BOX SCORE KINGSTON, Ont. (January 10, 2014) – The No. 7 Queen's Gaels suffered their first regulation loss of the season 4-1 to the visiting No. 9 Carleton Ravens at the Memorial Centre on Friday night in Kingston.

The Gaels set a new franchise record with their start, going 12-0-5 to start the season. Queen's still remains in first place in the OUA East division at 12-1-5 sitting two points ahead of second place McGill.

In the opening frame the Ravens put most of the offensive pressure on in the game and we rewarded with the first power play as well. Queen's held their own defensively but were down assistant captain Chris Van Laren (Kingston, Ont.) who was also assessed a 10-minute misconduct on the penalty.

After holding the Ravens at bay the Gaels got their own chance with a power play but could not get any offensive momentum going. The best chance was a shorthanded one for Carleton as a streaking forechecker fired a wrist shot from the high slot but it was Gaels starting netminder Kevin Bailie (Belleville, Ont.) who got just enough of the shot with his glove to deflect the puck over the net.

At  the 12:03 mark of the first period the Ravens struck first. Damian Cross tallied his ninth goal of the season as he took a shot from just above the faceoff dot to the left of Bailie.  Cross found a spot above the shoulder of Bailie for the goal.
Carleton outshot the Gaels 11 to six in the first period and took a 1-0 lead into the second.

The second period saw a much better offensive effort from Queen's as they controlled most of the offensive play. It was the Ravens however who took advantage of their opportunities. Corey Durocher cut around a Gaels defender and got a good angle on the net. He then was able to slip in front of the crease and put the puck through the legs of Bailie.

Queen's got on the board shortly after as Stephane Chabot (Rockland, Ont.) grabbed the puck off a turnover and wired a slap shot under the bar and past Francis Dupuis to cut the lead in half. The goal was unassisted and Chabot's first of the year only 43 seconds after the Carleton goal.

The Ravens restored their two goal lead as the puck found its way to Jake Cardwell at the point who sent a snap shot through a crowd to the back of the net.

Despite being outscored two to one in the period the Gaels had numerous scoring chances in close on the Ravens goal but could not find the right spot. Carleton took a slight edge in shots once more 14 to 11.

In the third period the Gaels could not solve Dupuis despite their 11 chances at the net. Late in the period the Gaels were called for hooking and Carleton put the game out of reach on a goal from Mitch Porowski.

The 4-1 loss also snapped the Gaels six game win streak and Queen's will look to bounce right back against No. 6 McGill tomorrow night in a battle for first place in the OUA East division.

Bailie was  a standout once again for the Gaels turning aside 40 shots in the loss.

ICE CHIPS: The Gaels had their six game win streak snapped… Queen's entered the night with the third lowest GAA in the CIS at 1.87…  Gaels defenceman Chris Van Laren saw his four game point streak snapped and has registered a point in 10 of his seventeen games this season… These two teams will meet once more this season in Ottawa on January 24… Queen's wore their gold jersey's at home for the first time this season as they will close out the season wearing gold at home.