CIS men's hockey Friday roundup: Lakers late goal sinks Hawks

ST. CATHARINES, Ont. – The Brock University men's hockey team (1-0 OUA) opened the 2011-12 OUA regular season with a 6-3 victory over the Carleton Ravens at the Seymour-Hannah Centre Friday night.
 
Brock sophomore Jordan Gignac (Hamilton, Ont.) opened the scoring at 14:51 of the first period burying a wrist shot over the pad of Ravens' sophomore goaltender Matthew Dopud (Pointe-Claire, QC).
 
Under a minute later at 15:28, Carleton seniors Andrew Self (Peterborough, Ont.) and Shane Bakker (Navan, Ont.) setup sophomore Brad Albert (Nepean, Ont.) who put a backhand shot off the post and in past Brock senior goaltender Kurt Jory (Brandon, Man.).
 
Just over three minutes into the second period, Brock would take a 2-1 lead on the power play when senior Derek Brochu (Welland, Ont.) found Gignac who slid it past Dopud for his second goal of the night.
 
Sophomore Thomas Stajan (Mississauga, Ont.) gave Brock a two-goal lead at 17:54 of the second period with Gignac adding the lone assist.
 
Carleton pulled within one goal with seven seconds remaining in the second, as sophomore Joe Pleckaitis (Ottawa, Ont.) setup senior Brandon MacLean (Burlington, Ont.) for his first goal of the campaign.
 
The Badgers power play would go to work once again at 6:51 of the third period, as freshman Sean Jones (Newmarket, Ont.) and sophomore Kaine Geldart (Kingston, Ont.) setup sophomore defenseman Kevin Christmas (Hamilton, Ont.) who buried a slap shot from the point past Dopud to make it 4-2.
 
Brock freshman Andrew Boudreau (St. Catharines, Ont.) fed sophomore Matt Abercrombie (Sarnia, Ont.) a pass into the slot, which he dragged past Dopud to give the Badgers a three-goal lead 5-2 at 8:49.
 
Midway through the third period at 11:02, Carleton would make it 5-3 as Bakker added his first goal of the season finding the back of the net behind Jory.
 
With 30 seconds remaining in regulation and the Ravens' goalie pulled, Stajan secured the victory adding an empty net goal.
 
Jory turned aside 22 of the 25 Carleton shots he faced for the victory while the Ravens' Dopud collected 18 saves in the loss.
 
Badgers are right back in action Saturday, October 8 at 2:15 p.m. at the Seymour Hannah Complex when they face the Queens Gaels.
 
GAME SUMMARY
 
1st Period

 Brock, Gignac 1 (Brochu, Stajan), 14:51
 Carleton, Albert 1 (Self, Bakker), 15:28.

2nd Period

 Brock, Gignac 2 (Brochu), 3:16 (PP)
 Brock, Stajan 1 (Gignac), 17:54
 Carleton, MacLean 1 (Pleckaitis), 19:53
 
3rd Period

 Brock, Christmas 1 (Geldart, Jones), 6:51 (PP)
 Brock, Abercrombie 1 (Boudreau), 8:49
 Carleton, Bakker 1 (Self, Bahm), 11:02
 Brock, Stajan 2 (Abercrombie, Smeltzer), 19:30 (EN)
 
Goalies

 Carleton, Dopud 0-1-0 (23 shots-18 saves)
 Brock, Jory 1-0-0 (25 shots-22 saves)

Source: Brock Sports Info

LONDON, Ont. – The Western Mustangs men’s hockey team defeated the RMC Paladins 5-2 in their first OUA game of the season.
 
Chris Rocca opened the scoring for the Mustangs early in the first period on a scramble in front of the RMC netminder.
 
 The Paladins attempted to tie up the game on a powerplay, after veteran defenseman Scott Aarssen took an interference penalty, but were blanked by the solid goalkeeping of rookie Alain Valiquette (Sudbury, Ont.).
 
RMC remained scoreless for most of the period until Colin O’Rourke banged in a rebound that just squeaked past Valiquette.
 
Despite a strong first period for the Mustangs, it was 1-1 after 20 minutes of play.
 
