multi-point night as she ended up with two assists in the win. The second year forward has surpassed her point total from last season as she has four goals and five assists in 11 games this year.
Tori Campbell (Lethbridge, Alta.) earned her sixth win of the year in net for UOIT as she stopped 20 of 22 Laurentian shots on net. UOIT held a 34-22 advantage in shots. Campbell has a 1.60 goals against average in nine games this season.
UOIT has won two straight games and sits in fifth place in the OUA standings with a 7-4-0 record. In their first year in OUA women’s hockey, Laurentian is tied for ninth place with the Ryerson Rams at 4-7-0.
Source: UOIT Sports Info
Laurier 3 @ Ryerson 2
TORONTO - The Ryerson Rams women’s hockey team came close but was unable to pull off the upset, falling 3-2 to the No. 5 Laurier Golden Hawks at the Mattamy Athletic Centre on Saturday night.
The first period was all Golden Hawks as Laurier outshot the Rams 12-1. Ryerson goaltender Emma Crawley (Herring Cove, N.S.) was solid as she stopped all 12 shots to keep the game scoreless at the end of 20 minutes.
Laurier would finally solve Crawley seven minutes into the middle frame when Jessie Hurrell scored her fourth of the season on the power play to give the visitors a 1-0 lead. However, the Rams would respond four minutes later on a goal by first-year forward Blair Malthaner (Toronto), tying the contest at 1-1. The Golden Hawks regained their one-goal lead three minutes later on an unassisted effort by Jessica Prevette.
The Rams started the third period on the power play and just 54 seconds into the frame, Michelle Evagelou (Scarborough, Ont.) tied the contest with her first of the season. But once again Laurier would retake the lead, this time for good as Tammy Freiburger tallied the game winning goal just three and half minutes later.
“Our team’s performance was strong, especially much stronger than it has been the past four times that we’ve played this team,” said assistant coach Michelle Janus. “We’ve held them to their lowest score yet, we had fantastic defence tonight, fantastic goaltending as well. Their quickness really exploited our skills a bit and it was difficult to move the puck under that kind of pressure. But our team did a really good job.”
Crawley stopped 31 of 34 shots in a losing cause, while Laurier’s Kayla Brown made 16 saves for the victory. Both teams were 1-for-8 on the power play.
Source: Ryerson Sports Info
Brock 3 @ Guelph 1
GUELPH, Ont. (November 16, 2013) – The Guelph Gryphons women's hockey team dropped a 3-1 final against the Brock Badgers on Saturday night at the Gryphon Centre. This drops the Gryphons to 9-3-0, moving the Badgers to 2-9-1.
"We had such an emotional weekend last weekend that we seemed to play with a bit of an emotional hangover tonight. The girls are disappointed and we know we need to go back to the drawing board this week," commented Gryphon head coach Rachel Flanagan.
The Gryphons started the game out strong with Amanda Parkins scoring the first goal of the game for Guelph in the first 12 seconds of the period, with Jessica Pinkerton and Emily Corbett on the assists. The game was back and forth from that point with the Gryphons taking advantage of the Badger turnovers. Brock was finding it hard to break through the Guelph players to set up any scoring opportunities, clearing the puck from their territory and giving the Gryphons possession of the puck. Parkins almost scored herself another goal in the second half of the period after a breakaway through the neutral zone. She found herself tripped up by a Brock player and the score stayed at 1-0 for the Gryphons going into the second period.
The Brock game improved significantly in the second period, with a goal in the first minute and a half of play. Guelph turned over the puck, and the Badgers took advantage of that turnover with Brianne Veale (Sault Ste. Marie, Ont.) chipping the puck up to Jessica Fickel (Fort Erie, Ont.) to make it 1-1. The Badgers dominated possession of the puck for the majority of the second period, taking advantage of all of the Gryphon turnovers, turning them into goals. The Badgers scored again with a slap shot from Veale that turned into a pass to Erin McColm (Peterborough, Ont.), who tipped the puck in to make it 2-1 for the Badgers.
The Gryphons would step up with Jessica Pellegrino aiming for the top corner of the Brock net, but she was unable to beat Brock goalie Jenna Sosnoski (New Dundee, Ont.). The Badgers would score for a third time in the second period after a scrum at the net had Leigh Vanderveen (Niagara on the Lake, Ont.) making it 3-1 for Brock, with Veale and Fickel on the assists.
