M-HOCKEY WEEKEND ROUNDUP: Mustangs bounce back with win against Warriors
The Lakehead Thunderwolves crushed the Guelph Gryphons 8-2 in an OUA West Division showdown before 2614 fans at the Fort William Gardens on Friday night.
Friday, January 30
Guelph 2 @ Lakehead 8
The Lakehead Thunderwolves crushed the Guelph Gryphons 8-2 in an OUA West Division showdown before 2614 fans at the Fort William Gardens on Friday night.
With the playoff race in the division as close as it is, the Wolves jumped from tenth place to start the night into a tie for sixth place by the time the game was over.
Keith Grondin extended the Wolves' lead to 3-0 with another power play goal at 6:56 of the second period, but Guelph's Robert DeFulviis replied 20 seconds later when he flipped the puck over the shoulder of Lakehead netminder Jeff Bosch.
Carson Dubchak restored the Wolves' three-goal lead at 8:38 when he converted on a nice pass from his brother Brennen, who wound up collecting three assists on the night.
Jake Wright made it 5-1 for Lakehead just over a minute later while the Wolves once again had the man-advantage, chasing D'Agostini from the Gryphons' goal where he was replaced by Keith Hamilton.
Hamilton didn't fare much better as the Lakehead deluge continued, and Carson Dubchak scored his second goal of the game at 10:59 to give the Wolves a 6-1 lead.
Guelph's Mark Raycroft slipped the puck by Bosch from a sharp angle at 13:59 to narrow the gap to 6-2 heading into the third.
Lakehead added to its total just 32 seconds into the final frame when Hammond converted on a fast-rising shot, and then Kelin Ainsworth finished the scoring at 9:48 with a short-handed goal after he broke in alone and beat Hamilton with a backhand through the five-hole.
The Molson Three Stars of the game were:
1. Carson Dubchak, Lakehead
2. Brennen Dubchak, Lakehead
3. Mike Hammond, Lakehead
Lakehead will look to strengthen its tenuous hold on a playoff spot when the two teams square off again at the Fort William Gardens tomorrow night.
Source: Lakehead Thunderwolves
Toronto 6 @ RMC 3
Fourth-year forward Tyler von Engelbrechten scored two goals in leading the University of Toronto Varsity Blues men's hockey team to a 6-3 victory over the RMC Paladins on Friday, January 30 in Kingston.
The Blues scored three first-period goals off the sticks of Patrick Marsh, Russell Turner and Connor Cleverley to take a 3-0 lead after 20 minutes of play.
RMC responded, however, with three of their own in the second and the game was deadlocked 3-3 heading into the final frame.
Von Engelbrechten notched the eventual game-winner 3:58 into the third period and fellow veteran Tyler Liukkonen padded Toronto's lead 15 seconds later. Von Engelbrechten added an empt-netter with 50 seconds remaining to seal the 6-3 win.
Fourth-year Blue netminder Brett Willows made 33 saves in the victory.
Waterloo 4 @ Brock 2
The Brock Badgers men's hockey team (9-13-2) playoff fate is in their own hands. With three games left in the regular season, the Badgers currently hold down sixth place in the OUA West Division, but they're only four points up on tenth place Lakehead.
The top eight teams qualify for the postseason.
Friday night at the Seymour-Hannah Centre Brock dropped its fifth straight game, losing 4-2 to the Waterloo Warriors (16-6-2).
Kaine Geldart scored both goals for the Badgers. The fifth year forward knows the clock is ticking on his University, and most likely competitive hockey, career.
"You look at the schedule, and I might only have three or four games left here," said the 25-year old Geldart whose twin brother Anthony plays defence for Brock. "I've got to try and do my best. This is the end of the line for a lot of guys in that (dressing) room.
Badgers head coach Murray Nystrom was happy that Geldart was able to find the scoresheet, but also knows defensive breakdowns costs his team two very valuable points.
"It was great to see Kaine breakout and contribute offensively. I know that's been weighing on him quite a bit," Nystrom said.
