AROUND OUA: Lakers defeat Paladins on 8th annual Military Appreciation Night
A slow start didn't end up hurting the Nipissing Lakers men's hockey team, as they made it two wins in a row thanks to a comeback victory Friday night.
SCOREBOARD
RMC 1 @ Nipissing 5
York 2 @ McGill 3
Toronto 7 @ Western 3
Ryerson 4 @ Waterloo 0
Queen's 2 @ UQTR 5
Guelph 8 @ Lakehead 5
Brock 3 @ Ottawa 4
UOIT 3 @ Concordia 4
Carleton 1 @ Laurentian 3
Laurier 2 @ Windsor 1
Lakers defeat Paladins on 8th annual Military Appreciation Night
A slow start didn't end up hurting the Nipissing Lakers men's hockey team, as they made it two wins in a row thanks to a comeback victory Friday night.
The Lakers used a five goal second period to pick up a key 5-1 win over the visiting RMC Paladins and grab their fourth win of the season in the process.
It wasn't a great start for the Lakers, who were dominated in the first period – outshot 12-3 and trailed 1-0.
But in the second, the Lakers took control and cruised to the win, despite some physical play and scrums towards the end of the game.
Trailing 1-0, the Lakers tied the game just over five minutes into the second period and less than 20 seconds later, took the lead.
Colin Campbell scored to tie the game and Guillaume Naud, with a slick backhand, gave Nipissing the lead.
Brock Morrison, Nathan Glass and Dylan Staples were all in on the first two Lakers goals.
From there, the Lakers would add three more.
Steven Deeg continued his hot play, scoring his third goal in two games and with two power play markers from Joel Herbert and Sam Gleason, the Lakers sealed the win.
Morrison and Campbell drew assists on Deeg's goal, while rik Robichaud and Cody Gratton picked up helpers on Herbert's.
That goal was a perfect redirect off a nice feed by Robichaud on the doorstep.
Gleason finished the scoring with his first OUA goal late in the period, with Campbell and Morrison each adding to their totals.
They both finished with three points on the night.
Domenic Graham earned the win, but was forced to leave with an apparent illness about midway through the game.
Jeremy Pominville closed things out, making 14 straight saves.
He also got a lot of help from the Lakers defenders, who blocked a tonne of shots throughout the game and especially late, protecting the lead.
Nipissing will close out the weekend against Carleton Saturday night at 7:15pm at Memorial Gardens.
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McGill blueliner nets overtime winner as hockey Redmen bite Lions
MONTREAL -- Defenceman Dominic Talbot-Tassi of Mascouche, Que., scored the overtime winner as eighth-ranked McGill edged York 3-2 in OUA men's hockey before a near capacity crowd of 745 at McConnell Arena on Friday.
The Redmen outshot the Lions by a 35-22 margin and improved their lifetime record to 21-12-6 in 39 meetings with York.
Talbot-Tassi, a 5-foot-9, 185-pound sophomore, buried a power-play marker at 4:20 of the added frame to secure the win. He collected two points in the contest and now leads all OUA blueliners -- ranking second in the nation -- with 17 points in 12 games. On the winning play, he was assisted by Mathieu Pompei of Laval, Que., and Patrick Delisle-Houde who hails from Quebec City. Pompei is now second in the OUA and third in the national scoring race with a 6-17-23 record in a dozen contests.
York captain Shayne Rover had put the visitors on the board first with 31 seconds remaining in the opening session and it appeared as if that goal might hold up as the winner.
After a scoreless second, Delisle-Houde, a master's student in kinesiology and physical education, pounced on a rebound in the crease to knot the score just 61 seconds into the third period, with help from Pompei and Daniel Milne of Unionville, Ont.
Simon Tardif-Richard of Gatineau, Que., gave McGill the lead on the power play at 15:32, set up by Talbot-Tassi and Nathan Chiarlitti of Maple, Ont., but the Lions' Daniel Nikandrov tied it up on a power-play (with their goaltender pulled) at 18:12 to force the extra session.
McGill was 2-for-8 with the extra attacker, while York went 1-for-4 but failed to take advantage on an early five-minute power-play, which featured nine blocked shots by the Redmen PK unit.
Redmen netminder Jacob Gervais-Chouinard, an economics senior from Sherbrooke, Que., stopped 20 of 22 pucks for the win, improving to 4-1 on the season. He made his most dramatic stop with 2:04 remaining in overtime when he robbed what appeared to be a certain goal with an acrobatic blocker save to his top right side, which would've given York the victory.
Alex Fotinos collected the loss for the Lions with 32 saves on 35 shots. His record dropped to 2-3.
McGill (9-2-1) hosts Brock (7-4-0) on Saturday (Nov. 19) at 7 p.m. at McConnell Arena. York (7-4-2) visits Ottawa (4-6-1) that evening.
Source: McGill Redmen
Blues win big at Western
The University of Toronto Varsity Blues men's hockey team notched their first win of the season in defeating the Western Mustangs 7-3 on Friday night (Nov. 18) in London, Ont.