The Gryphons started the third period with a power play at the 1:30 mark after Brock player Leigh Vanderveen was called for hooking. Guelph was unable to use the man advantage, taking only two shots on net for the entire two minutes. The Gryphons were unable to find a way through the energized Brock defense and found themselves outskated on almost all breakaways. Pinkerton was able to get through in the second half of the period and found herself in the crease, but wasn't able to poke the puck past the Badger goalie.
Although the Gryphons fought out the last few minutes hard with key plays by Averi Nooren and Jessica Pinkerton they were unable to get past the Badgers and the game ended with a final score of 3-1.
The total for shots on goal was 21-18 in favour of Guelph.
Source: Guelph Sports Info
Sunday, November 17
Laurier 3 @ Toronto 0
The University of Toronto Varsity Blues women's hockey team fell 3-0 to the visiting Laurier Golden Hawks on Sunday, November 17 at Varsity Arena.
With the loss, the Blues fall to 7-3-1 on the season, and remain fourth in the OUA standings.
Nicole Kesteris was solid despite the loss, making 31 saves and keeping the Blues in the game right to the final buzzer.
The Blues failed to score in the game, but did not lack in chances, including several electrifying rushes from Blues leading scorer Taylor Day (Ilderton, Ont.) in the first period. Twice Day was able to beat a Laurier defender one-on-one and streak in on goal, but was unable to get the puck past Golden Hawks netminder Amanda Smith.
Kesteris faced 14 shots and made a number of spectacular saves in the opening frame. But finally with three minutes remaining in the period and a Blues penalty kill just coming to an end, Candice Styles wristed a shot from the point through traffic that eluded Kesteris and found the back of the net to open the scoring.
The second period saw the Blues fight back and outshoot Laurier 8-5—thanks in part to a string of powerplays—but fail to find a way to beat Smith.
The game headed to the final period with the score still 1-0 in favour of the Hawks, when Courtney Brind'Amour-McClure had one of U of T's best chances of the night. The second-year Waterdown, Ont. Native raced into the Laurier zone, dragged the puck around a helpless defender, and slid the puck across the crease and just wide of a gaping net. Laurier then pounced on the loose puck and skated back up the ice on an odd-man rush. Jessie Hurrell fed the puck across the ice to Jessica Prevette who deked around Kesteris and put the Hawks up 2-0.
Hurrell would add an empty netter with under a minute remaining in the game to cement the victory and give the Hawks forward her second point of the game. Laurier is now 10-2-0 on the season.
Source: Toronto Sports Info
Laurentian 4 @ York 0
The York University Lions women's hockey team was shut out by the visiting Laurentian Voyageurs by a score of 4-0 at Canlan Ice Sports on Sunday afternoon (Nov. 17).
Laurentian goaltender Laura Deller (Woodstock, Ont.) earned her first career shutout, stopping all 28 shots she faced to help the Voyageurs improve to 5-7-0 on the year, while the Lions dropped to 3-7-1 with the loss.
Megan Lee (Orillia, Ont.) started in net for the Lions and made 16 saves on 19 shots before being pulled early in the second period. Jessalyn Bogacki (Thunder Bay, Ont.) came on and stopped 13 of 14.
Samantha Morell (Lombardy, Ont.) had a big three-point afternoon for the Voyageurs, scoring two goals, including the game winner in the first period, and adding an assist in the contest. Elissa Bertuzzi (Lively, Ont.) also had three points with one goal and two assists.
Laurentian scored early in each of the three periods. Morell netted what turned out to be the game winner just 5:29 into the opening frame, the only goal of the first period. She scored again 4:23 into the second, and Bertuzzi added her marker at 6:19 of the same frame.
Amanda Pereira (Oakville, Ont.) scored her first goal at 2:10 of the third period to cap off the scoring.
Source: York Sports Info
Nipissing 1 @ UOIT 0
OSHAWA, Ont. - The UOIT women’s hockey team was shutout 1-0 Sunday afternoon by the Nipissing Lakers at the Campus Ice Centre.
