OUA Women's Hockey Roundup (Nov. 27)
November 23, 2017
Brock 3 Laurier 2
The No. 10 ranked Brock University women's hockey team defeated the Laurier Golden Hawks by the score of 3-2 Thursday night on the road.
Brock opened the scoring five minutes into the first period as Christina Ieradi setup Amanda Ieradi, who buried home her fifth goal of the season past Laurier starter Hannah Miller.
The Golden Hawks tied the game 1-1 just 21 seconds later. as Morgan Bates setup Emily Woodhouse for her first goal of the season.
The Badgers regained the one goal lead at the 7:21 mark, as Annie Berg found Hunter Accursi who added her fourth goal of the campaign
Brock would take a 3-1 lead seven minutes into the second period. On the powerplay, Lisa Buratynski setup Christina Ieradi for her third goal of the season and second point of the night.
Laurer would cut the Brock lead to one, 3-2, at the 12 minute mark of the second period as Jaden Head added a powerplay marker for her third goal of the seson.
In goal, Brock starter Jensen Murphy recorded 24 saves for the victory, becoming just the third goalie in the program history to register 1,500 career saves. Laurier's Miller collected 31 saves in the loss.
Source: gobadgers.ca
Waterloo 1 Guelph 3
GUELPH, Ont. – Thursday evening at the Gryphon Centre, the Gryphons women's hockey team earned a 3-1 win over the visiting Waterloo Warriors in a matchup of two of the top teams in the OUA. The Gryphons, who came into the night tied with Waterloo for 4th in the 13-team conference standings, scored two goals just :42 seconds apart in the 1st period and added an empty netter late to improve to 6-4-0 on the season.
The Waterloo Warriors (6-2-0) came into Thursday night's game as one of the hottest teams in the conference, riding a six-game win streak. The Gryphons, who themselves just five days ago saw their five-game win streak come to an end, would dominate play in the opening period, outshooting Waterloo 11-5. At the 14:44 mark of the opening period, the Gryphons would be rewarded when second year forward Kristen Jay would pot a rebound for her second goal of the season to give the Gryphons a 1-0 lead. Less than a minute later, the Gryphon lead would grow to 2-0 when Ashlee Lawrence would set up Kelly Gribbons for her team-leading 7th goal of the season.
"That whole line was outstanding on that goal," said Gryphons' head coach Rachel Flanagan in reference to the Kelly Gribbons, Ashlee Lawrence, Claire Merrick line. "Kelly is a powerful and fast player, but the way she was able to track the puck on that goal and get a stick on it was outstanding. She's been unbelievable for us this year."
Gribbons leads the team with 12 points in 10 games and has now scored in three of the Gryphons' last four games.
Fourth year goalie Valerie Lamenta only needed to make 15 saves for her fourth win of the season, but several of those saves were of a high difficulty level. In the 2nd period, Lamenta made several big stops during a Gryphon penalty kill, including a sensational pad save which kept the Gryphon lead at 2-0.
"Val was fantastic tonight," said Flanagan. "She really held us in there during that 2nd period and made some big stops and key moments."
The Waterloo's lone goal of the night would come on a tip-in from Warriors' second year forward Cynthia Cavanagh at the 14:53 mark of the 2nd period. Waterloo's best chance to tie the game came late in the 3rd period when a point shot from Warriors' fifth year defenceman Stephanie Digness would ring off the post during a Waterloo power play opportunity. The Gryphons would manage to kill off the penalty before rookie Miranda Lantz would add an empty netter with nine seconds remaining to seal the victory for the Gryphons.
The Gryphons, who earn three points for the win in regulation, are now right back to their winning ways after they saw their five-game win streak snapped back on Saturday (Nov. 18) versus Brock.
Source: gryphons.ca
November 24, 2017
Toronto 2 UOIT 1
Fourth-year forward Kassie Roache scored 2:47 into the third period to lead the University of Toronto Varsity Blues women's hockey team to a 2-1 victory over the UOIT Ridgebacks on Friday afternoon (Nov. 24) in Oshawa, Ont.
