M-HOCKEY ROUNDUP: Queen's beats RMC 14-4; most goals in a single game for Queen's since 1985

Friday, November 7

UOIT 5 @ RMC 0

UOIT 0 @ Carleton 8

OSHAWA, Ont. – To say it was a 'good news, bad news' weekend for the UOIT men's hockey team is an understatement.
 
The Ridgebacks opened up weekend play with a 5-0 shutout over the RMC Paladins, but followed that up with an 8-0 loss to the No. 9 ranked Carleton Ravens on home ice.
 
Colin Dzijacky (Thunder Bay, Ont.) was unbeatable on Friday, making 30 saves for his first shutout of the season. Less than 24 hours later, the second-year netminder allowed seven goals before being pulled in the third period. Four of the seven goals against Dzijacky were allowed in the first period, putting the game out of reach early on.
 
With goaltenders Brendan O'Neill and Jesse Raymond out with injuries, head coach Craig Fisher turned to Nick Fontana in relief, who made his first appearance in goal since the 2008-09 season. Fontana would allow one goal against in just under eight minutes of play.
 
UOIT was impressive in their win over RMC, with their offence spread throughout the line-up with five different veteran players scoring goals. Brendan Wise (Stouffville, Ont.), Cameron Yuill (Belleville, Ont.), Jesse Stoughton (Bobcaygeon, Ont.), Kevin George (Uxbridge, Ont.) and James Woodcroft (Milton, Ont.) were the goal scorers.
 
Wise would finish the night with one goal and two assists, bringing his career total to 59 points.
 
Special teams were also a big factor for UOIT in the win, as they scored on the power play while adding shorthanded marker. With five shorthanded goals this year, UOIT leads the entire league.
 
On Saturday, the Ravens managed to shutdown the Ridgebacks offence, holding them to just 15 shots on net. Goaltender Francis Dupuis stopped every shot he faced to earn his first shutout of the season.
 
Eight Raven skaters hat multi-point nights, including Damian Cross who scored three goals and added an assist. Joe Pleckaitis also had a four-point night with one goal and three assists.
 
With a .500 weekend, UOIT sits in sixth place with a 5-5-1 record, one point ahead of the Queen's Gaels (5-4-0) who have two games in hand. Carleton is in first place at 8-2-0 while RMC is in the basement at 0-10-0.
 
UOIT will look to rebound on Thursday night when they head to Toronto to take on the Ryerson Rams (6-3-1). Game time at the Mattamy Athletic Centre is 7:30 p.m.

Source: UOIT Ridgebacks

Carleton 1 @ Queen's 0

The Carleton Ravens men's hockey team extended their winning streak to five games, after a 1-0 victory over the Queen's Gaels on Friday night at the Carleton Ice House. Mike McNamee broke a scoreless game early in the third period, after slipping a backhand shot by Gaels goalie Kevin Bailie off of an odd-man rush. The lone goal proved to stand, as the Ravens tightened up defensively in the game's final minutes. While Bailie played well for the Gaels all night, Ravens goalie Patrick Killeen was perfect in the other end stopping 24 shots on route to his first career CIS shutout.

The game seemed to be a defensive battle at times, as the Gaels seemed content to sit back and slow the Ravens down. This came as a bit of a surprise as this was the first game between the two teams since the Ravens 2-1 series win last year in the second round of the OUA East playoffs. That series was extremely emotional and physical, which didn't seem to be the case tonight. Both teams seemed hesitant to take any chances, although both goalies stood tall when called upon.

Carleton outshot Queen's 33-24 on the night. Both teams went scoreless on their powerplay opportunities. The Ravens couldn't capitalize on a four-minute power play in the second period when the Gaels' Matt Foy was sent off for butt-ending. Queen's couldn't do any better going 0-for-2 on their power play.

The Ravens are now 7-2 on the season and remain tied for second place with the McGill Redmen in the OUA East. Queen's drops to 4-4.

The Ravens will travel to Oshawa to take on the UOIT Ridgebacks November 8 at 7:30 .pm. Carleton won the first match-up between these two teams by a 9-4 score back on October 17.