The Ridgebacks offence worked hard posting a total of 42 shots in the effort but were unable to solve Lakers goaltender Jacqueline Rochefort. The high number of shots led to several worthwhile opportunities from the Ridgebacks, however, Rochefort was able to stifle every opening.
The first period saw both teams exchange excellent scoring chances with UOIT forward Mikaeli Cavell (Edmonton, Alta.) having the best chance for the Ridgebacks. After setting a screen in front, Cavell was able to find the rebound but was unable to convert the chance for a goal at the midway point of the period.
UOIT entered the second period with renewed energy and took control of the game tempo.
Defender Laura Marchese (Burlington, Ont.) had an early scoring chance only four minutes into the period with a powerful slap shot that appeared the fool the Lakers goalie, however Rochefort was able to get just enough of the shot to steer it clear of the net. Ridgebacks captain Jill Morillo (Whitby, Ont.) also had a chance to take the lead on a rebound opportunity during a power play but again was stopped by Rochefort.
During a power play opportunity late in the period, Lakers defenseman Jade Gauthier was able to convert her own rebound chance to take the 1-0 lead heading into the third.
The third period saw the Ridgebacks again take control of the game as they would outshoot the Lakers 12-1 but were unable to find the equalizer. The final chance for UOIT came with only 20 seconds remaining in the game. With the net empty and the extra attacker on, the puck found its way through a crowd to end up on the stick of forward Katie Dillon (Oshawa, Ont.) who unleashed a rocket one-timer on net but Rochefort again was there to shut the door.
The shutout put an end to Dillon’s eight-game point streak which is the largest to date in the OUA this season. Over the eight game stretch, Dillon scored four goals and added seven assists.
Despite the loss the Ridgebacks appeared to be in good form. Offensively, the high number of shots led to a great number of quality chances and defensively goaltender Cassie Charette (Ottawa, Ont.) was strong stopping all but one shot.
Source: UOIT Sports Info
Queen’s 2 @ Western 1 (SO)
LONDON, Ont. – Western's women's hockey team took to Thompson Arena Sunday evening for a contest against the No.3 nationally-ranked Queen's Gaels. The Gaels, looking for a win after a 6-3 loss to the Lancers Saturday, went home with the win after beating the Mustangs 2-1 in a shootout.
"I thought we played an extremely good game today," said Mustangs head coach Chris Higgins. "[Queen's is] No. 1 in the OUA and third in the country. We took it to them in the third period, but in the end it was a shootout, and their goalie beat our goalie in the shootout."
While Queen's dominated offensively in the first frame, defense on both teams had to work overtime. Western netminder Kelly Campbell had an outstanding opening period stopping all 11 shots coming her way and even made a spectacular dive across the crease to stop a puck as Western was on the penalty kill. Despite the Mustangs' two powerplay advantages, the Gaels' ability to clear the puck did not go unnoticed, and after 20 minutes, both teams remained scoreless.
As both Western and Queen's fought to put their team on the scoreboard, neither team was willing to give up a goal. The Gaels received a golden opportunity late in the period after a tripping call on Sydney Kidd resulted in a penalty shot for the visiting squad. Campbell turned away the ensuing shot, keeping the game tied heading into the third period.
After two scoreless periods, goals came quickly in the third as not thirty seconds into the frame Queen's forward Jessica Wakefield put the Gaels up 1-0. Seven minutes later, Cassidy Gosling fired a rebound past Queen's goalkeeper Mel Dodd-Moher to tie things up at 1-1. The Mustangs continued to pressure the Gaels defense as the clock wound down, however things remained even at 1-1, sending the game to overtime.
Five minutes of overtime did not provide a solution for either team as each netminder continued to turn aside shot after shot, meaning it would all come down to the shootout.
Western's Michelle Saunders took to the ice first, however she was stopped by Dodd-Moher. Next up, Campbell faced Queen's forward Taryn Pilon who somehow found a way to get passed Campbell and put the Gaels up 2-1. Ally Galloway and Stacey Scott were the next two shooters for the Mustangs but neither was able to produce another tying goal. Queen's came out on top 2-1.
In total, Campbell faced 43 shots, stopping all but one. Dodd-Moher turned aside 31 shots for the Gaels.
