AROUND OUA: Mustangs continue winning ways with victory over Ridgebacks
OSHAWA, Ont. - Kendra Broad had two goals and an assist as the Western Mustangs Women's Hockey team skated to a 6-2 victory over the UOIT Ridgebacks on Friday night.
SCOREBOARD
Mustangs continue winning ways with victory over Ridgebacks
OSHAWA, Ont. - Kendra Broad had two goals and an assist as the Western Mustangs Women's Hockey team skated to a 6-2 victory over the UOIT Ridgebacks on Friday night.
With the win, the Mustangs have extended their winning streak to four and improve to 7-3 on the season.
Broad continues her stellar campaign, as she has played a major role in the recovery that the Mustangs have had after a slow start to the year.Western backstop Kelly Campbell made 25 saves, with the two goals against coming with the Mustnags down a man.
The first period was action packed and featured two power plays apiece. Tia Kipfer continued her increased offensive production by opening the scoring once again 2:47 seconds into the first period. Linemate April Clark found Kipfer and beat Ridgeback goalie Cassie Charette to give the Mustangs a 1-0 lead.
Despite the early deficit, the Ridgebacks came back strong. They struck back eight minutes later as Ridgeback forward tailor Campbell beat the opposing Campbell on the power play to tie the game. But with less than two minutes to go in the first frame Broad scored to give the Mustangs the lead for good. Britanny Clapham picked up the helper on the goal.
Campbell faced six shots in the period only allowing the one goal.
Clapham, Evra Levesque, and Broad all scored second period goals to put the game out of reach and secure the win for the Mustangs. Stacey Scott chipped in a third period goal to make the final 6-2 for the Mustangs.
Western will look to extend their winning streak when they continue their eastward road trip against Queen's on Saturday night at 7:30 p.m. Fans can watch all the action live on OUA.tv
Source: Western Mustangs
Halladay & Manoukarakis lead the way in a Gaels 4-1 win over Windsor
KINGSTON, Ont. - (November 20, 2015) - Queen's (7-1-1-1) scored three goals in the third period to took a home win versus the Windsor Lancers (0-1-8-1) by a 4-1 score
The Gaels hosted the Lancers for their first home game since October 24th, and sat first in the OUA coming into Friday's game.
Game Flow
The Gaels started with the majority of the pressure in the opening frame, with a few solid chances but Ingrid Sandven stood tall for the Lancers. The Gaels' Caitlyn Lahonen (Saskatoon, Sask.) wasn't tested too much, but in the final minute she came up with a big save to keep the game at bay. The first period would end scoreless.
The game's pace really picked up in the opening minute of the second period. The Gaels took advantage as Clare McKellar (London, Ont.) scored her first goal of the year to give the home team that critical first goal and a 1-0 lead. Each team continued to have chanes as the game opened up alot more in the middle frame. Big saves by both Lahonen and Sandven kept the game tight at 1-0 heading into the final period.
In the opening minutes of the third period, the Gaels added took a 2-0 lead with Taryn Pilon (Peterborough, Ont.) scoring the goal with assists going to Addi Halladay (North Augusta, Ont.) and Katrina Maoukarakis (Scarborough, Ont.). Windsor was able to capitalize on some sustained pressure half-way through the third frame as Larissa Borowiec cut the Gaels lead in half 2-1. Just one minute later Halladay striked back, taking a nice feed from Pilon and scoring her third of the season and second point on the night. The Gaels were not done there, as another minute later it was Nadia Larocca (Mississauga, Ont.) scoring her sixth goal of the year off a nice pass from Kaylie Dennis (London, Ont.).
That was all the home team needed as the Gaels won 4-1 over the visiting Lancers to remain atop the OUA standings.
By the Numbers
7 - Gaels earns their 7th win on the season in 10 games
2 - Addi Halladay and Nadia Manoukarakis each tally two points in the win
12 - points by Manoukarakis on the season, tops in the OUA
6 - goals on the year of Nadi Larocca
0.98 - goals against average for Caitlyn Lahonen in seven games
Final Say
"Our execution wasn't great but it's always a positive to get the win and the points. We'll have to take our late-game momentum into Saturday versus Western, they're a very strong team. It should be another good one." - Matt Holmberg, Head Coach
Up Next
Queen's will be at home on Saturday night to host the Western Mustangs (7-0-3) at the Memorial Centre. Puck drop is at 7:30pm.
Source: Queen's Gaels