Source: Carleton Ravens

Brock 4 @ Lakehead 2

The Lakehead Thunderwolves fell 4-2 to the Brock Badgers in front of 2361 fans at the Fort William Gardens on Friday night.

The Wolves were playing with an injury-depleted defensive corps with only four healthy rearguards in the line-up, so forwards Trevor Hynnes and Jake Carrick were forced to pull some duty back on the blue line.

Brock opened the scoring at 8:07 of the first period when Spencer Turcotte beat Wolves' netminder Justin McDonald on a deflection.

After receiving a nice pass at the blue line from Lakehead's Mike Hammond, Keith Grondin drilled the puck top shelf on Brock goalie Adrian Volpe to even the score at the 14:33 mark.

The Badgers responded almost immediately on a two-on-one break when Tyson Dallman fired a wrist shot past McDonald, and less than a minute later Johnson Andrews scored to give Brock a 3-1 lead to close out the scoring in the opening stanza.

With Lakehead on the power play, Mike Hammond narrowed the gap to 3-2 when he completed a nifty toe-drag by flipping the puck high on Volpe at 6:33 of the second period.  Grondin picked up the lone assist.

The Thunderwolves controlled most of the play in the middle frame, with Grondin and Kelin Ainsworth having great chances to tie the score but both rang shots of the post instead.

Andrews recorded his second goal of the night 4:27 into the third period to put Brock ahead 4-2, and despite plenty of offensive pressure, Lakehead was unable to put anything past Volpe for the remainder of the contest.

The Molson Three Stars of the game were:
1. Mike Hammond, Lakehead
2. Johnson Andrews, Brock
3. Keith Grondin, Lakehead

The two teams will hit the ice again on Saturday night at the Fort William Gardens, with the opening face-off set for 7:30.

Source: Lakehead Thunderwolves

McGill 5 @ Guelph 2

Guelph, Ont. – It was a tragic week for the Gryphon men's hockey team who, on Wednesday, found out they had lost a member of their hockey family when 21-year-old Cole Hamblin passed away from a rare form of cancer.  Prior to their game on Friday night versus McGill, there was a moment of silence for Hamblin.  When the puck finally dropped and the game got underway, it would be the Redmen who would come out on top 5-2 thanks to a three goal outburst in the second period. 
 
After allowing McGill to score 40 seconds in to the game, the Gryphons would respond later in the period when Kyle Neuber would send a beautiful back-handed pass to set up Carlos Amestoy for his third goal of the season to tie things up at 1-1.  But after McGill took a 2-1 lead in the 2^nd period, they would score two more goals in the span of just 16 seconds to jump out to a 4-1 lead and would not look back from there.   
 
In a touching gesture at the end of the game, both teams gathered around Cole Hamblin's jersey.  The Gryphons will continue to fundraise on behalf of Cole's family throughout the course of the season.  With the loss the Gryphons fall to 3-5-2 while McGill improves to 7-2-0.  Up next for the Gryphons, a home date with the Nipissing Lakers on Friday, Nov. 14^th.

Source: Guelph Gryphons

Toronto 4 @ Waterloo 2

The Waterloo Warriors looked like a brand new team in the first 15 minutes of their game against the Toronto Varsity Blues on Friday night. But in the final 45 minutes, they looked all too much like a team on their way to their fifth straight loss.

The Blues scored four unanswered goals to erase an early two-goal deficit, defeating the Warriors 4-2 at the Columbia Icefield Arena Friday night.  

Christian Finch and Russell Turner each had two assists for Toronto, who pushes their record to 4-5-0 on the season. The Warriors got goals from Joel Hoekstra (Kitchener) and Joe Underwood (Canton), but they dropped their fifth straight decision to fall to 4-5-1.

The Blues, who started Waterloo's winless streak on October 24, ruined a solid performance by Chris Hurry (Summerland) in the Waterloo net. Hurry made 37 saves in the loss, while Michael Nishi stopped 37 of his own to pick up the win for Toronto.