When asked what areas the team will work to improve on over the next week, Higgins responded, "We just need to score some goals. We're getting shots, but we're not scoring. That's all that is missing. I was very happy with all aspects of our game there. Our penalty kill was exceptional."
Source: Western Sports Info
Waterloo 2 @ Ryerson 3 (OT)
TORONTO - For the first time in team history, the Ryerson Rams were victorious in overtime, defeating the Waterloo Warriors 3-2 on Thursday night.
Halfway into the overtime period, Ryerson set up shop in the Waterloo zone, moving the puck around with crisp passes. Finally, a shot from the point was blocked in front causing a scramble and third year centreman Melissa Wronzberg (Thornhill, Ont.) got a stick on the puck. Wronzberg was able to slide the puck past Waterloo goaltender Rebecca Bouwhuis and into the net sending the crowd at the Mattamy Athletic Centre at the Gardens home happy.
“I kind of just shot it,” said Wronzberg. “Did not aim at all, just shot it and hoped for the best.”
It didn’t look good for the Rams going into the third period. After an Amy Barnard goal with under three minutes left in the second period, Waterloo had a 2-1 advantage going into the intermission. At 4:20 of the third period, Rams captain Nella Brodett (Edmonton, Alta.) would find the equalizer, tying the game at two. Brodett finished the evening with a goal and an assist.
In the late stages of the game things got a little bit strange. A shot on goal by Waterloo had them thinking that they got it past Ryerson starting goaltender Emma Crawley and a celebration ensued. There was no signal from the referee that the puck went into the net, and Ryerson went down the ice in a 5-0 opportunity in which Samantha Pui (Toronto) was denied.
Although interim head coach Pierre Alain didn’t get a good look of the Waterloo opportunity from the bench, he did comment post-game.
“Once in a while you need a break, so I think we got a break.”
Emily Rose Galliani Pecchia (Toronto) scored shorthanded for Ryerson’s first goal. Galliani Pecchia was Ryerson’s leading scorer from last season and with the goal on Thursday night, recorded her second point in as many games.
“She was just forechecking hard and she was paying attention to the clock and she told me after she scored, there were 10 seconds left, I wasn’t going to play passive penalty kill, I just wanted to go for the goal,” said Brodett about Galliani Pecchia’s first period goal with 1.8 second left on the clock.
Crawley’s 19 saves were good enough to even her record on the season at .500 with three wins and three losses. Bouwhuis wasn’t tested much, only making 16 saves in the loss.
Both teams struggled on the specialty teams. Ryerson went 0-5 while Waterloo was 0-4.
Source: Ryerson Sports Info
Saturday, November 16
Nipissing 4 @ York 2
A busy third period left the York University Lions women's hockey team on the wrong side of 4-2 decision Saturday (Nov. 16), falling to the Nipissing Lakers in front of a home crowd at the Canlan Ice Sports.
Andrea Joyce (Mississauga, Ont.) scored both Lions' goals in the third period, her team-leading fifth and sixth of the year, but it was not enough to overcome the Lakers. The loss drops the Lions to 3-6-1 on the year, while the Lakers improved to 3-8-0 with the win.
Nipissing forwards Brooklyn Irwin (Ayton, Ont.) and Carly Marchment (Courtice, Ont.) were the standouts for the Lakers, each contributing two points in the game with Marchment notching two goals, while Irwin had a goal and an assist.
The Lakers turned on the pressure early, repeatedly sending the puck on net to generate some traffic in front of Lions goaltender Jessalyn Bogacki (Thunder Bay, Ont.). An opportune rebound off of one of their shots would trickle in behind the netminder, and Marchment chopped the puck in for the one goal lead.
The Lions would battle back throughout the period, but were unable to even the score before the first intermission. It remained 1-0 going into the second.
Both teams pushed the pace upon returning to the ice, as the middle frame would prove to be a close endeavour. Nipissing continued to test the Lions goaltending, as a trickling rebound in the crease mirrored the Lakers earlier goal. Bogacki would recover however, making the stretching save to prevent another rebound.
The Lions would have a promising opportunity to tie the game, as Rianna Langford (Collingwood, Ont.) broke into the zone for a scoring chance in the slot, but she was denied on her shot by Sabrina Picard (Hearst, Ont.). The Lakers retained a one-goal advantage after two.
