November 26, 2013
WOMEN'S HOCKEY ROUNDUP: Badgers grab key road victory over Western
Thursday, November 21
Waterloo 1 @ Laurier 3
WATERLOO, Ont. (November 21, 2013) - The No. 5 Wilfrid Laurier Golden Hawks women's hockey team moved into first place in the OUA on Thursday night thanks to a 3-1 victory over the Waterloo Warriors at the Waterloo Recreation Complex.
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Candice Styles of Orangeville, Ont., Tammy Freiburger of Wingham, Ont., and Devon Skeats of Whitby, Ont., provided Laurier with all the offence they would need on the night while goalie Amanda Smith of Burlington, Ont., stopped 21 shots for the win.
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The victory runs the Hawks' winning streak to seven games and vaults the purple and gold past No. 3 Queen's for first place in the conference. Laurier owns an 11-2-0 record through 13 games, one point better than the 9-1-3 Gaels.
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The loss drops Waterloo to 4-6-3 on the season.
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Laurier would generate all of their offence in the opening 20 minutes of the contest. Styles opened the scoring just one minute and 59 seconds into the contest when she jumped off the point and ripped a shot high over the shoulder of Warriors starting goalie Allie Mitchell of Niagara Falls, Ont. The goal was the fifth of the season for the OUA's leading scorer amongst defencemen.
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Later in the period, the Hawks would add two more quick goals courtesy of Freiburger, who scored on a nice wrap-around play, and Skeats, who finished off a great pass for Megan Howe of Stratford, Ont.
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Rebecca Bouwhuis of Orillia, Ont., would replace Mitchell to start the second period and the move seemed to spark the Warriors. Waterloo outshot the Hawks 8-7 in the frame but could not find a way past Smith.
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Laurier would continue to shutdown Waterloo for much of the third period until Rachel Marriott of Waterloo, Ont., finally beat Smith with less than two minutes to play in the game.Â
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While the goal would come too late to help the Warriors pick up a win, it did end an impressive Laurier shutout streak against Waterloo. Before Marriott's goal, the Hawks had held Waterloo scoreless over the past 366 minutes and 32 seconds of regular season play between the two clubs.
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Source: Laurier Sports Info
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Friday, November 22
Toronto 5 @ York 2
The York University Lions women's hockey team lost to the cross-town rival Toronto Varsity Blues by a score of 5-2 on Friday (Nov. 22) at Canlan Ice Sports.
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Courtney and Alie Brind'Amour-McClure (Waterdown, Ont.) were unstoppable for the Blues, earning a combined six points with a goal and two assists each. Teammate Amanda Ricker (Ottawa) would also notched a goal and two assists in the contest.
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The rivalry between the two schools was ever apparent, as the game was full of action throughout. York would open the scoring in the first period, as Sarah Laframboise (LaSalle, Ont.) and forward Erin Cameron (Ajax, Ont.) connected for Cameron's second goal on the year.
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The Lions' lead was short-lived however, as the two Brind'Amour-McClures combined to set-up Ricker five minutes later to even the score at a goal apiece. Toronto would add another goal on the power play before the end of the period to carry a 2-1 lead into the first intermission.
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The second period would prove to be the most closely contested of the game, as both teams ripped off 11 shots on goal, each converting once. Courtney Brind'Amour-McClure would open the scoring just three minutes in to the frame to take a 3-1 lead, but York's Amy Locke (Toronto) shrunk the advantage to a single goal off of a Rebecca Bond (Espanola, Ont.) set-up. It would remain 3-2 after two.
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The Blues pulled away in third however, almost doubling the Lions shot total and adding two additional insurance goals midway through the period. As a result, York was never able to regain their ground, and eventually dropped the decision.
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The loss drops the Lions to 3-8-1 on the year, while the Varsity Blues improved to 8-3-1 with the victory.
Source: York Sports Info
Guelph 6 @ Western 1
LONDON, Ont. – A six-goal second period powered the Guelph Gryphons to a 6-1 victory over the Western Mustangs women's hockey team on Friday night at Thompson Arena.
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"I thought we played a great first period," said Mustangs associate coach Ted Brown. "We came out at 1-0 and I think we outplayed them. But the second period, it's hard to explain what happened. We didn't have a lot of shots on net. Then in the third period we held our own. The second period was our albatross for sure."
