BOX SCORE KINGSTON, Ont. (February 8, 2014) - The Queen's Gaels (17-5-5) upset the No. 5 UQTR Patriotes 4-2 on Saturday night in Kingston at the Memorial Centre.

With the win the Gaels have tied their franchise record for wins in a season with 17. The Gaels last won 17 in the 1979-80 season where the team finished 17-3-2 under head coach Fred O'Donnell. 

Patrick McGillis (Calgary) opened the scoring for Queen's with his 10th of the season only 3:59 into the first period. Queen's assists on the goal came from Jordan Soquila (Maple Ridge, B.C.) and Joey Derochie (Sudbury, Ont.).

UQTR tested Gaels starting netminder Kevin Bailie (Belleville, Ont.) early and often with 11 shots in the period. Bailie turned them all aside to keep the Gaels ahead 1-0 after 20 minutes.

In the second the UQTR offence came alive. Marc-Olivier Mimar tallied twice for the Patriotes in the period with his eighth and ninth goals of the season coming within four minutes of one another. The Patriotes got themselves into penalty trouble late in the frame however, as Tommy Tremblay was given a two minute minor for roughing and a 10 minute misconduct.

Opening the third period with the man-advantage, Corey Bureau (Amherstview, Ont.) finished off his seventh of the seeason at 1:12 to even the game at 2-2. The Patriotes were called for another penalty shortly after and McGillis then took advantage on the power play giving the Gaels the 3-2 lead on his second of the game.

From there on Bailie shut the door and turned aside all eight UQTR shots in the third period. Kelly Jackson (Toronto) potted an empty-netter to seal the win for Queen's 4-2.

The Gaels will have a chance to set a new all-time wins record next Friday when they travel to Trois Rivieres for a rematch with the Patriotes.