OUA women's hockey roundup: No. 2 Golden Hawks victorious over No. 9 Gryphons

WATERLOO, Ont. - The No. 2 nationally-ranked Wilfrid Laurier Golden Hawks (11-0-0) outshot the visiting Brock Badgers 38-11 enroute to a 4-0 win at the Waterloo Recreation Complex on Sunday.

The Badgers (4-8-1) netminder Beth Clause (Hamilton, Ont.) had an outstanding first period stopping both first and second chances.

Laurier's Alicia Martin (Etobicoke, Ont.) opened the scoring at the 6:38 mark in the second period. The Hawks got the goal with Karolyn McIlmoyle (Newmarket, Ont.) in the box for interference.

The flood gates finally opened in the third when Kaley Powers (Kingston, Ont.) fired a puck from the side of the net and it deflected in off of Clauses' stick. Powers also setup the next goal, with a nice pass to Kate Psota (Burlington, Ont.) who deflected the puck into the net.

Abby Rainsberry (Petrolia, Ont.) scored the fourth goal for Laurier on a screen.

Kristen Kilgallen (Guelph, Ont.) got her first start for the purple and gold and stopped all 11 shots for her first shutout. Beth Clause faced 38 and stopped 34.

QUEEN'S 5, WESTERN 1

At Western, on the strength of a four-point game from Elizabeth Kench (Gananoque, Ont.), the No. 7 Queen's Gaels (9-2-0) defeated the Western Mustangs (4-7-0) by a score of 5-1 on Sunday afternoon.

The opening period saw the Gaels jump out to an early 1-0 lead thanks to Kelsey Thomson's sixth goal of the season. For the rest of the period, Western would control the flow of the game and peppered Queen's goalie Mel Dodd-Moher (Stittsville, Ont.) with 11 shots. However, they were unable to beat the Gaels netminder and Queen's took the lead into the second.

Western would finally breakthrough on a power play five minutes into the second as Ellie Seedhouse got one past Dodd-Moher to even things up at one.

Thomson (Martintown, Ont.) would score her second of the game less than four minutes later to restore the Gaels lead.

From there, Kench would take over the game for Queen's. First, she notched her fourth of the season on the power play before setting up Kristin Smith (Toronto) and Morgan McHaffie (Guelph, Ont.) to give Queen's a 5-1 lead. Smith's and McHaffie's goals came 37 seconds apart late in the second.

WATERLOO 1, GUELPH 0

At Waterloo, Kahla Stern (Paris, Ont.) made 26 saves and Mandy Harrop (Simcoe, Ont.) scored the only goal of the game in the second period as the Warriors (3-4-1) knocked off the No. 9 Guelph Gryphons 1-0 Sunday afternoon.

After a scoreless first period, Waterloo's Harrop scored her second goal of the year on the power play at 11:12 to put the Warriors on the board.

In the third, Waterloo's defence shut down Guelph (5-4-0) who could not solve Waterloo netminder. Stern would make 26 saves earning her second victory on the season.

WINDSOR 4, UOIT 0

At Windsor, the Lancers (5-7-0) rebounded from a loss to the Queen's Gaels the day before to shut out the UOIT Ridgebacks (4-7-0) by a 4-0 score on home ice Sunday afternoon at South Windsor Arena.
 
Lindsay Hoogtraten (St. George, Ont.) took advantage of Windsor's first power play opportunity of the game to net her first of the game, as the Lancers jumped to a 1-0 just 4:43 into the first period.
 
The score would remain unchanged until early in the third period when Manon Davis (Sudbury, Ont.) scored her 10th of the season on another Lancer power play to give Windsor a 2-0 lead. Four and a half minutes later Stephanie Hebert (Windsor, Ont.) would add to Windsor's lead with her third of the year.
 
Hoogtraten would net her second of the game, and season, with the Lancers third power play of the game to make the score 4-0.
 
Jamie Tessier (Copper Cliff, Ont.) earned her first shut out of the season, making 22 saves in the win.

LAURIER 3, GUELPH 2

At Wilfrid Laurier, the No. 2 Golden Hawks extended their winning streak to 10 straight with a 3-2 win over the visiting Guelph Gryphons.

The No. 9 Gryphons came out hard in the first period and their tenacious play yielded a goal just past the midway point from Jenna Lanzarotta (Mississauga, Ont.). The Hawks couldn't tie it up until Katherine Shirriff (Carrying Place, Ont.) made good on a penalty shot early in the second after getting hauled down driving the net.