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With the loss the Mustangs hold a 7-5-1 regular season record, good for fifth place in the OUA, only five points behind the conference leading Laurier Golden Hawks. The Gryphons hold down the third spot in the province with a 10-3-0 record so far in 2013.
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The well-rested Western team came out hard and fast in the first period, winning battles and face-offs right off the bat. Halfway through the period, their hard work paid off as second-year forward Marlowe Pecora took a chance on a low shot from the face-off circle in the Gryphons' end and put the Mustangs on the board 1-0. The Mustangs were given another chance to score when the puck landed on Jessica Sorensen's stick just outside the crease of Guelph netminder Stephanie Nehring, however Nehring was able to deny the first-year Mustang.
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In the second period, the tables turned on the Mustangs and a couple early goals for the Gryphons set the tone for the rest of the game with Guelph scoring six in the middle frame, three of which were power play goals. The first of Guelph's six of the period came on a shot from Kaitlyn Mora, and four minutes later Guelph would score again on another lucky bounce, this time from Leigh Shilton. Amanda Parkins scored Guelph's third goal of the game and Kelly Gribbons the fourth.
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A quick goalie change for the Mustangs after the Gryphons' third goal did not net the results the team wanted. In less than three minutes, the Gryphons had scored two more goals and increased their spread to 6-1. Jessica Pinkerton and Averi Nooren scored the goals against Olivia Ross. With the score now at 6-1, Campbell went back in to finish the period.
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An early third period major penalty for the Gryphons, for a check to the head on Sydney Kidd, gave the Mustangs a five-minute power play, but the Gryphons continued to dominate regardless of being on the penalty kill. Western, looking more or less like they did in the first period, could not pot another goal however and yhe Gryphons claimed a 6-1 win.
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Finals shots on goal were 39-15 in favour of the Guelph Gryphons.
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"This game is done; there's nothing else we can do," added Brown. "We'll regroup tomorrow, come back and get some points."
Source: Western Sports Info
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Brock 2 @ Windsor 5
The Lancer women's hockey team earned a 5-2 win over the Brock Badgers on Friday night at South Windsor Arena.
Heading into Saturday's game against Guelph, Windsor is 7-5-1 on the season and tied for 5th place in the overall standings with the Western Mustangs.
Windsor jumped on the board early with a quick goal from Jillian Rops at 1:13 of the first period. Lindsay Hoogstraten and Candace Kourounis were credited with the assists.
Hoogstraten earned her second point of the night, and second goal of the season at 7:04 of the period to put Windsor up by two, before Candice Chevalier gave the Blue & Gold a comfortable three goal lead heading into the first intermission. Chevalier's power play goal at 18:31 was her sixth of the season.
In the second, Windsor once again opened the period with a quick goal. Rookie Sloan Kudrinko notched her first OUA career goal at 1:24 giving the Lancers a comfortable 4-0 lead.
Brock's Jessica Fickel spoiled the Lancer shut-out with a pair of goals in the middle frame to make it a two goal game. Her first of the period came at 3:42 before closing out the period with her seventh of the season at 18:40.
For the third straight period, the Lancers opened the frame with a goal in the first two minutes. Erinn Noseworthy scored her seventh of the season, and fourth in two games, at 1:39 to close out the scoring and give Windsor the 5-2 win.
First year goaltender Ingrid Sandven earned the win in net, making 21 saves for the win.Â
Source: Windsor Sports Info
Saturday, November 23
Toronto 3 @ UOIT 2 (SO)
OSHAWA, Ont. - The UOIT women’s hockey team fell 3-2 to the University of Toronto in a shootout Saturday afternoon at the Campus Ice Centre.
After battling to a stalemate in the first period, the Ridgebacks opened the scoring on a power play as Mikaeli Cavell (Edmonton, Alta.) recorded her third goal of the season on a blast from the blueline. Cavell finished the game with a goal and an assist.
Toronto responded only three minutes later as forward Taylor Day was able to even the score, however, Ridgebacks leading goal scorer Jill Morillo (Whitby, Ont.) secured the lead once again for UOIT at the end of the second period.
The goal, which again came on the power play, marks Morillo’s 57th career goal. Cavell assisted on the goal alongside Jaclyn Gibson (Cobourg, Ont.) who finished with the game with two assists. Gibson is 7th in OUA scoring with 17 points in 13 games.
The Varsity Blues evened the game up less than two minutes into the third with a shorthanded goal courtesy of Kelly O’Hanlon. Both teams would then battle to another stalemate through the remainder of the third period and overtime forcing a shootout.