The Warriors came out of the gates looking like they'd end their losing streak, and they struck less than 5 minutes into the game when Hoekstra converted a beautiful feed from Mitch Elliot (Prince George) for his first career CIS goal and a 1-0 Waterloo lead.

Just over ten minutes later, a streaking Underwood took a cross-seam pass in stride and beat Nishi to make it 2-0 for the Warriors, but the two-goal bulge wouldn't last long. Just 1:05 later, Corey Jackson scored for the Blues to cut the lead to 2-1 after 20 minutes.

The second period was a back-and-forth affair, and the Warriors held onto the slim advantage through most of the middle frame. But with a power play in its waning seconds, Dylan Heide put one past Hurry to knot the game at 2-2 with under five minutes to play in the period.

The backbreaker for the Warriors came just moments later, when Toronto's Jeff Brown gave the Blues their first lead of the game with only 56 seconds remaining in the second period. Instead of heading to the dressing room tied at 2, the Warriors found themselves down a goal after 40 minutes.

The hosts had their chances to draw even in the third period, but Nishi met all challenges. With just over 6 minutes to play, the Blues salted away the victory when Casey Knight scored to put Toronto in front 4-2.

The Warriors will get another chance to snap their skid on Saturday night, when they welcome the York Lions to town. Puck drop at the Columbia Icefield Arena is slated for 6:30pm.

Notes: The Warriors went 0-for-4 on the power play, while the Blues went 1-for-4…Elliot's first-period assist was his first career CIS point…Underwood now has 9 points, tops among Warriors defencemen.

Source: Waterloo Warriors

Other Scores: Laurentian 4 @ UQTR 6; Nipissing 3 @ Concordia 4

Saturday, November 8

Ryerson 5 @ Laurier 3

BRANTFORD, Ont., (November 8, 2014) – Coming off a big win Thursday in large part to rookie goaltender Harrison Pharoah of Bracebridge, Ont., the Wilfrid Laurier Golden Hawks men's hockey team travelled to Brantford to host the Ryerson Rams Saturday afternoon in Laurier Brantford's annual Homecoming game. The Golden Hawks would fall a bit short as they suffered a 5-3 loss to the Rams.

In the first period the Hawks (3-6-0) out shot the Rams (6-3-1) 18 to 14 but found themselves behind, as Rams forward Domenic Alberga of Maple, Ont., scored a short handed goal with six minutes left in the first to give the Rams a 1-0 lead.

Alberga did not stopped there, as he found the back of the net for the second time off the power play just over a minute into the second period to extend the lead to two.

Hawks freshmen Zach Lorentz of Waterloo, Ont., would cut the lead in half, as he scored his third goal and team leading tenth point on the season.

Unfortunately for the Golden Hawks, they would find themselves down by two goals once again as the Rams scored midway through the second period to go into the second intermission up 3-1.

Just over two minutes into the final period Ryerson extended their lead to three goals as forward Andreas Tsogkas of Scarborough, Ont., netted his third goal of the season.

The three goal lead did not last very long as defencemen Matthew Franczyk of Winnipeg, Man., scored his first career OUA goal for the Hawks just eight seconds after Tsogkas' goal.

Laurier Captain Tyler Stothers of Oakville, Ont., scored his team leading sixth goal of the season to cut the lead to one, but that would be as close as the Hawks got.

The Rams would add an empty netter to end the game at 5-3.

Rams senior goaltender Troy Passingham of Mississauga, Ont., picked up his sixth win of the season as he stopped 34 of 37 shots on the night while Pharoah took the loss for the Hawks, making 29 saves.

The Hawks will continue their six game homestand when they welcome the 5-4-1 Concordia Stingers into town Saturday night. Puck drop is at 7:30 p.m. at the Waterloo Recreation Complex.

Source: Laurier Golden Hawks

York 1 @ Waterloo 0

For the last three weeks, the Waterloo Warriors haven't been able to buy a win. On Saturday night, they couldn't even buy a goal.

