KINGSTON, Ont. (November 28, 2015) - The Queen's Gaels (8-4-0) lost a heartbreaker to the No.2 McGill Redmen (14-2-0) 3-2 at the 2nd annual PUCK CANCER game in honour of Queen's student Carley Allison who passed away in March. A late goal from David Rose with just 50 seconds left proved to be the difference.

PUCK CANCER raised over $2,100 during the game along thanks to raffles and donations. For more information and to make a donation please visit www.carleysangels.ca

GAME FLOW
The Gaels were looking to avenge their 2014-15 playoff defeat in the East semifinal of last season against McGill and snap a 29 game winless streak against McGill that dates back to 2004. The Gaels got off to a quick start in the first testing McGill netminder Jacob Gervais-Chouinard early but could not get anything by the OUA wins leader. From there Queen's found themselves in penalty trouble as McGill had two five on four advantages and one five on three opportunity in the opening 20 minutes. The Gaels, led by goaltender Kevin Bailie (Belleville, Ont.) were able to stave off the number two power play in the league of McGill and skated to a 0-0 tie after the first period.

In the second the game opened up and this time it was the power play units that went to work. First to strike was McGill, Patrick Delisle-Houde picked up his fourth marker of the game beating Bailie at the 15:46 mark of the second to open the scoring and give the Redmen a 1-0 lead.

Late in the period McGill found themselves in penalty trouble and the Gaels were up five on three in the final seconds of the frame. A cross crease pass from Slater Doggett (Oakville, Ont.) to Eric Ming (Williamstown, Ont.) found it's way past Gervais-Chouinard to the back of the net with just 15 second remaining the in the period to tie the game at 1-1.

In the third penalties continued to slow down McGill as the Gaels were able to get the go-ahead goal on the power play at the 10:06 mark. Once again it was Ming, he was able to push the puck past a Redmen defender and skate by him into open space. From there, Ming fired a shot up over the shoulder of Gervais-Chouinard and into the net giving Queen's a 2-1 lead late in the game.

The lead was short lived however as McGill responded with a power play tally of their own. A pass from the corner found its way out in front to Rose who chipped the puck past Bailie on his glove side tying the game at 2-2 with less than five minutes in the game.

With just 50 seconds left in a game that looked like it was headed to overtime it was Rose who proved to be the difference maker for McGill. Rose broke down the right wing and got a good bounce off the feet of a Gael defencemen right onto his stick in the slot. He made no mistake firing a shot past Bailie to secure the win for McGill.

Bailie stopped 29 of the 32 shots he faced while Gervais-Chouinard turned aside 31 for his OUA leading 14th win on the season.

BY THE NUMBERS
2 - Ranking in the nation for McGill
4 - Powerplay goals in the game including two from Eric Ming
7 - Game assist streak for Spencer Abraham dating back to Oct. 31
12 - Game point streak, longest this season, by David Rose after his three point night

UP NEXT
The Gaels will close out the 2015 portion of their schedule next weekend when they welcome Toronto and Ryerson to the Memorial Centre on Friday and Saturday respectively.