"It's down to the wire now, its playoff style hockey, and we made a couple of errors that cost us. Give Waterloo credit, they capitalized on it. We'll get ready for a Laurier team (Saturday night) and turn the page on tonight."
After their game at Laurier on Saturday, the Badgers host Toronto next Friday before visiting Windsor to close out the regular season.
"We've got to find a few points and just get in (playoffs). Once we get in anything can happen after that," added Geldart.
Next Friday's contest at home is the 'Do It For Doczy' game sponsored by Front Row Sports, and in support of Brock defenceman Milan Doczy who is battling cancer. For more information, or to donate, visit milandoczy.com
Badger Bits: Brock outshot Waterloo 37-30 overall.
Clint Windsor replaced Badgers starter Adrian Volpe after the Warriors scored shorthanded to take a 2-0 lead early in the second period.
Ryerson 2 @ Carleton 5
It was a night where just about everything went right for the Carleton Ravens. Off-ice, a large crowd came out in support of #Doefstrong night, while the Ravens took care of business on-ice with a sound 5-2 victory over the visiting Ryerson Rams.
Five players had multi-point games for Marty Johnston's team, while goaltender Patrick Killeen was stellar in making 27 saves on 29 shots faced.
"Like it's been all year, the guys have been keeping shots to the outside and battling in front of the net, making my job easy," said Killeen, "there's not really a lot you can say about (my performance)."
Carleton benefited from a strong first period which saw them take a 3-1 lead to the dressing room after twenty minutes. Perhaps most importantly, the Ravens' inconsistent powerplay came to life, going 2-for-3 while looking dangerous throughout the night.
"Getting those early goals really helped us, and at the end of the day, the powerplay came through, and I'm happy for them," said Ravens head coach Marty Johnston. "When things are struggling, you have to look for answers. With us, the powerplay guys were on the ice early, wanting more video – tonight we got some bounces, and I'm happy for them."
The Ravens jumped out to a quick 2-0 lead against the Rams courtesy of Mike Lomas and Ryan Van Stralen. The first strike came just over three minutes in, as Lomas tapped in a Justin Stevens rebound at the side of the Ryerson net. Van Stralen would double the lead just moments later, taking a stretch pass from Matt Stanisz before barreling in on the Ryerson net and beating Rams netminder Troy Passingham blocker-side.
Jason Kelly would cut the Rams' deficit to one, waltzing into a prime shooting position before ripping a shot past Killeen's blocker.
Carleton would restore their two-goal lead just 1:25 later, courtesy of captain Damian Cross. The captain took a nice feed from Corey Durocher before going to work, splitting through two Rams before roofing a shot on Passingham.
The Ravens led 3-1 after twenty minutes of play, but Ryerson had proven they were here to play, peppering Killeen for twelve shots.
The second period saw the Ravens begin to take over the game, outshooting the Rams 12-5. A crucial – and seemingly inevitable as the period wore on – Ravens insurance marker came late in the 2nd from an unlikely source. Defenceman David Weckworth's floater from the point deflected off of a pair of Rams and past Passingham. Weckworth's 3rd of the season provided some breathing room for Carleton, and the game was not close again after his goal.
The third period saw the Ravens strike again on the man advantage, with Jeff Hayes potting a loose puck in the slot at the 11:19 mark to put the game to bed.
Lucas Froese would score a consolation goal for the Rams with just under seven minutes remaining, but it was too little too late for a Ryerson (12-11-1) team which has struggled in recent weeks.
With the victory, Carleton (18-5-0) moved into a three-way tie for first-place in the competitive OUA East division.
The team's final regular season home game goes tomorrow night at the Ice House, as Carleton will host a Toronto Varsity Blues (12-11-1) team that's in a deadlock right now with Ryerson for the right to home ice in the 4-v-5 matchup in the OUA West.
"We're going to see a team that skates well," predicted head coach Marty Johnston, "U of T typically has a good skating team, they'll roll four lines, and they'll be good with their systems. We'll have to be good – execute our passing to break through that – it'll be a tight game."
