KINGSTON, Ont. (January 16, 2015) - The men's hockey team's losing skid was extended to six games after falling 3-2 versus the Laurier Golden Hawks Friday night at the Memorial Centre.

The Gaels opened the scoring with the lone tally of the first frame on a powerplay marker from Patrick McGillis (Calgary). McGillis walked in from the point and fired a rocket to the top right corner that found its way through the screen. 

The Golden Hawks responded with back-to-back goals in the middle period to grab their first lead of the game. Gaels goaltender Kevin Bailie (Belleville, Ont.) made a clutch breakaway save to end the period, maintaining the one goal deficit. 

Laurier added another just over five minutes into the final frame on a goal from Luke Hietkamp. The Gaels trimmed the deficit back to one as Taylor Clements (Toronto) buried a rebound off of a shot from Andrew Wiebe (Thunder Bay, Ont.) for his his third of the season. Queen's generated numerous scoring opportunities in the final minute of play after pulling Bailie but could not find the equalizer. 

Bailie was charged with the loss, finishing the night with 37 saves while Laurier's Colin Furlong earned the 41 save victory. 

"At this point it's sort of a lack of buying in and not necessarily trusting our system." Assistant coach Andrew Haussler commented when asked about the team's recent losing streak. "Until we get everybody pulling the rope in the same direction, we're probably going to have the same results."

The Gaels (8-11-1) return to action Saturday night when they take on the Waterloo Warriors (12-6-1). Puck drop is set for 7:30pm at the Memorial Centre.