KINGSTON, Ont. (October 16, 2015) - The Queen's Gaels (1-1-0) suffered their first defeat of the season as the York Lions (1-0-1) managed to come back from an early 1-0 deficit and secure their first win of the season at the Memorial Centre in Kingston on Friday night OUA men's hockey action.

GAME FLOW
In the first period the Gaels controlled the play for much of the frame. In total they fired seven shots on York starting netminder Chris Perugini while Gaels starter Kevin Bailie (Belleville, Ont.) turned aside all seven that were sent his way as well.

Queen's was the first team able to get on the board as the 2014-15 CIS rookie of the year Spencer Abraham (Campbellville, Ont.) took a pass from fellow 2014-15 CIS All-Rookie member Darcy Greenaway (Wilton, Ont.) and made his way down to the hashmarks deep in the York end. From there he spotted a man in front and fired the puck into a scrum of players. Gaels forward Andrew Wiebe (Thunder Bay, Ont.) was able to get his stick on it and deflect it past Di Domenico for his second of the season giving Queen's a 1-0 lead.

In the second the Lions saw their first man-advantage of the game as the Gaels Ryan Bloom (Calgary) went to the box for tripping. Queen's was able to hold off the Lions attack and Bailie turned aside a few of the seven shots he faced in the frame. The Lions kept the pressure coming late into the second period and were able to beat Bailie on a controversial goal. The puck was in front of a screened Bailie and York defenceman Derek Sheppard appeared to kick the puck into the net but the goal held up and Sheppard had his first of the season to even the game at 1-1.

Queen's outshot York in the second 11 to eight but it was York with the only tallie of the frame.

In the third the Lions used a powerplay to their advantage. Harrison Hendrix (Calgary) got called for high sticking and the Lions made them pay. Greg Milner deflected a point shot that beat Bailie just as the power play was about to finish. The Lions took their first lead of the game with just over seven minutes remaining in the third period.

The Gaels pulled their goaltender Bailie with under two minutes remaining but it was York's Mitch VanTeeling who iced the game with an empty net goal.

Bailie finished with 22 saves in the loss while Perugini stopped 24 shots picking up the win.

BY THE NUMBERS
3 - Number of goals by defenceman Spencer Abraham in their season opener against RMC last weekend
1 - Head coach of the 2017 FISU Canadian men's hockey team in tonight's game as Brett Gibson was given the honour this afternoon
14:27 - Into the third when York scored to take a 2-1 lead

UP NEXT
The Gaels get right back at it tomorrow night as they welcome the Brock Badgers to the Memorial Centre in Kingston. Puck drop is set for 7:30pm and tickets can be purchased at www.gogaelsgo.com/tickets. The game can also be seen live on OUA.tv.