With the win, the Blues snap a five-game losing streak and improve to 5-0-4-1 (W-OTW-L-OTL), moving them into a tie for sixth place in the highly competitive OUA standings.
Third-year defenceman Cristine Chao opened the scoring 7:23 into the first period and the Blues carried that one-goal lead into the first intermission.
The Ridgebacks evened the score midway through the second period with a goal off the stick of Kassidy Narboris.
The two teams were deadlocked at 1-1 after 40 minutes.
Roache then stepped up, notching her team-leading fifth goal of the season to secure the victory.
Rookie netminder Madeline Albert made 28 saves in the win.
Source: varsityblues.ca
Western 2 Windsor 1
WINDSOR, Ont. – Goaltenders Tareya Webster and Molly Jenkins kept the score close throughout the game, making 30 and 35 saves respectively, but a second period goal from Rachel Armstrong allowed the Mustangs to secure a 2-1 victory against the Lancers on Friday night at South Windsor Arena.
With the win, Western surpasses Guelph in the standings and now occupies third place in the league, sitting with a record of 6-1-2-2. Windsor remains tied with Laurier for last place, holding a 0-1-8-2 record.
Lindsey O'Neill scored her first goal of the season, and the first Mustang goal of the night, while Armstrong netted the game winning goal early in the second period. The Lancers' sole goal was scored by Reagan Kaufman.
The Mustangs dominated play in the first frame, but it was the Lancers who netted the first puck of the game. After difficulty clearing their zone, Windsor managed to rush down the ice, and Reagan Kaufman scored nine minutes in on her team's second shot of the night.
Western did not stay down for long, however, and responded to Windsor's goal before the buzzer signalled the end of the first period.
The Mustangs deked Lancer defenders to make a move on Jenkins. She saved the first shot, but O'Neill persisted and tied up the game with six minutes remaining on the clock.
Three minutes in to the second frame, Western moved ahead of Windsor on the scoreboard. Rachel Armstrong scored her second goal of the season and the last point of the night.
Jenkins and Webster dominated the final frame, neither letting in a single shot. The goalies are largely responsible for the close, and relatively low score, in what was a high-shot game.
Western preserved their lead in the third period deadlock, snagging their seventh win of the season, and ending the tight game 2-1.
Source: westernmustangs.ca
November 25, 2017
Brock 5 Waterloo 2
The No. 10 ranked Brock University women's hockey team extended their win streak to five as they defeated the Waterloo Warriors by the score of 5-2 Saturday afternoon on the road.
Brock opened the scoring midway through the first period as Maggie Spratt-Mallick setup Christina Ieradi for her fourth goal of the season.
Waterloo answered with back-to-back goals in the second period from Angela MacDonald and Dana Fairbarn to take a 2-1 lead. Brock tied the game 2-2 with 17 seconds remaining in the seconds period as Paige Cohoonsetup Annie Berg for her first goal of the regular season.
In the third period, Brock scored three straight times with goals from Cohoon, Amanda Ieradi and an empty netter from Rachel Rochat to secure the victory.
In goal, Jensen Murphy registered 23 saves for the victory. Waterloo starter Taylor Reimer collected 23 saves in the loss.
Source: gobadgers.ca
Nipissing 4 York 2
The Nipissing Lakers women's hockey team made it three in a row Saturday afternoon, playing their lone game of the weekend.
The Lakers erased two one-goal deficits and used a strong third period to earn a 4-2 victory over the York Lions and three points, moving them into fifth place, with games in hand on everyone ahead of them.
Twice in the first period the Lakers trailed by one.
Down 1-0, the Lakers tied the game thanks to Jetta Derenoski's first goal of the season.
Sam Strassburger picked up the assist and her first of two points in the game.
The Lions answered to go up 2-1, but again the Lakers responded – this time Maria Dominico found the back of the net and continued her excellent season.
Kaley Tienhaara and Robyn Degagne earned helpers on the second Nipissing goal.
After a scoreless second period, the Lakers secured the win, scoring twice in the third period.