Neither team was able to score until the fifth round of the shootout when Toronto forward Sonja Weidenfelder was finally able to just sneak one past Ridgebacks goaltender Tori Campbell (Lethbridge, Alta.). In the effort, Campbell finished with 23 saves on 26 Toronto shots.
Source: UOIT Sports Info
Queen’s 5 @ Laurentian 0
The Laurentian Voyageurs Women’s hockey team was playing against the Queen’s Gaels on Saturday at the Countryside arena in Sudbury. The Gaels are currently sitting at the top of the OUA East standings, with 8 wins to date this season. Despite a good team effort and another strong performance from goaltender Laura Deller, the Voyageurs were unable to keep up with the Gaels, and lost their 9th of the season in a 5-0 contest.
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The Voyageurs put up a good effort, however it was the Gaels who had the upper hand. They outshot the Voyageurs 14 to 5 in the opening period, and were the first to get on the score board. Danielle Girard (Sarnia, ON) opened the scoring for her team at the 5:46 minute mark of the first. Neither team would score for the remainder of the period, and the Voyageurs would head into the first intermission down by one.
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Coming into the second period the Voyageurs upped the pace of their game, and created more offensive opportunities. The women doubled the number of shots they registered on net, however were unable to find the mesh. The Gaels peppered Deller in the second period, registering 21 shots on net, and scoring 3 more goals throughout the period.Â
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The third period was quite similar to the first, as the Voyageurs had some trouble creating scoring opportunities in their opponent’s end. The Gaels outshot the Voyageurs 11 to 5, however were unable to put any shots past Deller. The last goal of the game for the Gaels came at the 19:53 minute mark when Emily Gervais (Kamploops, BC) scored an empty netter.
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The game ended 5-0 in favour of the Queen’s Gaels. The Voyageurs currently stand in 11th in the OUA, with 10 points and a 5-8-0 record.Â
Source: Laurentian Sports Info
Ryerson 3 @ York 1
The York University Lions women's hockey team's strong start was short lived Saturday (Nov. 23.), ultimately falling to the Ryerson Rams on home ice at the Canlan Ice Sports by a score of 3-1.
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The loss drops the Lions to 3-9-1 on the year.
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Riddled with penalty trouble early, the Rams would play a man down for over a quarter of the opening frame. Capitalizing on their sloppy effort, Raeanna Kelly (Cut Knife, Sask.) rifled a goal past netminder Emma Crawley (Herring Cove, N.S.) on the advantage to take a 1-0 lead. The Lions would ride the momentum into the first intermission.
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The break would prove beneficial for Ryerson, as they returned a much different team. Able to avoid the sin bin, the Rams began to produce offensive chances of their own, and outshot the Lions 18-7 in the frame.
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With the writing on the wall, Victoria Arci (Woodbridge, Ont.) and Emily Rose Galliani Pecchia (Toronto) would connect to find Clare Sabine (Sweaburg, Ont.) for the equalizer goal with five minutes remaining.
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The teams would enter the dressing room for the final intermission with the game tied at a goal apiece.
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Emerging for the final period, both squads were searching for the go-ahead goal. Â It would remain deadlocked past the midway point of the frame, until Arci and Galliani Pecchia would again hook-up to feed Blair Malthaner (Toronto) in front for the score.
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Now down by a goal, time quickly expired for the Lions, who were eventually forced to pull their goalie in hopes of last minute relief. But the Rams would add an empty netter to seal the victory, 3-1.
Source: York Sports Info
Brock 4 @ Western 3
LONDON, Ont. – Three power play goals helped propel the Brock Badgers to a 4-3 win over the Western Mustangs women's hockey team on Saturday night at Thompson Arena.
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"Tonight was frustrating," said associate coach Ted Brown. "We got enough shots on net, but we just didn't finish as often as we should have. A five-minute major hurts; we lost a good hockey player, and we just didn't regroup after that."
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The Mustangs, on a three-game losing streak heading into tonight's game, are now 7-6-1 in regular season play while the Badgers move to 3-10-1 on the season.
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Special teams were the story of the game as three of Brock's four goals came on the power play including both goals by forward Leigh Vanderveen. Overall the Badgers went 3-4 with the man advantage while Western scored on two of five power play opportunities with both goals coming from Stacey Scott.