Second-year forward Steve Reese scored early in the second period with helpers from Keaton Turkiewicz and Kevin Baker.
 
A minute later, rookie Zach Harnden netted his first goal of the game giving Western a 3-1 advantage.
 
Harnden added his second goal as a Mustang on a powerplay at 6:29.
 
The Paladins scored their second and final goal of the game late in the period as the Mustangs went into the dressing room 4-2 after two periods of play.
 
It was a penalty-laden third period for RMC as they took six for a total of 12 minutes.  The Mustangs scored one more time to finish the game with a final score of 5-2. The goal was scored by Yashar Farmanara at 13:46.
 
Valiquette stopped 19 of 21 shots and RMC goalkeeper Andrew Flemming (Quispamsis, N.B.) stopped 43 of 48 shots.
 
The three stars of the game were Harnden, Flemming and Turkiewicz.
 
The Western Mustangs will suit up for their second game of the weekend when they face the Carleton Ravens at Thompson Arena tomorrow, Saturday, Oct. 8 at 7:30 p.m. 

Source: Western Sports Info

WATERLOO, Ont. - The Wilfrid Laurier Golden Hawks men's hockey team (0-1-0) lost their season opener Friday night to the Nipissing Lakers (2-0-0) by a score of 5-4.

Defenceman Jeff Leaist of Hamilton, Ont., scored his second of the contest with just over two minutes remaining to win the back-and-forth affair for Nipissing.

The Hawks got off to a good start after Kain Allicock of Markham, Ont., opened the scoring on the powerplay midway through the opening frame.

Laurier would stretch their lead to three less than six minutes into the second period on goals from Mitch Lebar of Aurora, Ont., and James Marsden of Exeter, Ont.

After the two goal outburst in under a minute, the Lakers called a timeout and it woke up the team. Nipissing would score four goals in the next eight minutes on Hawks netminder Ryan Daniels of Pickering, Ont., to take the lead heading to the third.

However, just 26 seconds into the final frame, Benjamin Skinner of Markham, Ont., evened the score at four with his first goal of the season.

The game would remain tied until Leaist fired home his second of the game at the 17:57 mark of the third period.

Daniels finished the game with 31 saves in a losing effort for Laurier while Daniel Spence of Langley, B.C., turned aside 19 shots to earn the win for the Lakers.

Both Marsden and Allicock finished the game with a goal and an assist to lead the Hawks offensively.

Nipissing finished the game two for six on the powerplay while the Hawks managed just one goal on nine opportunities. In total, the two teams combined to take 77 minutes in penalties with Nipissing owning 49 of those minutes.

Laurier will look to get in the win column tomorrow night when they host the Ottawa Gee-Gees at the Waterloo Memorial Recreational Complex. Game time is set for 7:30 p.m.

Source: Laurier Sports Info

TORONTO - Five different players scored as the Varsity Blues men’s hockey team defeated the Queen’s Gaels 5-2 on Friday, October 7 at Varsity Arena.
 
The win marks Toronto's first over Queen's since Jan. 16, 2010.
 
After a scoreless first period, fourth-year forward Robert Kay of Orono, Ont., got the Blues on the board, tapping in a Cassidy Preston rebound that was sitting on the goal line.
 
Second-year forward Anthony Bergin (Scarborough, Ont.) potted U of T’s second goal on the powerplay, one-timing a Michael Markovic pass in the slot past Gaels goalie Riley Whitlock.
 
Less than two minutes later Tyler von Engelbrechten nudged in fellow rookie forward Paul Van De Velde’s wrap around attempt to give the Blues a 3-0 lead that they would carry into the third period.
 
The Gaels came out raring to go in the third and quickly got on the board as Kelly Jackson finished off a play in U of T’s crease.
 
Three minutes later first-year Gaels forward Corey Bureau of Amherstview, Ont., wired a shot into the top corner to close the gap to one (3-2).
 
U of T would add some insurance with just over three minutes remaining as third-year forward Kyle Ventura scored off a faceoff to the left of Whitlock.
 
