BOX SCORE MONTREAL (January 31, 2014) - The Queen's men's hockey team (15-4-5) took down the Concordia Stingers (8-12-3) 6-2 in Quebec Friday night.
 
Queen's came out on fire, and Concordia could not put them out. The Gaels scored the first four goals of the game and they kept the Stingers scoreless until the third period.
 
The first period was a little slow to start, with the only action being the two penalties (one against each team) and a goal by Stephane Chabot (Rockland, Ont.). He scored for the Gaels in the fourteenth minute off an assist by Blair Wentworth (Calgary) and Andrew Wiebe (Thunder Bay, Ont.).
 
The second period was a different story with Queen's leaving Concordia to try and crawl back in the third. On a powerplay in the third minute, Chris Van Laren (Kingston, Ont.) found the back of the net thanks to help from Patrick McGillis (Calgary) and Joey Derochie (Sudbury, Ont.). Jordan Soquilla (Maple Ridge, B.C.) made the lead 3-0 seven minutes later off a pass from Tyler Moore (Winnipeg).
 
The momentum continued into the third with Moore scoring on a powerplay only 25 seconds into the period. Concordia fought back mid-way through the third, bringing the score to 4-2. Although they were up by two, Queen's kept on the offensive attack. In the seventeenth minute McGillis found the net with a pass from Moore. To take it to a 6-2 victory, Yannick Laflamme (Thetford Mines, Que.) of the Gaels scored the last goal of the game with only nine seconds left in regulation time.
 
In an exemplary team win, six different players scored goals for Queen's. Chris Clarke had 24 saves in 60 minutes of ice time.
 
The Gaels sit in a tie for third in the East heading into their game against Nippissing (5-15-2) at 7:30pm Saturday evening at the Memorial Centre in Kingston.

Next Thursday night at 7:30pm the Gaels will meet the RMC Paladins in the 28th annual Carr-Harris Challenge Cup. For more information click here.