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The first period was dominated by Western who had 17 shots on Brock goalie Jenna Sosnoski, however it was the Badgers who scored first, scoring only six seconds into a Mustangs penalty midway through the frame to take the lead.
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Western got on the board and tied up the game at 1-1 early in the second, one minute into a power play of their own. As Badger Bronwyn O'Neill sat in the box, Scott potted her third goal of the season with help from Cassidy Gosling and Tara Cation. After a Badgers goal from Brittany Gillmor, Scott capitalised on a second power play opportunity at 14:28 to tie the game 2-2. Late in the period, Gosling earned a five-minute major for charging and a game misconduct to give the Badgers a three-minute power play to heading into the final period.
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Brock wasted no time scoring in the third, and in the first two minutes the Badgers added two more power play goals. The first goal came from Katie Howlett and the second from Leigh Vanderveen. Then, while still shorthanded, Western cut Brock's lead on a goal from Jessica Sorenson. Down a goal in the final minute the Mustangs pulled goaltender Kelly Campbell for the extra attacker but were unable to score, giving Brock a 4-3 victory.
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Sosnoski turned aside 40 of the Mustangs 43 shots in the win while Campbell denied 27 of 31 shots from the Badgers.
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Rather than heading back into OUA regular season action, Western's annual matchup against Team China is next on the books, something that the Mustangs are looking forward to.
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"It's always interesting and enjoyable," said Brown. "They do a shoot-out at the end as part of the game and [Team China] are very good at it."
Source: Western Sports Info
Guelph 3 @ Windsor 2
WINDSOR, Ont. - The Windsor Lancers women's hockey team battled hard, but came up just short against the CIS No. 7 ranked Guelph Gryphons on Saturday evening at South Windsor Arena, falling 3-2 in their second game of the weekend.
With the setback, Windsor drops to 7-6-1 and are tied for sixth-place in the OUA conference with the Western Mustangs. The Gryphons improve to 11-3-0 and sit second in the league following Saturday's contest.
The Lancers opened the scoring on Erinn Noseworthy's eighth goal of the season at the 9:57 mark of the first. However, after the Gryphons scored three unanswered, tallying goals in all three period to take a two-goal lead. Kayla Dodson brought the women with just over seven minutes left in regulation, however that was as close as the Lancers would get as they had their two-game win streak snapped.
The Lancers were 0-for-4 on the power-play, and Guelph could not capitalize on any of their six special teams opportunities. Marissa Kozovski stopped 25 of 28 shots in a losing cause for Windsor.
Source: Windsor Sports Info
Sunday, November 24
Queen’s 4 @ Nipissing 3 (OT)
Facing the top team in the OUA, the Nipissing Lakers women’s hockey team didn’t blink and led twice throughout the game, but in the end, it was the Queen’s Gaels who escaped Memorial Gardens with an overtime win.
Gaels forward Courtenay Jacklin scored with about a minute and a half left in the extra period to give the Gaels the 4-3 win despite a solid effort from the Lakers who led 1-0 and 2-1, but were forced to tie the game in the third period after they fell behind 3-2.
Brittany Taylor, Jade Gauthier and Brittany Cosmo all scored and picked up assists for the Lakers who have now earned points in three straight games, going 2-0-1 in that span.
That trio combined for six points and were the offence for the Lakers Sunday afternoon.
Jackie Rochefort made 29 saves in the loss and was impressive in the second period when the Gaels outshot the Lakers 13-4.
Overall, the Gaels held a 33-20 shot advantage over the Lakers.
Source: Nipissing Sports Info
UOIT 1 @ Ryerson 0
OSHAWA, Ont. - Despite outshooting the University of Ontario Institute of Technology Ridgebacks (UOIT) 25-11 in the final two periods, the Ryerson Rams still couldn’t solve Cassie Charette, losing 1-0 on Sunday afternoon.
Charette stood tall for UOIT making 30 saves for her first shutout of the season.
It was another rough start for Ryerson. Jaclyn Gibson scored just 27 seconds into the game with her team-leading seventh goal of the season. It turns out that was the only offence the Ridgebacks needed in order to secure the victory.
Emma Crawley started in goal for the fourth straight game turning away 23 shots in the loss.
Special teams weren’t working either for Ryerson on Sunday, going 0-5 on the man advantage. UOIT didn’t fair out much better as they were unsuccessful on three chances.
The loss drops Ryerson to 5-8 on the season and in a tie for ninth place in the OUA. With a weekend split, Ryerson is just one point behind eighth place Waterloo for the final playoff spot.