Nipissing would strike quickly to begin the third, with Irwin notching a power play goal just 41 seconds into the period to extend the Lakers' lead to two.
But the Lions refused to be denied for much longer, as a Kiri Langford (Collingwood, Ont.) shot attempt produced a juicy rebound opportunity for Joyce out front. She would capitalize to put the Lions on the board.
York would erase their deficit completely moments later, with Joyce streaking into the zone with speed to convert the equalizer goal for her second score of the game and a 2-2 tie.
Marchment would earn the lead for her team for the second time however, beating Bogacki during a costly power play shift. The Lakers would add an empty net goal during York's final push to cap the busy period, and seal the game.
Source: York Sports Info
Waterloo 0 @ Toronto 4
The University of Toronto Varsity Blues women's hockey team scored four second-period goals en route to a 4-0 victory over the Waterloo Warriors on Saturday, November 16 at Varsity Arena.
With the win, the Blues improve to 7-2-1 and move into fourth place in the OUA standings.
After a scoreless first period, third-year forward Sonja Weidenfelder (Toronto) scored two goals in the first six minutes of the second frame, both assisted by linemates Kelly O'Hanlon and Taylor Day.
Sophomore standout Kristi Risely (Pickering, Ont.) added a third just over five minutes later, her first career marker, and veteran defenceman April Looije (Mississauga) notched her first of the season at the 12:26 mark of the second frame to give the Blues a comfortable 4-0 lead heading into the final frame.
Fourth-year netminder Nicole Kesteris (Aurora, Ont.) made 29 saves in her third shutout win of the season.
Source: Toronto Sports Info
Queen’s 3 @ Windsor 6
WINDSOR, Ont.- The Windsor Lancers women's hockey team notched a big upset victory over the national No. 3 ranked Queen's Gaels on Saturday afternoon at South Windsor Arena, topping the defending OUA champions 6-3.
Erinn Noseworthy tallied a hat-trick in helping the Lancers hand Queen's its first loss of the season. Jenny MacKnight added three assists as a total of five Windsor players garnered multi-point games.
After Noseworthy opened the scoring, the Gaels tallied the next two markers to go ahead 2-1 in the second. However, Noseworthy would tie the game and Lindsay Hoogstraten scored late in the second, allowing the women to re-take the advantage. Midway through the third period, Bree Polci tallied her sixth of the year before Noseworthy completed her hat-trick under a minute later.
Marissa Kozovski turned aside 27 of 30 shots for the win. Windsor was 0-for-4 on the power-play while the Gaels went 2-for-4.
Source: Windsor Sports Info
Laurentian 2 @ UOIT 4
OSHAWA, Ont. – Jill Morillo (Whitby, Ont.) recorded her 100th career point as she led the UOIT women’s hockey team to a 4-2 victory over Laurentian on Saturday night.
Morillo scored two second period goals to become the first-ever Ridgeback to reach the milestone mark. The nuclear engineering and management major now has 56 goals and 44 assists in 117 conference games. Her 56 career goals ranks her 12th in OUA all-time goal scoring.
Laurentian would give UOIT trouble in the early stages of Saturday’s game as the Voyageurs held a 2-1 advantage and outshot the Ridgebacks 12-8 after 20 minutes.
UOIT would rebound as Morillo’s two second period power play goals gave the home team their first lead of the night. In the final frame, Jaclyn Gibson (Cobourg, Ont.) would put the game to rest as she beat Laurentian goaltender Emily Toffoli with five minutes remaining.
Katie Dillon (Whitby, Ont.) scored UOIT’s first goal of the night and added an assist to extend her league leading point-scoring streak to eight games. Also recording a goal and an assist for UOIT was Gibson, who moved into sixth place in OUA scoring with 15 points on the year.
UOIT’s Sam Forchielli of Hamilton also had a multi-point night as she ended up with two assists in the win. The second year forward has surpassed her point total from last season as she has four goals and five assists in 11 games this year.
Tori Campbell (Lethbridge, Alta.) earned her sixth win of the year in net for UOIT as she stopped 20 of 22 Laurentian shots on net. UOIT held a 34-22 advantage in shots. Campbell has a 1.60 goals against average in nine games this season.