Mikhel Poldma's third-period seeing-eye wrister through traffic was the game's only goal, and Chris Perugini made 27 saves for the shutout as the York Lions topped the Waterloo Warriors 1-0 on Saturday night in Waterloo.

The loss extends Waterloo's winless skid to six games, dropping them to 4-6-1 on the season. Mike Morrison (Hamilton) took the hard-luck loss in the Warriors net, turning aside 30 shots in the loss. The win improves York's record to 4-7-0, and draws them to within a point in the tight OUA West division.

The Warriors nearly tied the game twice in the game's closing minutes. With under three minutes to play, the game-tying goal was waved off and instead, Chris Chappell (Pickering) was assessed a goaltender interference penalty. Then, with less than 10 seconds to play and the Warriors on a 6-on-4 advantage, Colin Behenna (Waterloo) just missed converting on a cross-crease pass and Justin Larson (Buckhorn) couldn't stuff home the rebound off the end boards.

The game was relatively tight from a defensive standpoint, and neither goalie was forced to come up with a ten-bell save. Morrison was the busier of the two on the night, but the Warriors had the best chances of the evening. The game's only goal was off a broken rush – when the puck found its way back to the point, Poldma wristed it through a crowd and past Morrison with less than 12 minutes to play in regulation.

The game could have been even further out of reach if it weren't for the Warriors penalty killing units. The Lions went 0-for-8 on the man advantage, while Waterloo went 0-for-3.

Waterloo will now look to end their skid next weekend when they welcome a pair of Quebec-based OUA Eastern teams to the Columbia Icefield Arena. On Friday, they'll face the Concordia Stingers at 7:30pm, and on Saturday, they'll host a rematch of the 2013 Queen's Cup game with the UQTR Patriotes at 6:30 pm.

Source: Waterloo Warriors

McGill 0 @ Western 3

LONDON, Ont. – The Mustangs men's hockey team shut out the McGill Redmen 3-0 and put a halt to the team's five game winning streak Saturday evening at London's Thompson Arena.
 
"Any time you keep McGill to zero goals a game, your defense, your goaltending, your team game has to be applauded," said Mustangs head coach Clarke Singer. "Our D stepped up and had a good game, Dodd's made some great saves when he needed to, and special teams came through and played a big role," added Singer on the team's performance.
 
With the win, the Mustangs now hold a 6-3-0 record, good for third place in the OUA West division standings. While in the OUA East division, the Redmen also sit in third place with a 7-3-0 record. 

The McGill Redmen rolled into Saturday evening hot off of 5-2 win over Guelph on Friday, but if the Redmen had a vision of getting their sixth consecutive win of the season against the Mustangs, Greg Dodds made sure it was just that – a vision.

As a second-year starting goaltender, Dodds was a crucial factor to the Mustangs 3-0 victory, stopping all 44 shots on net and shutting out a team that has only allowed 21 goals in nine games this season until Saturday's match up with the purple and white.
 
Despite Dodds' spectacular performance between the posts, the shut-out victory was a combined effort from all players on the ice. Three different Mustangs put points on the board including Kyle De Coste, Stefan Salituro, and Adam McKee.
 
With a scoreless first period, the Mustangs knew they would have to create some opportunities in the second frame. It would be De Coste who would take the lead for the Mustangs after jumping out of the box and onto the scoreboard early in the period to give the purple and white a 1-0 advantage.
 
De Coste had been serving a two-minute tripping penalty and rushed out of the box to pick up the puck at center ice right behind a McGill defenceman. De Coste brought it in on Redmen's goaltender, Jacob Gervais-Chounard but a miss on net sent the crowd into a synchronized sigh of missed opportunity. However, McKee picked up the puck deep in the corner and sent it back to De Coste to sink it in the top right corner of Gervais-Chounard's net all in one swift motion.
 
The Mustangs second goal of the game came from Salituro, another Mustang who went from the box to the scoreboard in Saturday night's action. Salituro served a penalty for checking from behind as well as a 10-minute misconduct late in the first period, confining him to the penalty box up until midway through the second period.
 