Source: Ryerson Sports Info
Waterloo 1 @ Laurier 3
WATERLOO, Ont. (November 21, 2013) - The No. 5 Wilfrid Laurier Golden Hawks women's hockey team moved into first place in the OUA on Thursday night thanks to a 3-1 victory over the Waterloo Warriors at the Waterloo Recreation Complex.
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Candice Styles of Orangeville, Ont., Tammy Freiburger of Wingham, Ont., and Devon Skeats of Whitby, Ont., provided Laurier with all the offence they would need on the night while goalie Amanda Smith of Burlington, Ont., stopped 21 shots for the win.
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The victory runs the Hawks' winning streak to seven games and vaults the purple and gold past No. 3 Queen's for first place in the conference. Laurier owns an 11-2-0 record through 13 games, one point better than the 9-1-3 Gaels.
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The loss drops Waterloo to 4-6-3 on the season.
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Laurier would generate all of their offence in the opening 20 minutes of the contest. Styles opened the scoring just one minute and 59 seconds into the contest when she jumped off the point and ripped a shot high over the shoulder of Warriors starting goalie Allie Mitchell of Niagara Falls, Ont. The goal was the fifth of the season for the OUA's leading scorer amongst defencemen.
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Later in the period, the Hawks would add two more quick goals courtesy of Freiburger, who scored on a nice wrap-around play, and Skeats, who finished off a great pass for Megan Howe of Stratford, Ont.
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Rebecca Bouwhuis of Orillia, Ont., would replace Mitchell to start the second period and the move seemed to spark the Warriors. Waterloo outshot the Hawks 8-7 in the frame but could not find a way past Smith.
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Laurier would continue to shutdown Waterloo for much of the third period until Rachel Marriott of Waterloo, Ont., finally beat Smith with less than two minutes to play in the game.Â
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While the goal would come too late to help the Warriors pick up a win, it did end an impressive Laurier shutout streak against Waterloo. Before Marriott's goal, the Hawks had held Waterloo scoreless over the past 366 minutes and 32 seconds of regular season play between the two clubs.
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Source: Laurier Sports Info
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Friday, November 22
Toronto 5 @ York 2
The York University Lions women's hockey team lost to the cross-town rival Toronto Varsity Blues by a score of 5-2 on Friday (Nov. 22) at Canlan Ice Sports.
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Courtney and Alie Brind'Amour-McClure (Waterdown, Ont.) were unstoppable for the Blues, earning a combined six points with a goal and two assists each. Teammate Amanda Ricker (Ottawa) would also notched a goal and two assists in the contest.
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The rivalry between the two schools was ever apparent, as the game was full of action throughout. York would open the scoring in the first period, as Sarah Laframboise (LaSalle, Ont.) and forward Erin Cameron (Ajax, Ont.) connected for Cameron's second goal on the year.
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The Lions' lead was short-lived however, as the two Brind'Amour-McClures combined to set-up Ricker five minutes later to even the score at a goal apiece. Toronto would add another goal on the power play before the end of the period to carry a 2-1 lead into the first intermission.
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The second period would prove to be the most closely contested of the game, as both teams ripped off 11 shots on goal, each converting once. Courtney Brind'Amour-McClure would open the scoring just three minutes in to the frame to take a 3-1 lead, but York's Amy Locke (Toronto) shrunk the advantage to a single goal off of a Rebecca Bond (Espanola, Ont.) set-up. It would remain 3-2 after two.
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The Blues pulled away in third however, almost doubling the Lions shot total and adding two additional insurance goals midway through the period. As a result, York was never able to regain their ground, and eventually dropped the decision.
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The loss drops the Lions to 3-8-1 on the year, while the Varsity Blues improved to 8-3-1 with the victory.
Source: York Sports Info
Guelph 6 @ Western 1
LONDON, Ont. – A six-goal second period powered the Guelph Gryphons to a 6-1 victory over the Western Mustangs women's hockey team on Friday night at Thompson Arena.
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"I thought we played a great first period," said Mustangs associate coach Ted Brown. "We came out at 1-0 and I think we outplayed them. But the second period, it's hard to explain what happened. We didn't have a lot of shots on net. Then in the third period we held our own. The second period was our albatross for sure."
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With the loss the Mustangs hold a 7-5-1 regular season record, good for fifth place in the OUA, only five points behind the conference leading Laurier Golden Hawks. The Gryphons hold down the third spot in the province with a 10-3-0 record so far in 2013.