Saturday, January 31
Waterloo 2 @ Western 3
It was a big afternoon for a couple of Western's rookies on Saturday, as Trent Ouellette ended the Mustangs' 142-minute goalless streak late in the first period and Trevor Warnaaradded the game-winner in a 3-2 victory over Waterloo at Thompson Arena.
Ouellette also added an assist on Warnaar's second period tally, which saw the Brampton native lift the puck past Waterloo's Mike Morrison on a three-on-two. When asked where the goal ranks in terms of the three he's scored this season, Warnaar laughed before noting it was up there.
"Yeah this one's pretty big— helping out the team, getting the [win]," he said. "We've come off a couple losses and [the Warriors] are nipping at our heels so to get that win that was big for us and I was glad to be a part of that."
The win snaps a two-game losing streak for Western and gives them some breathing room in the race against Waterloo for second place in the OUA West Division. The Warriors entered the afternoon just one point behind the Mustangs but leave behind by three, ending a three-game winning streak of their own in the process as their record falls to 16-7-2.
Heading into the match, Western had been plagued by some bad luck, finding themselves unable to score in their last two games despite good efforts against York and Windsor. Much to the delight of the purple and white faithful on hand for Saturday's game, the Mustangs had a number of chances to break that streak in the first period— highlighted by a full-ice bouncer from Greg Dodds that almost fooled Morrison— but looked like they'd finish without a goal for the seventh straight period.
Enter Ouellete, who stole the puck from Waterloo's Ryan Hanes and beat Morrison with just under 30 seconds left in the opening frame. Post-game, both Warnaar and head coach Clarke Singer noted that the team was able to let out a collective sigh of relief after the goal.
"I think we just had a little string of bad puck luck," said Warnaar. "We know that we can score goals; we've done it all year so it was just a matter of getting that first one. [We're] going into the home stretch here [with] three games left in the season before we hit the playoffs so it's definitely good to be hitting our stride right now."
"When Trent put that goal in in the first period it was a bit of a sigh of relief for everybody," Singer acknowledged. "You just never know— you're working hard and doing lots of good things and just the hockey gods aren't with yah. I think that made us relax a little bit. I think you can see after that goal went in we were a little bit of a different type of team the rest of the way."
Both teams came out with physical play early in the game and were hitting their marks more often than not, making for an action-packed first period that kept the fans on the edge of their seats. Western has already proven this year that they can play a physical brand of hockey and do it well, but the last couple of games have definitely seen the team step it up.
"It's playoff hockey and we've been talking about it all year, obviously," Singer said post-game. "I think when you play rivals like Windsor and Waterloo that kind of brings some more physicality to the game. You know tough game for Waterloo. I mean they travelled yesterday, played a seven o'clock game, travelled here, played a four o'clock game so they had a couple games in less than 24 hours and we wanted to try and take advantage of that."
Waterloo did seem to show their fatigue as the game drew on, following up a strong first-period by giving up two goals to the Mustangs in the second. Stephen Gaskin was the first one to get on the board in the frame, firing a slap shot off a Waterloo stick on a delayed penalty call just over six minutes in. Warnaar would follow that up with his third of the year 10 minutes later.
Dodds was perfect through the first two frames, stopping all 20 shots and exhibiting the confidence and patience that has helped him experience a resurgence in his last three games. Although Waterloo would beat him twice in the third period, first on a goal from Colin Behenna at the midway mark and second in the final minute on a tally from Justin Larson, he still put up strong stats on the night with 28 saves on 30 shots. His save percentage is now at .920.
The Mustangs now enter the final week of their regular season— a week that will see them close out the year against Guelph on Friday and Laurier on Saturday. It may not be the playoffs just yet but don't expect Western to bring anything but their playoff game, as the team looks to guarantee themselves second-place in the OUA standings with a pair of wins.
"We've got a week to get ready for the playoffs— we've only got two games left so you want to be playing your best when mid-February hits," Singer said. "You know we're not there yet but I'm proud of the guys [and] I thought they did a great job."
