AROUND OUA: No. 10 Toronto slips past No. 9 Nipissing 2-1 in OT
February 11, 2017

AROUND OUA: No. 10 Toronto slips past No. 9 Nipissing 2-1 in OT

The No. 10 nationally ranked University of Toronto Varsity Blues women's hockey team defeated the No. 9 Nipissing Lakers in an exciting overtime contest, 2-1, on Friday night (Feb. 10) at Varsity Arena.

SCOREBOARD

Nipissing 1 @ Toronto 2

Laurentian 3 @ Ryerson 2

Queen's 0 @ Windsor 3

No. 10 Toronto slips past No. 9 Nipissing 2-1 in OT

The No. 10 nationally ranked University of Toronto Varsity Blues women's hockey team defeated the No. 9 Nipissing Lakers in an exciting overtime contest, 2-1, on Friday night (Feb. 10) at Varsity Arena.

The win elevates the Blues to 12-2-7-0 (W-OTW-L-OTL) on the season as they remain in third place in the OUA, just five points behind the Lakers (12-3-3-3).
 
Nipissing was first on the score sheet as they scored halfway into the first with a goal from first-year forward Hunter Mosher; however, the Blues would tie the score before the end of the first 20 minutes with a sneaky power play tip from Lauren Straatman off a feathered shot from veteran Taylor Day.
 
The second and third period saw a tight battle between the top teams with no goals, forcing the game into overtime.
 
Then, just 34 seconds into the extra frame and on a power play, Day tipped the puck in off a beautiful pass from captain Kristi Riseley to give the Blues the big win.
 
Blues goalie Katey Teekasingh posted 27 saves in her sixth win on the season.
 
The Blue and White are back in action tomorrow (Feb. 11) to take on the Laurentian Voyageurs at Varsity Arena. Puck drop is scheduled for 7 p.m. 

Source: Toronto Varsity Blues

Lances shutout Gaels 3-0

WINDSOR, Ont. (February 10, 2017) – The Queen's Gaels (8-4-8-1) were defeated by the Windsor Lancers (10-1-8-2) 3-0 Friday evening in OUA women's hockey action from Windsor. The Lancers move into a tie for 5th in the OUA while the Gaels fall to 7th and sit just two points ahead of Brock who is just outside the playoff picture in 9th.
 
GAMEFLOW
The Lancers held the momentum throughout entire game, scoring three straight goals to take a 3-0 victory. The first Lancer goal was minutes into the first period. Larissa Borowiec scored, with Shawna Lesperance and Jillian Rops assisting. This gave Windsor a 1-0 lead heading into the second period.

In the second, Windsor scored two more goals. Kennedy Snively scored for the Lancers, with Amy Maitre and Natalie Barrette assisting. One minute later, Jillian Rops scored on the powerplay, with Ashley Maitre and Sydney Dobbin picking up the assists. The third period proved to be scoreless, allowing the Lancers to take a 3-0 final.
 
The Lancers out-shot the Gaels 28-16 and picked up three points which put them back into the playoff picture.
 
BY THE NUMBERS
25 – saves made by Gaels goaltender Stephanie Pascal
2 – pts for Jillian Rops
12 – total penalty minutes
 
UP NEXT
The Gaels take on the York Lions on Feb. 11th in Toronto, Ont. The game begins at 2:00pm. and can be seen live on OUA.tv.

Source: Queen's Gaels

Habal Scores Shootout Winner, Voyageurs Move Into 5th

On Friday night, the Laurentian women's hockey team won a 3-2 nail-biter in a shootout against Ryerson, moving them into sixth place in the standings as the regular season dwindles down. 

Morgan McCann continued her team-leading scoring ways by scoring just 55 seconds into the first period on a partial breakaway. McCann's goal was assisted by Nicole Vigilanti and was the only goal of the period.
The second period was scoreless, as Karen Collins made all 13 saves she faced, giving her 25 saves through 40 minutes.
Ryerson came out in the third period with a much more inspired effort, scoring their first goal of the game and tying the contest at 3:31 on the powerplay. Sarah McGilvray beat Karen Collins on a play assisted by Stephanie Chiste. Just over three minutes later, Ryerson struck again on the special teams, this time shorthanded. Michelle Evangelou gave Ryerson their first lead of the game, forcing the Vees into desparation mode. The Voyageurs tied the game up six minutes later as Marie-Pierre Pelissou scored at 12:21 on a goal assisted by Sam Morell. The tying marker would be the last goal of regulation time as both teams prepared for overtime. 

Despite five minute periods of 4-on-4 overtime and four minutes of 3-on-3 overtime, neither team was able to score the golden goal and the game would then be decided by a shootout. The first two shooters for both teams scored while both third shooters were stopped, sending the shootout into sudden death rounds. It was in this round that Sara Habal strapped on her cape, and, having not scored a goal all year, scored the game winner in the fourth round of the shootout. 

With the win, the Voyageurs are now in fifth place and travel to U of T tomorrow to try and continue to move up the standings as the regular season comes to a close.