Second-year forwards Aidan Wallace and Max Lindsay paced the Blues in the win. Wallace notched one goal and two assists, with Lindsay scoring twice on the night.
Veteran forward Russell Turner opened the scoring just 2:11 into the game, wiring the puck into the top corner off a nice feed from team captain Charlie Connell. Wallace put the Blues up by two four minutes later off another nice pass from Connell and second-year standout Matt Campagna finished off a 2-on-1 with Connor Bebb at the 8:45 mark as the Blues took a 3-0 lead after 20 minutes.
Western got on the board and brought the game within one (3-2) with two goals early in the second period, but Lindsay notched his first of the game at the 9:19 mark to put Toronto on top, 4-2, after 40 minutes.
Lindsay and veteran forward Casey Knight tallied two goals 14 seconds apart midway through the third period, and Ryan Kirkup added a shorthanded goal with less than five minutes remaining to round out the scoring and secure Toronto's first win of the season.
Blues netminder Andrew Hunt made 31 saves in the win.
The Varsity Blues return to action tomorrow night (Nov. 19) as they travel to Waterloo, Ont., to take on the Laurier Golden Hawks. Game time is set for 7:30 p.m.
Source: Toronto Varsity Blues
Graham's shutout leads Rams to fifth straight win
WATERLOO, Ont. – Charlie Graham stopped 22 shots for his first career OUA shutout as the Ryerson Rams men's hockey team recorded its fifth straight victory to improve to an OUA West Division leading 10-2-1.
BOXSCORE
Rams captain Michael Fine opened the scoring just under five minutes into the first period when he took a feed from Matt Mistele before sliding the puck between the legs of Waterloo goaltender Mike Morrison.
Ryerson would add to the lead midway through the second frame when Waterloo's Cam Nicoll was assessed a five-minute major for checking to the head. Mistele and Chris Marchese scored on the ensuing power play just over a minute apart to give the Rams a 3-0 lead after 40 minutes.
Devon Paliani scored on a breakaway in the third period to round out the scoring.
Morrison stopped 20 of 24 shots for Waterloo, who slip to 3-7-2 with the loss.
Ryerson will visit the Toronto Varsity Blues on Wednesday for a school day game. Puck drop is set for 11:00 am.
Source: Ryerson Rams
No. 10 Gaels drop 5-2 decision on the road to UQTR
TROIS-RIVIERES,QUE. - The No. 10 Queen's Gaels (9-3-1) were defeated 5-2 to UQTR (8-4-1) on Friday night on the road to the Patriotes in OUA men`s hockey action.
GAME FLOW
In the first period, UQTR scored three consecutive goals to take a 3-0 lead by the end of the period. Pierre-Oliver Morin picked up UQTR's first two goals. On the first goal, Morin scored in the 12th minute, with Charles-David Beaudoin and Marc-Oliver Mimar assisting. Three minutes later, Morin scored his second goal of the period. Guillaume Asselin and Tommy Giroux picked up the assists. Before the end of the period, Tommy Giroux scored for UQTR, extending the lead to 3-0. Pierre-Oliver Morin assisted.
In the second period, the Gaels fought back to cut UQTR's lead to 3-2. Four seconds into the period, Slater Doggett (Oakville, Ont.) scored for the Gaels. Six minutes later, Eric Ming (Williamstown, Ont.) scored with Spencer Abraham (Campbellville, Ont.) and Doggett assisting. This put the game at 3-2 by the end of the second.
In the third period, UQTR extended their lead over the Gaels. Three minutes in, Charles-David Beaudoin scored on the power-play. Martin Lefebvre and Guillaume Asselin assisted. In the last minute of the game, Guillaue Asselin scored on an empty net with Mathieu Lemay assisting on the play. This gave UQTR a 5-2 final over the Gaels.
Shots in the game were 35 (Queen's) to 31 (UQTR)
BY THE NUMBERS
3 – 3 pts for Pierre-Oliver Morin
2 - 2 pts for Slater Doggett
33 – 33 saves for UQTR goaltender Sebastian Auger
UP NEXT
The Gaels take on the Concordia Stingers on Saturday November 19th in Montreal. The game begins at 7:30pm and can be seen live on OUA.tv.
Source: Queen's Gaels
Gryphons score season high eight goals to thump Thunderwolves
THUNDER BAY, ON - Friday night in Thunder Bay, the Gryphons men's hockey team poured in a season-high eight goals in an 8-5 win over the Lakehead Thunderwolves. With the win, the Gryphons improve to 6-7-0 while Lakehead falls to 6-5-1.
The Gryphons jumped out to a 5-0 lead after the first period of play, with five different goal scorers finding the back of the net in what was a dominant opening 20 minutes of play. The lead would grow to 6-0 midway through the second period on a goal from Rob Lepine, but the Thunderwolves would fight back in what quickly turned into a shootout in Thunder Bay. The Thunderwolves scored four straight goals to make it a 6-4 game before Seth Swenson and Nick Boyer sealed the win with back to back goals midway throught the third.