Notes: Western, previously the owner of the league's best power play success rate, has gone cold over their last number of games, failing to score on 10 chances through their last three games. In fact, since going 100% against RMC on January 9, Western has found themselves unable to score with the man advantage in five of their last seven games… With three solid performances in his last three starts, Dodds has moved himself back into the OUA's top five in save percentage and goals against average (2.37)… Steve Reese added another assist on Saturday evening and now sits tied for fourth in the OUA in that category with 22 and seventh in points with 30.
UOIT 1 @ McGill 4
Marc-Olivier Vachon of Thetford Mines, Que., tallied twice to blow out the candles on the 138th anniversary of the first organized hockey game at McGill, guiding the Redmen to a 4-1 victory over the University of Ontario Institute of Technology at McConnell Arena, Saturday.
It capped an old birthday party, one which marked the 138th anniversary of McGill's first-ever game eons ago, a 2-1 victory over the Montreal Victorias on Jan. 31, 1877.
The result, McGill's seventh in eight lifetime meetings against the Oshawa-based UOIT Ridgebacks, kept McGill atop the OUA East standings at 19-5-0 with two games remaining. Carleton (19-5-0) and UQTR (18-4-2) are in hot pursuit but the Redmen hold the all-important tie-breaker over both, with a two-game sweep over the Ravens and more wins than the Patriotes.
For Vachon, it was the fifth career multi-goal game of his career. He had five shots on net and was 12-4-2 on faceoffs.
"Vachon is a great leader for us and he's been dynamite in the faceoff circle, not just tonight but since the Christmas break," said McGill head coach Kelly Nobes. "He got a couple of goals tonight and has been a big part of our success this year. The focus tonight was on having a shot mentality and getting pucks to the net. His first goal was a good dot lane drive and he got a rebound. His second goal was a result of putting a shot towards the net and I think it deflected off one of their defencemen."
Other marksmen for McGill included Jonathan Bonneau (4th) with the game-winner and defenceman Samuel Labrecque who tallied his 10th of the season, which leads all CIS rearguards. Labrecque is only the sixth defenceman in McGill history to score 10 or more goals in regular-season play, joining an elite group that includes Gilles Hudon (15 in 24 games, 1981-82), Bryan Larkin (14 in 26 games, 1988-89), Nicolas Cantin (11 in 26 games, 1996-97), David Bahl (10 in 26 games, 1999-00) and Ryan McKiernan (13 in 28 games, 2013-14).
James Woodcroft tallied the lone Ridgebacks goal, on the power-play, spoiling Jacob Gervais-Chouinard's bid for a shutout with just six seconds remaining in the third period. The second-year McGill netminder owns a 12-3-0 record and now leads all CIS goalies with a stingy ,946 save percentage. He is also tied for first in goals-against average at 1:67..
McGill had a 51-31 edge in shots, including 21-8 margin in the first stanza. UOIT goalie Colin Dzijacky made 47 saves in a losing cause as his record dropped to 2-7-0.
The Ridgebacks (9-15-1) will play their regular season finale at Concordia (8-16-0) on Super Bowl Sunday at 2 p.m. The Redmen (19-5-0) will close out their OUA schedule at with the Ronald Corey Cup game at Concordia on Feb. 6 (7:30 p.m.) and a home game against the RMC Paladins (0-20-3) on Feb. 7 at 7 p.m.
REDMEN RAP: A reminder to look for former Redmen forward Dr. Taro Kaibaro on the sidelines at the Super Bowl in Glendale, Arizona, A prominent neurosurgeon who skated for the Redmen from 1986 to 1990, Kaibaro is one of two physicians from the Barrow Neurological Institute in Phoenix who will be on the sidelines to evaluate athletes' symptoms and signs of concussion as per NFL guidelines. Originally from London, Ont., Kaibaro earned his BSc from McGill in 1990.
Ryerson 5 @ RMC 2
Andreas Tsogkas (Scarborough, Ont.) had a goal and two assists to lead the Ryerson Rams men's hockey team to a 5-2 win over the Royal Military College (RMC) Paladins on Saturday night.