UOIT has won two straight games and sits in fifth place in the OUA standings with a 7-4-0 record. In their first year in OUA women’s hockey, Laurentian is tied for ninth place with the Ryerson Rams at 4-7-0.
Source: UOIT Sports Info
Laurier 3 @ Ryerson 2
TORONTO - The Ryerson Rams women’s hockey team came close but was unable to pull off the upset, falling 3-2 to the No. 5 Laurier Golden Hawks at the Mattamy Athletic Centre on Saturday night.
The first period was all Golden Hawks as Laurier outshot the Rams 12-1. Ryerson goaltender Emma Crawley (Herring Cove, N.S.) was solid as she stopped all 12 shots to keep the game scoreless at the end of 20 minutes.
Laurier would finally solve Crawley seven minutes into the middle frame when Jessie Hurrell scored her fourth of the season on the power play to give the visitors a 1-0 lead. However, the Rams would respond four minutes later on a goal by first-year forward Blair Malthaner (Toronto), tying the contest at 1-1. The Golden Hawks regained their one-goal lead three minutes later on an unassisted effort by Jessica Prevette.
The Rams started the third period on the power play and just 54 seconds into the frame, Michelle Evagelou (Scarborough, Ont.) tied the contest with her first of the season. But once again Laurier would retake the lead, this time for good as Tammy Freiburger tallied the game winning goal just three and half minutes later.
“Our team’s performance was strong, especially much stronger than it has been the past four times that we’ve played this team,” said assistant coach Michelle Janus. “We’ve held them to their lowest score yet, we had fantastic defence tonight, fantastic goaltending as well. Their quickness really exploited our skills a bit and it was difficult to move the puck under that kind of pressure. But our team did a really good job.”
Crawley stopped 31 of 34 shots in a losing cause, while Laurier’s Kayla Brown made 16 saves for the victory. Both teams were 1-for-8 on the power play.
Source: Ryerson Sports Info
Brock 3 @ Guelph 1
GUELPH, Ont. (November 16, 2013) – The Guelph Gryphons women's hockey team dropped a 3-1 final against the Brock Badgers on Saturday night at the Gryphon Centre. This drops the Gryphons to 9-3-0, moving the Badgers to 2-9-1.
"We had such an emotional weekend last weekend that we seemed to play with a bit of an emotional hangover tonight. The girls are disappointed and we know we need to go back to the drawing board this week," commented Gryphon head coach Rachel Flanagan.
The Gryphons started the game out strong with Amanda Parkins scoring the first goal of the game for Guelph in the first 12 seconds of the period, with Jessica Pinkerton and Emily Corbett on the assists. The game was back and forth from that point with the Gryphons taking advantage of the Badger turnovers. Brock was finding it hard to break through the Guelph players to set up any scoring opportunities, clearing the puck from their territory and giving the Gryphons possession of the puck. Parkins almost scored herself another goal in the second half of the period after a breakaway through the neutral zone. She found herself tripped up by a Brock player and the score stayed at 1-0 for the Gryphons going into the second period.
The Brock game improved significantly in the second period, with a goal in the first minute and a half of play. Guelph turned over the puck, and the Badgers took advantage of that turnover with Brianne Veale (Sault Ste. Marie, Ont.) chipping the puck up to Jessica Fickel (Fort Erie, Ont.) to make it 1-1. The Badgers dominated possession of the puck for the majority of the second period, taking advantage of all of the Gryphon turnovers, turning them into goals. The Badgers scored again with a slap shot from Veale that turned into a pass to Erin McColm (Peterborough, Ont.), who tipped the puck in to make it 2-1 for the Badgers.
The Gryphons would step up with Jessica Pellegrino aiming for the top corner of the Brock net, but she was unable to beat Brock goalie Jenna Sosnoski (New Dundee, Ont.). The Badgers would score for a third time in the second period after a scrum at the net had Leigh Vanderveen (Niagara on the Lake, Ont.) making it 3-1 for Brock, with Veale and Fickel on the assists.