Strassburger, who blasted the shot upstairs and Derenoski combined for the eventual game-winner, with Taylor McManus grabbing the second assist.
And with about five minute left in the game, Stacey Henshaw fired a point shot that made its way through everyone to the back of the net to provide Nipissing some insurance.
Molly Sipprell and Brooklyn Irwin grabbed assists on the fourth goal of the game for Nipissing.
Jackie Rochefort picked up the win, coming on in relief of Danika Ranger.
Nipissing outshot York 44-16 on their way to the win.
Source: nulakers.ca
Toronto 1 Queen’s 4
KINGSTON, Ont. (November 26, 2017) – The No. 8 Queen's Gaels (8-3-0-1) secured a thrilling, come from behind victory over the Ryerson Rams (3-3-4-2) on Sunday afternoon to keep their winning streak alive at nine games. The Gaels tied the game late in the third period before Jessica Wakefield (Lucan, Ont.) completed the comeback in overtime, backhanding a beautiful goal to send Queen's home with a 3-2 victory.
GAME FLOW
The Gaels came out swinging in the first period, controlling play for most of the frame. The tricolour were rewarded for their efforts when Addi Halladay (North Augusta, Ont.) finished off an Alex Maw (Whitby, Ont.) pass to take a 1-0 lead. Queen's had chances to extend their lead, including two power play opportunities, but were unable to capitalize.
Ryerson started the second period much differently than the first as they were able to take control of the game, dominating the shot count 16-6 in the frame. At the 11:39 mark, Kayla Karbonik tied the game for the Rams on a scramble out in front of the Gaels net. Later in the period, Lauren Nicholson wired a wrist shot past Stephanie Pascal(Sudbury, Ont.) to give Ryerson the lead heading into the third period.
Queen's pushed back in the third, as they tried valiantly for the tying goal. The Gaels looked to have the game tied when Kaylee Dennis (London, Ont.) put the puck past Rams goalie Rachel Seeley, but the goal was waved off, with the referee ruling that the puck was kicked in. Despite the adversity, the Gaels kept coming and were able to tie the game with less than 90 seconds remaining when Hailey Wilson (Pickering, Ont.) turned on the jets and scored a breakaway goal.
In overtime, it only took 1:40 before Wakefield turned a one on one play into the game winning goal, scoring on a backhand shot to the top part of the net. It was Wakefield's third game winning goal of the season.
Pascal picked up the victory in net for the Gaels with 30 saves while Seeley took the loss in net for the Rams.
Source: gogaelsgo.com
Ryerson 4 UOIT 5
OSHAWA, Ont. – The UOIT women's hockey team scored four power play goals in a 5-4 victory over the Ryerson Rams in their final OUA conference game of 2017.
Coming into the contest, UOIT had only scored one power play goal on 47 attempts but when trailing 3-1 in the second period, the Ridgebacks scored four straight goals with the man advantage to pick up the win and break up a four-game losing streak.
"It is nice to see our hard work finally pay off," said head coach Justin Caruana referring to the team's power play success on Saturday. "It's nice to get back on track heading into the holiday break as we look to make a push for the playoffs in the new year."
Kassidy Nauboris (Brampton, Ont.) was in all five Ridgeback goals, as she ended up with one goal and four assists. The five-point night matched the UOIT single-game point record that was set by Jill Morillo against the Western Mustangs on Oct. 22, 2011.
Linemate Chelsea Ball (Maple, Ont.) would score the final two goals of the game as she ended up with two goals and an assist. The game-winner came with seven minutes to go in the third period, putting the Ridgebacks up 5-3.
Also recording multi-point games were freshman Megan Johnston (Goderich, Ont.) who ended the night with three assists and captain Mikaeli Cavell (Edmonton, Alta.) who had a goal and an assist. Cavell's second period goal broke the Ridgebacks' slump on the power play.
Despite allowing four goals against, goaltender Celine Tessier (Chapleau, Ont.) made a season-high 39 saves in the win including several keep stops with her team in the lead. Tessier is fifth in the conference with a .949 save percentage in her first year with UOIT.