With the win, the Rams improve to 13-11-1 and clinch a playoff spot for the fourth straight season.
Jason Kelly (Toronto) opened the scoring for the Rams, continuing his hot streak by scoring for the fifth time in the last seven games. Domenic Alberga (Maple, Ont.) would get his first of two on the night and Ryerson led 2-0 at the end of the first period. The second-year forward is currently tied for second in the OUA with 16 goals.
Alberga and Lucas Froese (Grunthal, Man.) scored to give the Rams a 4-0 lead before Frederic Thouin got RMC on the board with 13 seconds to play in the middle frame.
Tsogkas and Marcus Quinlin traded goals in the third period.
Troy Passingham (Mississauga, Ont.) stopped 33 of 35 shots for his 13th win of the season, while Evan Deviller saved 44 of 49 shots in the loss.
Ryerson was 1-for-3 on the powerplay and RMC was 0-for-2 with the man advantage.
The Rams will play their final regular season home game on February 5th when they host the York Lions.
Toronto 1 @ Carleton 4
There was a special vibe at the Carleton Ice House on Saturday night as the Ravens men's hockey team wrapped up the home portion of their 2014-15 regular season schedule in front of nearly three hundred fans. The team honoured its six graduating veterans – Nick Duhn, Mike Lomas, Matt Stanisz, Joe Pleckaitis, Jeff Hayes, and captain Damian Cross – during the pre-game before taking care of business against the Toronto Varsity Blues, downing their blue-and-white visitors 4-1.
Seven graduating members of the Ravens men's hockey team (L to R): Clayton Johns (equipment manager), Joe Pleckaitis, Damian Cross (C), Michael Lomas, Nick Duhn, Jeff Hayes, Matt Stanisz (A).
Four of the six graduates would get on the scoresheet for Carleton, most notably Jeff Hayes. The fifth-year senior from Ottawa had himself a game to remember, scoring on both a powerplay and a penalty kill while notching an assist on Ryan Van Stralen's game-winner.
"Couldn't have happened to a better guy," said Carleton head coach Marty Johnston, who also lauded the Ravens' special teams. "(Hayes is) a guy that takes care of himself, he's a good student – he had a bit of hard luck at points this season, but he kept working and I'm real happy for him."
It was clear from the outset that the Blues had come to play on Saturday, aggressively checking the Ravens in the first period and forcing Carleton netminder Francis Dupuis into a number of quality saves.
The Ravens would open the scoring just past the halfway mark of the opening period while on the man advantage. Taking a pass down below the Toronto goal line, Ravens playmaker Michael McNamee found Jeff Hayes in the slot, and Hayes would make no mistake, beating Blues goaltender Garrett Sheehan with his one-timer.
Toronto would tie things up at the 4:21 mark of the second period while on a powerplay of their own. Jeff Brown was the benefactor of a great cross-ice feed from Christian Finch, and the Blues' leading scorer stayed true to form, beating Dupuis blocker-side.
The Ravens regained their lead just over five minutes later, as Ryan Van Stralen wired a loose puck past Sheehan for his 8th goal of the season and fifth in the month of January.
Carleton snagged a crucial insurance goal late in the second frame on the powerplay, as Mitch Zion wristed a shot through traffic to beat Sheehan, giving the Ravens a 3-1 lead after forty minutes.
Jeff Hayes would put the game on ice for Marty Johnston's team at the 10:23 mark of the third, racing in alone on a shorthanded breakaway before deking out Sheehan and slickly sliding the puck past the Toronto 'tender to make it 4-1.
"It's a big tough two points for us," said Johnston, whose team killed off seven of its eight penalties on the night. "Our special teams won the game for us; a powerplay goal, a shorthanded goal, and killing all of those penalties. I'm really proud of the guys, they worked hard and we taxed some guys hard in terms of minutes, because of all the penalties, but they battled through."
Both goaltenders were sharp, with Sheehan making 32 saves on 36 shots faced in the Toronto net and his Carleton counterpart, Francis Dupuis, turned aside 27 of the 29 shots he faced in between the pipes for Carleton.