The Gryphons started the third period with a power play at the 1:30 mark after Brock player Leigh Vanderveen was called for hooking. Guelph was unable to use the man advantage, taking only two shots on net for the entire two minutes. The Gryphons were unable to find a way through the energized Brock defense and found themselves outskated on almost all breakaways. Pinkerton was able to get through in the second half of the period and found herself in the crease, but wasn't able to poke the puck past the Badger goalie.
Although the Gryphons fought out the last few minutes hard with key plays by Averi Nooren and Jessica Pinkerton they were unable to get past the Badgers and the game ended with a final score of 3-1.
The total for shots on goal was 21-18 in favour of Guelph.
Source: Guelph Sports Info
Sunday, November 17
Laurier 3 @ Toronto 0
The University of Toronto Varsity Blues women's hockey team fell 3-0 to the visiting Laurier Golden Hawks on Sunday, November 17 at Varsity Arena.
With the loss, the Blues fall to 7-3-1 on the season, and remain fourth in the OUA standings.
Nicole Kesteris was solid despite the loss, making 31 saves and keeping the Blues in the game right to the final buzzer.
The Blues failed to score in the game, but did not lack in chances, including several electrifying rushes from Blues leading scorer Taylor Day (Ilderton, Ont.) in the first period. Twice Day was able to beat a Laurier defender one-on-one and streak in on goal, but was unable to get the puck past Golden Hawks netminder Amanda Smith.
Kesteris faced 14 shots and made a number of spectacular saves in the opening frame. But finally with three minutes remaining in the period and a Blues penalty kill just coming to an end, Candice Styles wristed a shot from the point through traffic that eluded Kesteris and found the back of the net to open the scoring.
The second period saw the Blues fight back and outshoot Laurier 8-5—thanks in part to a string of powerplays—but fail to find a way to beat Smith.
The game headed to the final period with the score still 1-0 in favour of the Hawks, when Courtney Brind'Amour-McClure had one of U of T's best chances of the night. The second-year Waterdown, Ont. Native raced into the Laurier zone, dragged the puck around a helpless defender, and slid the puck across the crease and just wide of a gaping net. Laurier then pounced on the loose puck and skated back up the ice on an odd-man rush. Jessie Hurrell fed the puck across the ice to Jessica Prevette who deked around Kesteris and put the Hawks up 2-0.
Hurrell would add an empty netter with under a minute remaining in the game to cement the victory and give the Hawks forward her second point of the game. Laurier is now 10-2-0 on the season.
Source: Toronto Sports Info
Laurentian 4 @ York 0
The York University Lions women's hockey team was shut out by the visiting Laurentian Voyageurs by a score of 4-0 at Canlan Ice Sports on Sunday afternoon (Nov. 17).
Laurentian goaltender Laura Deller (Woodstock, Ont.) earned her first career shutout, stopping all 28 shots she faced to help the Voyageurs improve to 5-7-0 on the year, while the Lions dropped to 3-7-1 with the loss.
Megan Lee (Orillia, Ont.) started in net for the Lions and made 16 saves on 19 shots before being pulled early in the second period. Jessalyn Bogacki (Thunder Bay, Ont.) came on and stopped 13 of 14.
Samantha Morell (Lombardy, Ont.) had a big three-point afternoon for the Voyageurs, scoring two goals, including the game winner in the first period, and adding an assist in the contest. Elissa Bertuzzi (Lively, Ont.) also had three points with one goal and two assists.
Laurentian scored early in each of the three periods. Morell netted what turned out to be the game winner just 5:29 into the opening frame, the only goal of the first period. She scored again 4:23 into the second, and Bertuzzi added her marker at 6:19 of the same frame.
Amanda Pereira (Oakville, Ont.) scored her first goal at 2:10 of the third period to cap off the scoring.
Source: York Sports Info
Nipissing 1 @ UOIT 0
OSHAWA, Ont. - The UOIT women’s hockey team was shutout 1-0 Sunday afternoon by the Nipissing Lakers at the Campus Ice Centre.
The Ridgebacks offence worked hard posting a total of 42 shots in the effort but were unable to solve Lakers goaltender Jacqueline Rochefort. The high number of shots led to several worthwhile opportunities from the Ridgebacks, however, Rochefort was able to stifle every opening.
