BOX SCORE KINGSTON, Ont. (November 30, 2013) - In the ninth round of the shootout
Yannick Laflamme (Thetford Mines, Que.) scored to break a 1-1 deadlock and give the Gaels their 10th win of the season. Queen's finished with a 4-3 shootout victory over Ottawa and improve to 10-0-5 on the season.
After a scoreless first period the two teams combined for four goals in the second period. The Gee-Gees took the early lead with goals coming from Alexandre Touchette and Mathieu Guertin. Just 45 seconds after Ottawa took the two goal lead,
Chris Van Laren (Kingston, Ont.) scored his third goal of the season to cut into the lead. Shortly after,
Harrison Hendrix (Calgary) added his third goal of the year to even the score at 2-2 after 40 minutes.
In the third the two teams traded goals with
Tyler Moore (Winnipeg) and Paul Landry scoring for Queen's and Ottawa respectively.
Overtime solved nothing and the Gaels and Gee-Gees headed to a shootout. When Touchette scored in the opening round for Ottawa, the Gaels
Joey Derochie (Sudbury, Ont.) responded to even the score. After seven more shooter attempts that went unsuccessful on each side, Laflamme broke the deadlock and gave Queen's the win.
The Gaels have yet to lose in regulation and sit in first place in the OUA East heading into the break before play picks back up in 2014.
Kevin Bailie (Belleville, Ont.) stopped 41 shots for the win for Queen's while Hendrix and Moore each had two point nights with a goal and an assist a piece.