Byron Elliott rounded out the scoring with an empty-netter in the final minute of play.
 
Rookie goaltender Brett Willows made 21 saves in his CIS debut victory.
 
The Varsity Blues return to the ice next Satrurday, October 15 as they host the Westren Mustangs at Varsity Arena.  The puck drops at 7:30 p.m.

Source: Toronto Sports Info

GUELPH, Ont. – The Guelph Gryphon men’s hockey team rallied in the third period Saturday night in their regular season opener but fell short in a 5-2 loss to the Ottawa Gee Gees at the Gryphon Centre.  
 
 Cody St. Jacques (Iroquois Falls, Ont.) was in net for the Gryphons and made 26 saves on 31 shots in the loss.  While Gee Gees goaltender Russel Abbott was in net, making 27 saves on 29 shots for the win. 
 
 Ottawa took the early lead with a goal from Kyle Ireland at 4:33 of the first period.  Gee Gees forward Luc Olivier Blain and left wing Matthieu Methot were credited the assists. Gryphon captain Kris Belan (Florence, Ont.) scored his first of the season and tied up the game at 16:31 with fellow veterans Zach Lillie (Bracebridge, Ont.) and Ed Gale (Keswick, Ont.) credited the assists. The first period ended tied at one-all and the Gee-Gees outshot the Gryphons 13-8 in the period.
 
 The Gee Gees came out strong in the second period scoring a pair of early goals and shutting out the Gryphons.  Ottawa’s first goal came as the puck deflected off a Gryphon player in front of the Gryphon goalie and Ottawa’s Dominque Jalbert fired the rebound right past Loverock’s left shoulder.  The Gee Gees then earned a short-handed goal by Matt White at 9:51 to grab a 3-1 lead. Ottawa outshot the Gryphons in this period as well 12-8.
 
 In the third period the Gryphons rallied to get back into the game and scored on the power play by Andrew Merrett set up by J.T. MacDonald (Niagara Falls, Ont.) and Justin Gvora at the 10:27 minute mark.  The Gryphon celebrations ended shortly thereafter when the Gee Gees scored two more powerplay goals fromAustin Krahenbil and Alexandre Touchette to close out the game.  Despite the result the Gryphons faught hard in the period and outshot the Gee Gees in the third 13-6.  
 
 Overall the Gryphons were 2/6 on the powerplay while Ottawa was 3/7.  The Gee Gees outshot Guelph 31-29 on the evening. 
 
 The Gryphons will look to turn things around tomorrow night when they host the UQTR Patriotes at 7:30 p.m.
 
 BOX SCORE:
 Ottawa 1 2 2 - 5
 Guelph 1 0 1 - 2
 
 1st Period-1, Ottawa, Ireland 2 (Blain, Methot), 4:33 (PP). 2, Guelph, Belan 1 (Lillie, Gale), 16:31 (PP). Penalties-served by McInerney Guel (too many men), 0:53; Krahenbil Ott (tripping), 1:15; Lillie Guel (tripping), 3:50; Belan Guel (cross checking), 10:36; Methot Ott (tripping), 16:17; Chamberland Ott (roughing), 19:52; Merrett Guel (roughing), 19:52.
 
 2nd Period-3, Ottawa, Jalbert 1 (Methot, Blain), 1:40. 4, Ottawa, White 1 (Donovan, Miller), 9:51. Penalties-Krahenbil Ott (interference), 3:55; Jalbert Ott (roughing), 6:25; Belan Guel (roughing), 6:25; Leduc Ott (roughing), 6:35; Lillie Guel (roughing), 6:35; Lillie Guel (interference), 13:49.
 
 3rd Period-5, Guelph, Merrett 1 (Macdonald, Gvora), 10:27 (PP). 6, Ottawa, Krahenbil 1 (Touchette, Moore), 11:56 (PP). 7, Ottawa, Touchette 1 (Moore, Leduc), 16:44 (PP). Penalties-Leduc Ott (roughing), 6:35; Chamberland Ott (holding), 8:34; Belan Guel (unsportsmanlike cnd.), 11:45; Merrett Guel (roughing), 12:19; Belan Guel (checking to the head, 10-minute misconduct), 16:01; Baubriau Ott (holding), 18:41.
 