The first period saw both teams exchange excellent scoring chances with UOIT forward Mikaeli Cavell (Edmonton, Alta.) having the best chance for the Ridgebacks. After setting a screen in front, Cavell was able to find the rebound but was unable to convert the chance for a goal at the midway point of the period.
UOIT entered the second period with renewed energy and took control of the game tempo.
Defender Laura Marchese (Burlington, Ont.) had an early scoring chance only four minutes into the period with a powerful slap shot that appeared the fool the Lakers goalie, however Rochefort was able to get just enough of the shot to steer it clear of the net. Ridgebacks captain Jill Morillo (Whitby, Ont.) also had a chance to take the lead on a rebound opportunity during a power play but again was stopped by Rochefort.
During a power play opportunity late in the period, Lakers defenseman Jade Gauthier was able to convert her own rebound chance to take the 1-0 lead heading into the third.
The third period saw the Ridgebacks again take control of the game as they would outshoot the Lakers 12-1 but were unable to find the equalizer. The final chance for UOIT came with only 20 seconds remaining in the game. With the net empty and the extra attacker on, the puck found its way through a crowd to end up on the stick of forward Katie Dillon (Oshawa, Ont.) who unleashed a rocket one-timer on net but Rochefort again was there to shut the door.
The shutout put an end to Dillon’s eight-game point streak which is the largest to date in the OUA this season. Over the eight game stretch, Dillon scored four goals and added seven assists.
Despite the loss the Ridgebacks appeared to be in good form. Offensively, the high number of shots led to a great number of quality chances and defensively goaltender Cassie Charette (Ottawa, Ont.) was strong stopping all but one shot.
Source: UOIT Sports Info
Queen’s 2 @ Western 1 (SO)
LONDON, Ont. – Western's women's hockey team took to Thompson Arena Sunday evening for a contest against the No.3 nationally-ranked Queen's Gaels. The Gaels, looking for a win after a 6-3 loss to the Lancers Saturday, went home with the win after beating the Mustangs 2-1 in a shootout.
"I thought we played an extremely good game today," said Mustangs head coach Chris Higgins. "[Queen's is] No. 1 in the OUA and third in the country. We took it to them in the third period, but in the end it was a shootout, and their goalie beat our goalie in the shootout."
While Queen's dominated offensively in the first frame, defense on both teams had to work overtime. Western netminder Kelly Campbell had an outstanding opening period stopping all 11 shots coming her way and even made a spectacular dive across the crease to stop a puck as Western was on the penalty kill. Despite the Mustangs' two powerplay advantages, the Gaels' ability to clear the puck did not go unnoticed, and after 20 minutes, both teams remained scoreless.
As both Western and Queen's fought to put their team on the scoreboard, neither team was willing to give up a goal. The Gaels received a golden opportunity late in the period after a tripping call on Sydney Kidd resulted in a penalty shot for the visiting squad. Campbell turned away the ensuing shot, keeping the game tied heading into the third period.
After two scoreless periods, goals came quickly in the third as not thirty seconds into the frame Queen's forward Jessica Wakefield put the Gaels up 1-0. Seven minutes later, Cassidy Gosling fired a rebound past Queen's goalkeeper Mel Dodd-Moher to tie things up at 1-1. The Mustangs continued to pressure the Gaels defense as the clock wound down, however things remained even at 1-1, sending the game to overtime.
Five minutes of overtime did not provide a solution for either team as each netminder continued to turn aside shot after shot, meaning it would all come down to the shootout.
Western's Michelle Saunders took to the ice first, however she was stopped by Dodd-Moher. Next up, Campbell faced Queen's forward Taryn Pilon who somehow found a way to get passed Campbell and put the Gaels up 2-1. Ally Galloway and Stacey Scott were the next two shooters for the Mustangs but neither was able to produce another tying goal. Queen's came out on top 2-1.
In total, Campbell faced 43 shots, stopping all but one. Dodd-Moher turned aside 31 shots for the Gaels.
When asked what areas the team will work to improve on over the next week, Higgins responded, "We just need to score some goals. We're getting shots, but we're not scoring. That's all that is missing. I was very happy with all aspects of our game there. Our penalty kill was exceptional."
Source: Western Sports Info