A total of eight Gryphons recorded multi-point nights with Seth Swenson and Rob Lepine leading the way with three points apiece (1 G, 2 A). Nick Boyer was the lone Gryphon to score multiple goals, finishing with two on the night. Joining Boyer as goal scorers on the night were Lepine, Swenson, Mac Nichol, Zach McFadden, Josh McFadden and Marc Stevens. The Gryphons outshot Lakehead 34-28 on the night with Scott Stajcer picking up the win in net.
The Gryphons will hope they have a few more goals left in the tank after the offensive outburst as these two teams will square off once again on Saturday night. Puck drop in Thunder Bay is set for 7:30pm on Saturday.
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Domingue the hero as Gee-Gees edge Brock in overtime
Kevin Domingue (Laval, Que.) was the overtime hero on Friday night as the Ottawa Gee-Gees men's hockey team picked up its fourth-straight win, this time against the Brock Badgers.
Marc Beckstead (Morrisburg, Ont.), Mathieu Newcomb (Grand-Digue, NB) and Connor Sills (Thunder Bay, Ont.) also found the mark for uOttawa in the win.
"We're winning different ways — tonight was a chippy affair, lots of penalties and powerplays, (but) it's a huge two points," said uOttawa head coach Patrick Grandmaître. "Our work ethic is undeniable, and it's allowing us to compete for every game."
Beckstead opened the scoring for uOttawa just two minutes into the game, rifling home a short-range effort past Brock goaltender Adam Beukeboom, set up by Domingue.
Brock forward Sammy Banga drew the visitors level at 12:54 of the first period on a rebound. Badgers top scorer and Ottawa-native Adam Lloyd put Brock on top early in the second period, but Newcomb's goal some four minutes later at 8:02 pulled uOttawa back on even terms.
A blocker-side snipe off the rush from Sills at the 17:59 mark gave the Gee-Gees a 3-2 lead entering the second intermission.
An all-world effort from Skylar Pacheco tied things up for the Badgers early in the third period, creating a deadlock that would last deep into a second overtime frame.
Domingue secured the win for uOttawa with just 21 seconds remaining in double-OT, sending a saucer pass towards the net that fooled Beukeboom.
"It's awesome, we need to keep it up — (Brock) was a big team, so this victory's a big thing for us," said Domingue, who earned Yuk Yuk's Player of the Game honours for his game-winner. "I got lucky, but I'll take it — when you put the puck to the net, anything can happen."
uOttawa will be back in action on home ice Saturday at 7 p.m., with the talented York Lions (7-4-2) rolling into town for a Saturday night showdown.
Source: uOttawa Gee-Gees
Ridgebacks comeback attempt falls short against Stingers
MONTREAL, Que. – The No. 4 ranked UOIT men's hockey team fought hard to overcome some obstacles on Friday night but fell short in a comeback attempt as the No. 9 ranked Concordia Stingers pulled out a 4-3 victory.
When getting on the bus to head to Montreal, the Ridgebacks knew their game against the Stingers was going to be tough. What they didn't know was that they would run into bus issues on the way causing them to arrive at the arena after the scheduled start time.
After Concordia pushed back the start of the game over an hour to accommodate the Ridgebacks, it was all Stingers early on as they shot out to a 2-0 lead in the first period with two goals ten seconds apart.
In the second period, the Stingers would extend their lead to 3-0 as Charles-Eric Legare trickled one past UOIT goaltender Tyson Teichmann (Scarborough, Ont.) on a penalty shot.
Rather than packing it in trailing by three, the Ridgebacks fought hard and chipped away at the Stingers lead. Kyle Locke (Aurora, Ont.) got the Ridgebacks on the board with five minutes to go in the second period while Mike Robinson (Stouffville, Ont.) cut the lead to one just over a minute into the third period. Both goals were scored on the power play.
Robinson has seven goals this season as he set a new career high 13 games into the regular season.
UOIT would control the majority of the play in the final period outshooting the Stingers 10-4 but they could not find a way to beat Concordia goaltender Philippe Cadorette when down by one. Concordia's penalty killing unit came up big fighting off a five-minute cross checking penalty in the frame.
Olivier Hinse scored an empty netter to add some insurance for Concordia in which they would need as Anthony Latina (Belleville, Ont.) scored for UOIT with two seconds left in the game to make the final score 4-3.
With an assist on Latina's late goal, Ben Blasko (Kingston, Ont.) extended his point streak to four games.
Teichmann made 17 saves in the losing effort, suffering just his second loss of the season. Cadorette made 22 saves in his eighth win.
At 10-3-0, UOIT remains in first place in the OUA eastern conference but now have four teams within three points. UQTR is one of those teams at 8-4-1 and are set to host the Ridgebacks on Saturday, Nov. 19 at 2 p.m. McGill (9-2-1) and Queen's (9-3-1) trail UOIT by one point while Concordia (9-3-0) sits two points back.
Source: UOIT Ridgebacks
On Friday night, the Laurentian Voyageurs beat the visiting Carleton Ravens 3-1 after a great team effort.
The Ravens did open the scoring at 4:11 of the first period, when David Weckworth was able to sneak a wrister over the right shoulder of Joel Vienneau.
