BOX SCORE KINGSTON, Ont. (January 11, 2014) – The No. 7 Queen's Gaels suffered their second straight loss of the weekend falling 4-3 to the No. 6 McGill Redmen.
Kevin Bailie (Belleville, Ont.) got his second start between the pipes in as many nights for the Gaels and was tested early. A point blank shot from the slot from a McGill winger was easily turned aside with his blocker.
Queen's found themselves in penalty trouble late in the period. After
Blair Wentworth (Calgary) got called for a hit to the head only a minute later
Chris Van Laren (Kingston, Ont.) joined his teammate in the box for a hit from behind. Both players also received 10 minute misconduct penalties. McGill finished off the period with 49 seconds of a five on three advantage. Queen's held their own and made it to the buzzer at 0-0. McGill outshot the Gaels 16-14 in the opening period.
The Redmen started the second period with 11 seconds of their five on three remaining and then went to five on four for one minute.
McGill converted on the power play and followed up with a breakaway goal and a tap in at the side of the Queen's net. The flurry of goals came in a span of two minutes and 19 seconds as they took a 3-0 lead. Queen's called a timeout to regroup after the third tally.
The timeout seemed to spark the Gaels who got on the board to make it 3-1 a few minutes later.
Tyler Moore (Winnipeg) banged home a rebound after
Stephane Chabot (Rockland, Ont.) fired a point shot through to the net. Chabot took the lone assist on the goal.
McGill and Queen's traded goals to close out the period and the Redmen held a 4-2 lead after 40 minutes. The Gaels goal came from
Jordan Coccimiglio (Burlington, Ont.) and was his fourth of the season.
Penalties slowed down the Gaels comeback effort in the third as they found themselves shorthanded for four minutes in the first half of the period. Gaels goaltender Bailie kept McGill at bay steering aside all shots faced during the penalty kill.
Braeden Corbeth (Oakville, Ont.) made it a game as he snuck the puck past Gervais-Chouinard to cut the lead to only one. Moore picked up the lone assist on the goal.
That was as close as the Gaels would get however as McGill held on the for the 4-3 win.
Bailie stopped 42 shots in the loss.
Before the game the Gaels honoured fourth year forward
Jordan Soquila (Maple Ridge, B.C.) with the Murray Douglas scholarship.
Murray Douglas, B.Comm. 1972, and Donna Douglas, Arts 1973, established the award to recognize the academic and athletic excellence of a varsity hockey player at Queen's University. Murray played varsity hockey for the Gaels from 1968 to 1972 and continues to be one of the Gaels most active alumni, making significant contributions to the program year after year. His continued interest in Queen's Hockey stems not only from his playing days, but largely due to the work of Dave Descent, the former Gael Force president, who acted as the varsity hockey manager during Murray's days at Queen's.
ICE CHIPS: The Gaels entered tonight's game with a one point lead over UQTR and a two point advantage on McGill for first place in the OUA East Division… Last night the Gaels had their unbeaten streak snapped at 17 and their win streak snapped at six… Bailie stopped 42 shots tonight and 40 shots against Carleton last night and has made 40 or more saves in a game four times this season.