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The well-rested Western team came out hard and fast in the first period, winning battles and face-offs right off the bat. Halfway through the period, their hard work paid off as second-year forward Marlowe Pecora took a chance on a low shot from the face-off circle in the Gryphons' end and put the Mustangs on the board 1-0. The Mustangs were given another chance to score when the puck landed on Jessica Sorensen's stick just outside the crease of Guelph netminder Stephanie Nehring, however Nehring was able to deny the first-year Mustang.
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In the second period, the tables turned on the Mustangs and a couple early goals for the Gryphons set the tone for the rest of the game with Guelph scoring six in the middle frame, three of which were power play goals. The first of Guelph's six of the period came on a shot from Kaitlyn Mora, and four minutes later Guelph would score again on another lucky bounce, this time from Leigh Shilton. Amanda Parkins scored Guelph's third goal of the game and Kelly Gribbons the fourth.
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A quick goalie change for the Mustangs after the Gryphons' third goal did not net the results the team wanted. In less than three minutes, the Gryphons had scored two more goals and increased their spread to 6-1. Jessica Pinkerton and Averi Nooren scored the goals against Olivia Ross. With the score now at 6-1, Campbell went back in to finish the period.
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An early third period major penalty for the Gryphons, for a check to the head on Sydney Kidd, gave the Mustangs a five-minute power play, but the Gryphons continued to dominate regardless of being on the penalty kill. Western, looking more or less like they did in the first period, could not pot another goal however and yhe Gryphons claimed a 6-1 win.
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Finals shots on goal were 39-15 in favour of the Guelph Gryphons.
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"This game is done; there's nothing else we can do," added Brown. "We'll regroup tomorrow, come back and get some points."
Source: Western Sports Info
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Brock 2 @ Windsor 5
The Lancer women's hockey team earned a 5-2 win over the Brock Badgers on Friday night at South Windsor Arena.
Heading into Saturday's game against Guelph, Windsor is 7-5-1 on the season and tied for 5th place in the overall standings with the Western Mustangs.
Windsor jumped on the board early with a quick goal from Jillian Rops at 1:13 of the first period. Lindsay Hoogstraten and Candace Kourounis were credited with the assists.
Hoogstraten earned her second point of the night, and second goal of the season at 7:04 of the period to put Windsor up by two, before Candice Chevalier gave the Blue & Gold a comfortable three goal lead heading into the first intermission. Chevalier's power play goal at 18:31 was her sixth of the season.
In the second, Windsor once again opened the period with a quick goal. Rookie Sloan Kudrinko notched her first OUA career goal at 1:24 giving the Lancers a comfortable 4-0 lead.
Brock's Jessica Fickel spoiled the Lancer shut-out with a pair of goals in the middle frame to make it a two goal game. Her first of the period came at 3:42 before closing out the period with her seventh of the season at 18:40.
For the third straight period, the Lancers opened the frame with a goal in the first two minutes. Erinn Noseworthy scored her seventh of the season, and fourth in two games, at 1:39 to close out the scoring and give Windsor the 5-2 win.
First year goaltender Ingrid Sandven earned the win in net, making 21 saves for the win.Â
Source: Windsor Sports Info
Saturday, November 23
Toronto 3 @ UOIT 2 (SO)
OSHAWA, Ont. - The UOIT women’s hockey team fell 3-2 to the University of Toronto in a shootout Saturday afternoon at the Campus Ice Centre.
After battling to a stalemate in the first period, the Ridgebacks opened the scoring on a power play as Mikaeli Cavell (Edmonton, Alta.) recorded her third goal of the season on a blast from the blueline. Cavell finished the game with a goal and an assist.
Toronto responded only three minutes later as forward Taylor Day was able to even the score, however, Ridgebacks leading goal scorer Jill Morillo (Whitby, Ont.) secured the lead once again for UOIT at the end of the second period.
The goal, which again came on the power play, marks Morillo’s 57th career goal. Cavell assisted on the goal alongside Jaclyn Gibson (Cobourg, Ont.) who finished with the game with two assists. Gibson is 7th in OUA scoring with 17 points in 13 games.
The Varsity Blues evened the game up less than two minutes into the third with a shorthanded goal courtesy of Kelly O’Hanlon. Both teams would then battle to another stalemate through the remainder of the third period and overtime forcing a shootout.