The Ravens will wrap up their 2014-15 regular season schedule next weekend with a tough two-day trip up north to face the Nipissing Lakers (Friday, 7 p.m.) and Laurentian Voyageurs (Saturday, 7 p.m.).
"We're expecting a high intensity level on the trip, and we know we'll have to have all four lines going because two games in two nights in this league is extremely difficult," explained Johnston.
There will be at the very least one more opportunity for Ravens fans to see the nationally-ranked men's hockey team in action on campus, as the first round of the OUA East playoffs is slated to start on Wednesday, February, 11th.
Guelph 6 @ Lakehead 5
The Lakehead Thunderwolves were edged 6-5 by the Guelph Gryphons in the second overtime period on Saturday night in an exciting match played before 2641 fans at the Fort William Gardens.
The first period of a very physical game saw a steady stream of penalties handed out to both teams and lots of offense, with each side scoring three times.
Then with Lakehead on a five-on-three power play, Mike Hammond walked in a rifled a shot past Guelph netminder Andrew D'Agostini to put the Wolves up 2-1 at the 9:47 mark, but the Gryphons' Scott Simmonds tied the game up less than a minute later.
Soon after, Wolves' goalie Jeff Bosch took a hard shot to the face mask and had to be replaced in the Lakehead goal by Justin McDonald, who was beaten by Kyle Neuber while the Gryphons had the man-advantage at the 11:35 mark.
Nathan Bruyere wired one past D'Agostini at 16:35 to deadlock the score at 3-3 heading into the second.
Special teams were key for Guelph in the middle stanza, as the Gryphons struck twice to take a 5-3 lead after 40 minutes. MacKenzie Nichol put Guelph up by one at 10:08 on the power play, and then Andres Kopstals added another while the Gryphons were short-handed at 16:27.
With the Wolves on the power play, Bruyere notched his second goal of the night 2:31 into the third to narrow the Gryphons lead to 5-4, and then E.J. Faust tied it up by sliding the puck into an open net with D'Agostini caught out of position, forcing the game into overtime.
The first five minutes of four-on-four was fast paced with end-to-end action, but both goalies came up with some big saves to push the match into a second overtime period of three-on-three hockey.
Mike Quesnele and Mike Hammond broke in on a two-on-one and just missed a great chance to end the game, and then Guelph's Seth Swenson came right back the other way to notch the winner.
Shots on goal in the game were 43-42 for Lakehead.
The Molson Three Stars of the game were:
1. Mike Hammond, Lakehead
2. MacKenzie Nichol, Guelph
3. Brennen Dubchak, Lakehead
The single point the Wolves picked up for the overtime loss was critical as it leaves Lakehead tied with Guelph for the last two playoff spots, one point ahead of Laurier and York.
That means Lakehead will control its own fate when the Wolves head to Kitchener next weekend to take on Waterloo and Laurier to conclude the OUA regular season.
Source: Lakehead Thunderwolves
York 0 @ Windsor 1
The No. 7 Lancer men's hockey team matched up against the York Lions Saturday night in a tight game on Breast Cancer Awareness Day. Windsor came out on top with their second consecutive 1-0 victory.
With the win, the Lancers are the first team to hit 20 wins on the season with a 20-4-1 record, while the Lions drop to 9-14-2 on the year.
Lancer goaltender Parker Van Buskirk earned his second straight shut-out in the win turning away 32 shots, whileDylan Denomme scored his twelfth of the season to lift the Blue & Gold over the visiting Lions.
York came out hard in the first period and outshot the Lancers 12-8 in the frame, with many of their chances coming on the power play, however, Windsor's textbook penalty kill kept the game scoreless in the first period.
More penalties in the second period saw both teams with the man advantage numerous times, but both goaltenders denied either team the opportunity to capitalize. It wasn't until late in the second period that Drew Palmer found Dylan Denomme open in the slot, where he notched the puck top corner, putting the Lancers up 1-0 going into the final period.
