BOX SCORE KINGSTON, Ont. (October 18, 2013) -
Harrison Hendrix (Calgary) notched the Gaels only goal as Queen's lost 2-1 in a shootout to the No. 9 nationally ranked York Lions on Friday at the Kingston Memorial Centre.
This marks the second game in a row where the Gaels have taken a top ten ranked team in the nation to overtime. The Gaels record is now 0-0-2 and York moves to a perfect 4-0 start.
The Lions opened the scoring with only 27 seconds remaining in the first period as Mark Cross tallied his first goal of the season for York.
Hendrix evened the score with his first career CIS goal in the second period, an unassisted power play marker and after a scoreless third, the game went to a shootout where Mike Lombardi clinched the win for the Lions with the shootout winner.
Joey Derochie (Sudbury, Ont.) was the lone scorer for Queen's while Jesse Messier added the other for York.
Kevin Bailie (Belleville, Ont.) stopped 20 of 21 shots faced in the loss and Andrew Perugini stopped 21 of 22 for York.
Queen's is back in action tomorrow night as they host the Brock Badgers at 7:30 p.m. at the Memorial Centre in Kingston.