With a nice rest in the box, Salituro came out looking to make up for lost time, and that is certainly what he did in the third frame putting the puck past Gervais-Chounard to extend the Mustangs lead 2-0.
 
The Redmen worked hard to recover from the two point deficit by pulling Gervais-Chounard out of the net to play with a six man advantage in the final two minutes of action. Despite the one man advantage on the ice, McKee was able to shoot the puck past the McGill defenders to score an empty-net goal and extend the lead 3-0.
 
The Mustangs will be back in action next weekend, as they face-off against the Laurentian Voyageurs on Saturday, November 14 at Thompson Arena, before gearing up against the Nipissing Lakers on Sunday, November 15 on home ice. Puck drop for both games is set for 7:00 p.m.

Source: Western Mustangs

Windsor 6 @ Toronto 5

The University of Toronto Varsity Blues men's hockey team dropped a 6-5 decision to the No. 4 and undefeated Windsor Lancers on Saturday night (Nov. 8) at Varsity Arena.

With the loss, the Blues drop to 4-6-0, while the Lancers improve to 11-0-0 in the OUA West division.

Down 4-2 heading into the third period, the OUA defending champion Lancers came back with a vengeance, scoring four goals in the third period to seal the come back win.

Third-year Lancers forward Ryan Green of Essex, Ont., opened the scoring as he received a stretch pass for a partial break away and wired a shot into the bottom corner of the net. Windsor led 1-0 after the first 20 minutes of action.

Christian Finch got the Blues on the board 58 seconds into the second frame as he received a cross crease pass and one-timed it into the top corner of the net.
51 seconds later, fifth-year forward and assistant captain Michael Markovic caught Lancers netminder Parker Van Buskirk off guard and buried the go-ahead goal.

Second-year forward Casey Knight notched his third goal of the season banging the puck in during a scramble in front of the net midway through the second period.

The Lancers cut the deficit to one with just over six minutes remaining in the frame when rookie forward Dylan Seguin fired the puck under Blues goalie Michael Nishi's blocker; however, Toronto restored their two-goal cushion before the second intermission as fourth-year defenceman Marcus Yolevski received a centering pass in front and one-timed it in.

Windsor's Matt Beaudoin scored 1:49 into the third period to bring the Lancers back within one.

Two minutes later, Nishi came up with a big save on a Spencer Pommells breakaway and the Blues went up again as Brown scored Toronto's third powerplay marker of the game.

The back and forth battle ensued when third-year Lancers defenceman Kenny Bradford scored on a 5-on-3 opportunity to bring it back within reach (5-4) with 10 minutes to go in the third.

Second-year Lancers forward Eric Noel evened the score with 7:34 to go in the game and Dylan Denomme put Windsor up for good with 3:32 remaining in the game.

Nish posted 16 saves in the loss.

The Varsity Blues return to the ice next Friday, November 14 as they host the UOIT Ridgebacks at Varsity Arena. Game time is set for 7:30 p.m.

Source: Toronto Varsity Blues

Brock 1 @ Lakehead 8

Let sleeping dogs lie.  That saying might just as well apply to Wolves too, as the Badgers discovered Saturday night at the Fort William Gardens where Lakehead pounded Brock 8-1 in front of 2207 fans to avenge a 4-2 loss the previous evening.

The Thunderwolves woke up early, scoring four unanswered goals in the first period to put the Badgers back on their heels from the get go.

Nathan Cull drew first blood for Lakehead by firing a shot that beat Brock goaltender Adrian Volpe down low, with Trevor Hynnes and David Quesnele getting the assists. 

Kelin Ainsworth quickly made it 2-0 on a high, hard wrist shot set up by Jay Gilbert.

Ryan Magill converted on an odd-man rush after being fed by Luke Maw and Mike Hammond, and then with only 16 seconds left in the period, Gilbert made it 4-0 for Lakehead on a point shot that found its way through traffic into the back of the net, with the assists going to Keith Grondin and Hammond.

