BOX SCORE KINGSTON, Ont. (November 29, 2013) - The No. 8 Queen's Gaels (9-0-5) managed to battle back to beat the visiting Laurentian Voyageurs (4-10-0) 3-2 at the Memorial Centre in Kingston on Friday night.
Jordan Soquila (Maple Ridge, B.C.) played hero for Queen's scoring with under a minute remaining as the Gaels came back from a 2-0 deficit to get the 3-2 victory.
Chris Clarke (Fall River, N.S.) stopped 22 of 24 shots to get the win and
Kelly Jackson (Toronto) had a two point night. The Voyageurs were led by their netminder Alain Valiquette who finished the game with 51 saves.
After Laurentian scored the lone goal of the first period, they added another early in the second to put the No. 8 Gaels on their heals trailing by two goals. Mid-way through the second Jackson scored his eighth goal of the season to cut the Voyageur lead in half.
In the third the Gaels were relentless with their attack, finishing with 20 shots the Laurentian's five in the frame.Â
Jordan Coccimiglio (Burlington, Ont.) evened the score in the third at 11:33 with his second goal of the season. From there the Gaels kept peppering Valiquette with shots and finally broke through late in the period.
With less than a minute remaining, Soquila managed to beat Valiquette to put Queen's ahead for good to complete the comeback. With the win Queen's improves to 9-0-5 on the season and have yet to lose in regulation.
They will look to close out the 2013 portion of the season with their record and first place OUA East standing in tact tomorrow night when they host the Ottawa Gee-Gees at 7:30pm at the Memorial Centre.