 Shots on Goal
 Ottawa 13-12-6-31
 Guelph 8-8-13-29.
 
 Power Play Opportunities: Ottawa 3 / 7; Guelph 2 / 6.
 
 Goalies
 Ottawa, Abbott 1-1-0 (29 shots-27 saves)
 Guelph, St. Jacques 0-1-0 (31 shots-26 saves).

Source: Guelph Sports Info

WATERLOO, Ont. - Third year Kirt Hill (Winnipeg) scored a natural hat-trick in the third period to lift the Waterloo Warriors to a 5-3 win over the UQTR Patriotes in their home opener at CIF arena on Friday night.  The Warriors trailed 3-2 heading into the third period before Hill emerged as the hero scoring all three goals in the final frame to give Waterloo two big points.
 
The first period opened up with captain Chris Ray (Kelowna) giving the Warriors a 1-0 lead on a nifty tip off of a shot from Steve Whitely (Petrolia) on the power play.  Tyler Moir (Calgary) picked up the other assist providing the initial re-direct on the Whitely shot.
 
The Patriotes would equalize the game seven minutes later on a power play of their own with Olivier Ouelett (Drumonville, Que.) finding the back of the net.   Before the end of the first, the Warriors once again took the lead with second year Andy Smith (Rosetown) stepping into a rebound from the high slot giving Patriotes goalie Guillaume Nadeau (St-Jean-Chrysostome, Que.) no chance on the play.
 
The second period opened with UQTR applying the pressure and being rewarded at the 9:53 minute mark as a Jonathan Parisien (Laval, Que.) would elude Waterloo netminder Keaton Hartigan (Kitchener) to tie up the game 2-2.  Only three minutes later, UQTR would claim their first lead of the game in similar fashion to Parisien's goal with a shot from the slot surprising Hartigan.  Gabriel Lemieux's (Longueuil, Que.) goal would give UQTR a 3-2 lead heading into the third period.
 
The third frame opened with several quality chances by Waterloo only to have them turned aside by Nadeau.  Following an Andy Smith (Rosetown) penalty, Hill would streak down the right side of the ice shorthanded and notch his first of three for the Warriors.  Hill's second effort allowed the puck to skip over Nadeau's glove to tie the game 3-3.
 
Six minutes later the Warriors took the lead with Hill finishing off a well constructed 2-on-1 with Josh Schappert (Winnipeg).  Schappert slid the puck over to Hill who made no mistake on the one-timer, the eventual game winning goal.  Hill would add the natural hat-trick goal into the empty net to give Waterloo the 5-3 win.
 
Hartigan stopped 27 of 30 shots faced to earn the win while Nadeau allowed four goals on 32 shots.
 
Next up for the black and gold is their second straight home game as they welcome the up and coming Nipissing Lakers tomorrow evening (Saturday, October 8) at 7:30pm at the CIF arena. 

Source: Waterloo Sports Info

EDMONTON - Levko Koper certainly knows how to make a debut.  The Edmonton product scored two goals in his first career CIS conference game, helping the Alberta Golden Bears to a 5-2 victory over the Regina Cougars, Friday night at Clare Drake Arena in Edmonton.
 
Sophomore Johnny Lazo also scored a pair for the Golden Bears, while also adding an assist, and defenceman Ben Lindemulder rounded out the scoring for Alberta.  Sophomore goalie Kurtis Mucha made 23 saves for the win.
 
The Cougars got goals from Tyler Penny and fourth-year forward Russ Nielsen.  Rookie goaltender Lucas Gore made 42 saves in the loss.
 
Koper, who was drafted by the Atlanta Thrashers (7th round, 185th overall in 2009), also scored the first goal in modern Winnipeg Jets history, when he tallied for the new NHL franchise during their rookie camp in Penticton, B.C. in September.
 
The two teams will meet again on Saturday, 7:00 pm at Clare Drake Arena. The game can be seen live at www.canadawest.tv.

Source: Alberta Sports Info