Rachel Seeley allowed four goals against off of 16 shots before being pulled in the second period for Sydney Authier who allowed one goal on 16 shots. Ryerson outshot UOIT 43-32.
Kryshanda Green, Alyssa Connolly, Karli Nummikoski and Ailish Forfar were the goal scorers for Ryerson while Julie Patricio had two assists.
UOIT heads into the break with a 3-2-6-1 record, getting within two points of Toronto (5-0-5-1) and Ryerson (3-3-4-1) for the final two playoff spots in the OUA.
Source: uoitridgebacks.com
Laurier 0 Windsor 4
The Windsor Lancer's women's hockey team welcomed the Laurier Golden Hawks to South Windsor Arena on Saturday afternoon. Windsor was looking to out the sour taste of a disappointing 2-1 loss to the Mustangs last night in Windsor. The Lancers scored first and never looked back on their way to a dominant 4-0 win.
The win improves the Lancer record to 1-1-8-2, while the Hawks fall to 1-0-7-1.
GAME STATS
Sydney Dobbins may have been the best team mate on the ice, recording three assists on the night for the Lancers.
Molly Jenkins recorded a 32 save shut out for the Lancers. Laurier's Cohen Meyers stopped 30 of the 34 shots she faced.
The Lancers special teams came to play. Windsor scored on three of their power plays while killing each penalty they took.
GAME FLOW
The Lancers started the game off in bit of a defensive fashion, with neither team being able to assume control in the early going. The defensive stalemate broke about halfway through the first period when Ashely Maitre was able to beat the Golden Hawks goaltender Cohen Meyers on a power play opportunity. Later in the period, the Lancers would again find twine when Taylor Conte beat Meyers off assists from Sydney Dobbin and Emily Bowman. The Blue and Gold kept the onslaught going when Kennedy Snively scored on another power play to make the score 3-0 at the end of the first.
After the intermission the Lancers showed no sign of slowing their potent offense, nor would they stop executing on the power play. Less than two minutes into the second period Conte picked up her second goal of the game on a power play opportunity off a feed from Dobbin. The Lancers controlled the rest of the game and won in convincing fashion, 4-0.
Source: golancers.ca
Western 2 Guelph 5
GUELPH, Ont. – Saturday night at the Gryphon Centre, the Gryphons women's hockey team matched a season-high by scoring five goals in a decisive 5-2 victory over the visiting Western Mustangs. Team captain Kaitlin Lowyscored twice and the Gryphons jumped out to a 5-0 lead midway through the 2nd period en route to an important three points in the standings. The Gryphons will now enter the exam/Christmas break with a record of 8-4-0, good for 3rd place in the 13-team OUA standings. With the loss, the Western Mustangs fall to 7-3-2 and sit one point behind Guelph at 4th place in the conference standings.
Fresh off an impressive 3-1 win over the Waterloo Warriors on Thursday night, the Gryphons would once again get off to a good start on Saturday night thanks to a pair of quick goals midway through the opening period. Fourth year defenceman Meagan Lee would open the scoring with her first goal of the season, and second year forward Kristen Jay would extend the lead to 2-0 just 1:25 later to put the Gryphons in control early.
With just under five minutes remaining in the opening period, Kaitlin Lowy would cap off a dominant opening 20 minutes for the Gryphons by scoring her first of two goals on the night. Lowy ranks 2nd in the OUA in goals scored, next only to Western's April Wright, who accounted for both of the Mustangs' goals on Saturday night in Guelph. Lowy's second goal of the night would come just over a minute into the 2nd period to make it a 4-0 game.
Second year forward Molly Crossman would cap the Gryphon scoring with her second of the season coming midway through the 2nd period to make it 5-0 Guelph.
Gryphons' fourth year goalie Valerie Lamenta made 19 saves for her fifth win of the season, while third year forward Claire Merrick picked up a pair of assists and currently leads the OUA in assists (10) while ranking second in the conference in points (12).
Source: gryphons.ca
