KINGSTON, Ont. - (November 20, 2015) - Queen's (7-1-1-1) scored three goals in the third period to took a home win versus the Windsor Lancers (0-1-8-1) by a 4-1 score.

The Gaels hosted the Lancers for their first home game since October 24th, and sat first in the OUA coming into Friday's game.

Game Flow
The Gaels started with the majority of the pressure in the opening frame, with a few solid chances but Ingrid Sandven stood tall for the Lancers. The Gaels' Caitlyn Lahonen (Saskatoon, Sask.) wasn't tested too much, but in the final minute she came up with a big save to keep the game at bay. The first period would end scoreless.

The game's pace really picked up in the opening minute of the second period. The Gaels took advantage as Clare McKellar (London, Ont.) scored her first goal of the year to give the home team that critical first goal and a 1-0 lead. Each team continued to have chanes as the game opened up alot more in the middle frame. Big saves by both Lahonen and Sandven kept the game tight at 1-0 heading into the final period.

In the opening minutes of the third period, the Gaels added took a 2-0 lead with Taryn Pilon (Peterborough, Ont.)  scoring the goal with assists going to Addi Halladay (North Augusta, Ont.) and Katrina Maoukarakis (Scarborough, Ont.). Windsor was able to capitalize on some sustained pressure half-way through the third frame as Larissa Borowiec cut the Gaels lead in half 2-1. Just one minute later Halladay striked back, taking a nice feed from Pilon and scoring her third of the season and second point on the night. The Gaels were not done there, as another minute later it was Nadia Larocca (Mississauga, Ont.) scoring her sixth goal of the year off a nice pass from Kaylie Dennis (London, Ont.).
 

MUST SEE - WHKY - @Ahalladay93 gets a nifty pass from @TarynPilon and makes no mistake. 3-1 Gaels late in the third pic.twitter.com/LbbcxdtY77

— Queen's Gaels (@queensgaels) November 21, 2015

That was all the home team needed as the Gaels won 4-1 over the visiting Lancers to remain atop the OUA standings.

By the Numbers
7 - Gaels earns their 7th win on the season in 10 games
2 - Addi Halladay and Nadia Manoukarakis each tally two points in the win
12 - points by Manoukarakis on the season, tops in the OUA
6 - goals on the year of Nadi Larocca
0.98 - goals against average for Caitlyn Lahonen in seven games

Final Say
"Our execution wasn't great but it's always a positive to get the win and the points. We'll have to take our late-game momentum into Saturday versus Western, they're a very strong team. It should be another good one." - Matt Holmberg, Head Coach

Up Next
Queen's will be at home on Saturday night to host the Western Mustangs (7-0-3) at the Memorial Centre. Puck drop is at 7:30pm.