Neither team was able to score until the fifth round of the shootout when Toronto forward Sonja Weidenfelder was finally able to just sneak one past Ridgebacks goaltender Tori Campbell (Lethbridge, Alta.). In the effort, Campbell finished with 23 saves on 26 Toronto shots.
Source: UOIT Sports Info
Queen’s 5 @ Laurentian 0
The Laurentian Voyageurs Women’s hockey team was playing against the Queen’s Gaels on Saturday at the Countryside arena in Sudbury. The Gaels are currently sitting at the top of the OUA East standings, with 8 wins to date this season. Despite a good team effort and another strong performance from goaltender Laura Deller, the Voyageurs were unable to keep up with the Gaels, and lost their 9th of the season in a 5-0 contest.
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The Voyageurs put up a good effort, however it was the Gaels who had the upper hand. They outshot the Voyageurs 14 to 5 in the opening period, and were the first to get on the score board. Danielle Girard (Sarnia, ON) opened the scoring for her team at the 5:46 minute mark of the first. Neither team would score for the remainder of the period, and the Voyageurs would head into the first intermission down by one.
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Coming into the second period the Voyageurs upped the pace of their game, and created more offensive opportunities. The women doubled the number of shots they registered on net, however were unable to find the mesh. The Gaels peppered Deller in the second period, registering 21 shots on net, and scoring 3 more goals throughout the period.Â
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The third period was quite similar to the first, as the Voyageurs had some trouble creating scoring opportunities in their opponent’s end. The Gaels outshot the Voyageurs 11 to 5, however were unable to put any shots past Deller. The last goal of the game for the Gaels came at the 19:53 minute mark when Emily Gervais (Kamploops, BC) scored an empty netter.
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The game ended 5-0 in favour of the Queen’s Gaels. The Voyageurs currently stand in 11th in the OUA, with 10 points and a 5-8-0 record.Â
Source: Laurentian Sports Info
Ryerson 3 @ York 1
The York University Lions women's hockey team's strong start was short lived Saturday (Nov. 23.), ultimately falling to the Ryerson Rams on home ice at the Canlan Ice Sports by a score of 3-1.
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The loss drops the Lions to 3-9-1 on the year.
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Riddled with penalty trouble early, the Rams would play a man down for over a quarter of the opening frame. Capitalizing on their sloppy effort, Raeanna Kelly (Cut Knife, Sask.) rifled a goal past netminder Emma Crawley (Herring Cove, N.S.) on the advantage to take a 1-0 lead. The Lions would ride the momentum into the first intermission.
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The break would prove beneficial for Ryerson, as they returned a much different team. Able to avoid the sin bin, the Rams began to produce offensive chances of their own, and outshot the Lions 18-7 in the frame.
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With the writing on the wall, Victoria Arci (Woodbridge, Ont.) and Emily Rose Galliani Pecchia (Toronto) would connect to find Clare Sabine (Sweaburg, Ont.) for the equalizer goal with five minutes remaining.
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The teams would enter the dressing room for the final intermission with the game tied at a goal apiece.
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Emerging for the final period, both squads were searching for the go-ahead goal. Â It would remain deadlocked past the midway point of the frame, until Arci and Galliani Pecchia would again hook-up to feed Blair Malthaner (Toronto) in front for the score.
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Now down by a goal, time quickly expired for the Lions, who were eventually forced to pull their goalie in hopes of last minute relief. But the Rams would add an empty netter to seal the victory, 3-1.
Source: York Sports Info
Brock 4 @ Western 3
LONDON, Ont. – Three power play goals helped propel the Brock Badgers to a 4-3 win over the Western Mustangs women's hockey team on Saturday night at Thompson Arena.
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"Tonight was frustrating," said associate coach Ted Brown. "We got enough shots on net, but we just didn't finish as often as we should have. A five-minute major hurts; we lost a good hockey player, and we just didn't regroup after that."
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The Mustangs, on a three-game losing streak heading into tonight's game, are now 7-6-1 in regular season play while the Badgers move to 3-10-1 on the season.
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Special teams were the story of the game as three of Brock's four goals came on the power play including both goals by forward Leigh Vanderveen. Overall the Badgers went 3-4 with the man advantage while Western scored on two of five power play opportunities with both goals coming from Stacey Scott.
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The first period was dominated by Western who had 17 shots on Brock goalie Jenna Sosnoski, however it was the Badgers who scored first, scoring only six seconds into a Mustangs penalty midway through the frame to take the lead.