The Wolves continued the onslaught in the second period when Hammond pounced on a point-shot from Gilbert and beat Volpe top shelf at the 1:26 mark.

Less than a minute later, E.J. Faust found a streaking Carson Dubchak who made it 6-0 for the Wolves, with Maw collecting the other assist.

Grondin fired a shot from the slot past a beleaguered Volpe at 13:46, who was then replaced by Clint Windsor in the Badgers' net.  Trevor Hynnes and Hammond picked up the helpers on the goal that gave Lakehead a 7-0 lead heading into the third period.

The Wolves wisely played the final frame close to the vest, and Lakehead netminder Justin McDonald was rock-solid throughout the contest when called upon.  But Brock's Dylan MacEachern broke McDonald's shutout bid with a rebound off the back glass at the 4:14 mark.

Less than two minutes later, Brennen Dubchak finished off a nice set-up from Hammond to put the Wolves up 8-1 and round out the scoring for the game.

The Thunderwolves outshot Brock 42-37 on the night, and the win moves Lakehead into fourth place in the ten-team OUA West Division.

The Molson Three Stars of the game were:
1. Mike Hammond, Lakehead
2. Jay Gilbert, Lakehead
3. Keith Grondin, Lakehead

The Wolves will remain at home and have an extra day of rest with only one game on the schedule next weekend.  Lakehead will host the McGill Redmen Saturday night at the Fort William Gardens in the annual teddy bear toss game

Source: Lakehead Thunderwolves

RMC 4 @ Queens's 14

KINGSTON, Ont. (November 8, 2014) - The men's hockey team broke through offensively Saturday night as they took down RMC 14-4 at the Memorial Centre. The 14 goals was the most in a single game for Queen's since 1985.

Queen's dominated play from the drop of the puck, tallying six goals in the first frame. Blair Wentworth (Calgary) opened the scoring with his first of the season when he corralled a loose puck in the slot and fired it to the top right corner. Patrick McGillis (Calgary) doubled the lead after poking home a rebound in the crease. Warren Steele (Williamsburg, Ont.) added a goal of his own when his blast from the point found its way through the screen and into the back of the net. Two minutes later, Darcy Greenaway (Wilton, Ont.) buried his third of the season after captain Corey Bureau (Amherstview, Ont.) set him up for a one-timer in the slot. Wentworth followed with his second of the night and Taylor Clements (Toronto) added his first of the season to put Queen's ahead 6-0 after the opening period. 

The Gaels continued to generate offence and capitalize on scoring opportunities as Bureau added to the lead, beating replacement goaltender Paul Mazzolin on a breakaway. Queen's collected another the following minute as Yannick Laflamme (Thetford Mines, Que.) buried a shot from the point for the powerplay tally. Eric Ming (Williamstown, Ont.) and Patrick Downe (New Maryland, N.B.) each added a goal of their own to give the Gaels a commanding 10-0 lead. RMC found the scoresheet in the final minutes of the middle frame with back-to-back powerplay goals from Jake Bullen and Kyle Phillips. 

Queen's quickly added to their lead as Laflamme, McGillis and Greenaway each registered their second tally of the night in the opening five minutes of the final period. Wentworth deposited the final goal for the Gaels as he lead a two-on-one rush and buried a wrist shot to complete the hat-trick. 

Final shots for the game totalled 48 to 32 in favour of Queen's. Goaltender Chris Clarke (Fall River, N.S.) started in net for the Gaels, collecting the 28 save win, while Mitchell Brown and Mazzolin of RMC combined for the 34 save loss. McGillis led all skaters with five points for the night. 

The Gaels (5-4-0) return to action Friday night when they travel to Toronto to take on the Ryerson Rams (6-3-1).

The Gaels last scored more than 14 goals back on January 27, 1985 when they beat Ryerson 16-0. Queen's last beat RMC by scoring more than 14 goals in a game back on January 19, 1983 when they won 17-4 against their rivals.

Source: Queen's Gaels

Other Scores: Nipissing 6 @ Concordia 4; Laurentian 3 @ UQTR 6