Shirriff continued the Hawks scoring six minutes into the third for her fifth of the 2009-10 campaign. Guelph evened the game with a goal from Dayna Kanis (Georgetown, Ont.), but two minutes later Kate Psota (Burlington, Ont.) potted her second of the season to give the Hawks the go-ahead goal.

Guelph netminder Danielle Skoufranis (Thornhill, Ont.) stopped 31 of 34 shots while Laurier's Liz Knox (Stouffville, Ont.) turned aside 16 of 18.

Neither squad was able to score with the man-advantage as both went 0-for-2.

QUEEN'S 3, WINDSOR 1

At Windsor, led by Becky Conroy's three point effort, the No. 7 Queen's Gaels defeated the Lancers by a score of 3-1 on Saturday afternoon.

The first period was a wild affair as the two teams combined to score three goals in the first seven and a half minutes of action. Manon Davis (Sudbury, Ont.) opened the scoring for the Lancers just 1:18 into the period when she beat Gaels goalie Mel Dodd-Moher (Stittsville, Ont.) for her ninth of the season.

Queen's would respond quickly and tied the game less than two minutes later when rookie Alana Smith (Aurora, Ont.) scored her first career OUA goal. Conroy (Pembroke, Ont.), who assisted on the opening goal, scored her first of the contest before the game was eight minutes old to put the Gaels in front.

From there, both Dodd-Moher and Jamie Tessier (Copper Cliff, Ont.) of Windsor stepped up their play and kept the score 2-1 after two periods of play.

The Gaels would add an insurance marker early in the third period as Conroy scored her 11th goal of the season on the power play.

YORK 5, TORONTO 1

At Toronto, the York Lions (6-3-0) maintained their winning streak on Saturday, handily beating the Varsity Blues (4-4-1) by a score of 5-1.

Each team took two penalties in the first 12 minutes, but it was York who capitalized on the two-player power play. Mandy Cole (Peterborough, Ont.) scored the first goal of the game off of passes from Courtney Unruh (Fort St. John, B.C.) and Kelsey Webster (Duncan, B.C.). The game remained at 1-0 for the Lions going into the first intermission.

Both teams erupted offensively in the second period as there were several shots on goal. Again, the Varsity Blues went down a player, and after only six seconds on the power play, Cole put in her second goal of the game.

The Varsity Blues pushed back against the Lions, but York's goalkeeper Sydney McMurter (Orillia, Ont.) stopped all 20 shots in the period, just a portion of her amazing 48-save game. As the period came to an end, York put two more goals in Toronto's net. Amanda McBride (Newmarket, Ont.) and Autumn Mills (London, Ont.) each added a marker for the Lions. The Lions went into the second intermission up a solid 4-0.

Just under five minutes into the third, the Varsity Blues offence finally clicked and managed to get the puck past McMurter to make the score 4-1.

York wouldn't let that go unanswered, and within one minute, Unruh netted a shorthanded goal unassisted, bringing her point total for the game to a spectacular one goal and three assists.

UOIT 3, WESTERN 2

At Western, the UOIT Ridgebacks picked up two big points in the OUA standings on Saturday as they defeated the Western Mustangs 3-2 in London, Ont..

Jaclyn Gibson (Cobourg, Ont.) was the hero for UOIT as she beat Western goalie Lindsey Martin (London, Ont.) through the five-hole at 10:46 of the third period to break a 2-2 tie and lift the Ridgebacks to victory.

Sarah Worthington (Whitby, Ont.) got the Ridgebacks off to a great start as she scored the game's first two goals, giving UOIT a 2-0 lead. Chrissy Tershyn (Scarborough, Ont.) would pick up two assists on the goals while Jill Morillo (Whitby, Ont.) and Meggie McNabb (Parry Sound, Ont.) picked up single assists.

The trio of Morillo, Tereshyn and Worthington has been on fire this season as all three players are in the top 15 in league scoring.

WATERLOO 2, BROCK 1

At Brock, the Waterloo Warriors got goals from Sarah McCorquodale (Embro, Ont.) and Caitlin Brydges (Ariss, Ont.) as the team won their first game on the road this season with a 2-1 victory in St. Catharines, Ont. against the Badgers.

After Brock opened the scoring at 8:10 of the period, Waterloo's McCorquodale scored her second of the year on the power play to even the game at 1-1 after one.

After a scoreless second, the Warriors would score the winner mid-way through the third as Brydges netted her sixth on the season and the Warriors would hold on for the 2-1 win.

Kahla Stern (Paris, Ont.) made 19 stops on the night to earn the victory.

Source: OUA Communications with files from Wilfrid Laurier Golden Hawks, York Lions, UOIT Ridgebacks, Queen's Gaels, Waterloo Warriors, Windsor Lancers