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Western got on the board and tied up the game at 1-1 early in the second, one minute into a power play of their own. As Badger Bronwyn O'Neill sat in the box, Scott potted her third goal of the season with help from Cassidy Gosling and Tara Cation. After a Badgers goal from Brittany Gillmor, Scott capitalised on a second power play opportunity at 14:28 to tie the game 2-2. Late in the period, Gosling earned a five-minute major for charging and a game misconduct to give the Badgers a three-minute power play to heading into the final period.
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Brock wasted no time scoring in the third, and in the first two minutes the Badgers added two more power play goals. The first goal came from Katie Howlett and the second from Leigh Vanderveen. Then, while still shorthanded, Western cut Brock's lead on a goal from Jessica Sorenson. Down a goal in the final minute the Mustangs pulled goaltender Kelly Campbell for the extra attacker but were unable to score, giving Brock a 4-3 victory.
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Sosnoski turned aside 40 of the Mustangs 43 shots in the win while Campbell denied 27 of 31 shots from the Badgers.
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Rather than heading back into OUA regular season action, Western's annual matchup against Team China is next on the books, something that the Mustangs are looking forward to.
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"It's always interesting and enjoyable," said Brown. "They do a shoot-out at the end as part of the game and [Team China] are very good at it."
Source: Western Sports Info
Guelph 3 @ Windsor 2
WINDSOR, Ont. - The Windsor Lancers women's hockey team battled hard, but came up just short against the CIS No. 7 ranked Guelph Gryphons on Saturday evening at South Windsor Arena, falling 3-2 in their second game of the weekend.
With the setback, Windsor drops to 7-6-1 and are tied for sixth-place in the OUA conference with the Western Mustangs. The Gryphons improve to 11-3-0 and sit second in the league following Saturday's contest.
The Lancers opened the scoring on Erinn Noseworthy's eighth goal of the season at the 9:57 mark of the first. However, after the Gryphons scored three unanswered, tallying goals in all three period to take a two-goal lead. Kayla Dodson brought the women with just over seven minutes left in regulation, however that was as close as the Lancers would get as they had their two-game win streak snapped.
The Lancers were 0-for-4 on the power-play, and Guelph could not capitalize on any of their six special teams opportunities. Marissa Kozovski stopped 25 of 28 shots in a losing cause for Windsor.
Source: Windsor Sports Info
Sunday, November 24
Queen’s 4 @ Nipissing 3 (OT)
Facing the top team in the OUA, the Nipissing Lakers women’s hockey team didn’t blink and led twice throughout the game, but in the end, it was the Queen’s Gaels who escaped Memorial Gardens with an overtime win.
Gaels forward Courtenay Jacklin scored with about a minute and a half left in the extra period to give the Gaels the 4-3 win despite a solid effort from the Lakers who led 1-0 and 2-1, but were forced to tie the game in the third period after they fell behind 3-2.
Brittany Taylor, Jade Gauthier and Brittany Cosmo all scored and picked up assists for the Lakers who have now earned points in three straight games, going 2-0-1 in that span.
That trio combined for six points and were the offence for the Lakers Sunday afternoon.
Jackie Rochefort made 29 saves in the loss and was impressive in the second period when the Gaels outshot the Lakers 13-4.
Overall, the Gaels held a 33-20 shot advantage over the Lakers.
Source: Nipissing Sports Info
UOIT 1 @ Ryerson 0
OSHAWA, Ont. - Despite outshooting the University of Ontario Institute of Technology Ridgebacks (UOIT) 25-11 in the final two periods, the Ryerson Rams still couldn’t solve Cassie Charette, losing 1-0 on Sunday afternoon.
Charette stood tall for UOIT making 30 saves for her first shutout of the season.
It was another rough start for Ryerson. Jaclyn Gibson scored just 27 seconds into the game with her team-leading seventh goal of the season. It turns out that was the only offence the Ridgebacks needed in order to secure the victory.
Emma Crawley started in goal for the fourth straight game turning away 23 shots in the loss.
Special teams weren’t working either for Ryerson on Sunday, going 0-5 on the man advantage. UOIT didn’t fair out much better as they were unsuccessful on three chances.
The loss drops Ryerson to 5-8 on the season and in a tie for ninth place in the OUA. With a weekend split, Ryerson is just one point behind eighth place Waterloo for the final playoff spot.
Source: Ryerson Sports Info