In the third, both goalies played extremely well and denied all shots that came their way. In a desperate attempt to even the score, York pulled their goalie and added an extra attacker, but the Lancers remained calm and played well defensively, earning them the win.
Brock 1 @ Laurier 4
The Brock Badgers men's hockey team (9-14-2) dropped a 4-1 decision to the Laurier Golden Hawks (10-14-1) Saturday night in Waterloo.
The Golden Hawks opened a 3-0 lead after 40 minutes of play, before Anthony Geldart scored his first career OUA goal for the Badgers.
Ryan Lopes, Luke Heitkamp, Mike Webley and Zach Lorentz into an empty-net replied for Laurier who outshot Brock 36-34 overall and went 0-for-3 on the powerplay.
The Badgers were also 0-for-3 with the man-advantage, and have now dropped six straight games.
"It was a very disappointing game tonight," said Brock head coach Murray Nystrom. "We seemed nervous, tight and had a difficult time adjusting to the Olympic size ice surface. Laurier played an outstanding game and earned the win."
Clint Windsor suffered the loss in goal, while Vinny Merante picked up the win.\
Queen's 4 @ Laurentian 1
Goaltender Kevin Bailie(Belleville, Ont.) collected 39 saves and Andrew Wiebe (Thunder Bay, Ont.) added a pair of tallies as the men's hockey team topped the Laurentian Voyageurs 4-1 Saturday night on the road to pick up two valuable points as they hope to climb the OUA East standings.
The Gaels opened the scoring in the first frame with a powerplay tally from Wiebe. Patrick McGillis (Calgary) and Spencer Abraham(Campbellville, Ont.) collected the assists on Wiebe's ninth of the season.
Queen's doubled their lead to end the middle period on a goal fromEric Ming (Williamstown, Ont.). Kelly Jackson (Scarborough, Ont.) and Kris Grant (Wilton, Ont.) registered the assists.
Jackson added an unassisted insurance marker in the final frame and Wiebe collected an empty-netter as Queen's went on to earn the 4-1 victory.
Final shots for the night totalled 40-30 in favour of Laurentian. Bailie was credited with the 39 save victory while Laurentian's Alain Valiquette suffered the 27 save loss.
Other Scores
Nipissing 2 @ UQTR 6
Sunday, February 1
UOIT 4 @ Concordia 3
Jake Logan's first goal of the season proved to be a big one, the game-winner, as the UOIT men's hockey team wrapped up their regular season with a 4-3 victory over the Concordia Stingers on Sunday.
Jesse Stoughton (Bobcaygeon, Ont.) scored his ninth goal of the season to open the scoring 10:20 into the game. The Ridgebacks held the 1-0 lead into the second period until Antoine Houde-Caron tied it 1-1 just under two minutes into the middle frame.
Mike Robinson (Stouffville, Ont.) gave UOIT their second lead of the night, with his sixth of the year, midway through the second, but 18 seconds later Dany Potvin scored for Concordia to tie the game again. The score was 2-2 through two.
At the 10-minute mark of the third Stefano Momesso went to the box for the Stingers, giving the Ridgebacks an opportunity to take the lead back. Although they didn't score on the man advantage, they carried the momentum into five-on-five play as Mike Whiteside (Ajax, Ont.) put UOIT up 3-2 with 7:14 to go in the third.
Logan (Napanee, Ont.) gave the Ridgebacks some space with his power play marker with 4:45 left on the clock.
Matt Boudreau found the back of the net for the Stingers at the 16:35 mark, but that was as close as Concordia would come as UOIT shut the door the rest of the way en route to their 4-3 victory.
Brendan O'Neill (Ilderton, Ont.) made 22 saves for the win, while Alexandre St-Arnaud turned aside 27 UOIT shots in the loss for Concordia.
The Ridgebacks now wait to see who their first round opponent will be as McGill, Carleton and UQTR sit atop the OUA East Division tied at 38 points with each team having two games left to play this week.
With a seventh place finish, UOIT will play the second seed in the opening round, which will begin the week of Feb. 9-15.
