KINGSTON, ONT. (January 16, 2016) - The Gaels men's hockey team (11-5-1) fell short of a thrilling comeback in a 3-2 double overtime loss to the No.5 UQTR Patriotes (18-3-1) at the Memorial Centre on Saturday.

GAME FLOW
Pierre-Maxime Poudrier opened the scoring for UQTR midway through the first period. The puck was thrown into a scramble in front of the net when Poudrier shovelled one of the Patriotes 24 shots in the first frame into the open cage.
 
The Gaels started the second stanza with a great chance from Ryan Bloom (Calgary, Alta.), but he was turned aside by the glove of Patriotes goalie Sebastien Auger. Queen's managed only 16 shots through 40 minutes of play, while UQTR threw another 18 shots at Kevin Bailie (Belleville, Ont.) in the second period.
 
The pace picked up after a heavy collision caused a lengthy delay to fix the door to the Patriotes bench. After the extra intermission early in the third period, UQTR doubled their lead on a wrap-around from Mathieu Lemay. The Gaels were not be dismissed, however, as Peter Angelopolous (Nobleton, Ont.) buried a rebound on a shot from Spencer Abraham (Campbellville, Ont.) to cut the deficit in half with 8:20 to play. In the final five minutes, Queen's tied the game and forced overtime when Eric Ming's (Williamstown, Ont.) slap pass found the tape of Slater Doggett's (Oakville, Ont.) stick in front of the net.
 
In the first overtime period, Auger stopped the Gaels only shot on goal, while Bailie passed the 50 save mark as UQTR put five more shots toward the Queen's net.
 
With the shootout looming, the Patriotes broke out on a 2-1 counter attack with Tommy Giroux leading the rush. Bailie had no chance when the puck went cross-ice to Guillaume Asselin, who deposited his OUA leading 18th goal to win the game.
 
BY THE NUMBERS
57 – Kevin Bailie stopped 54 of 57 shots faced
8 – UQTR scored with eight seconds remaining in 2OT
12 – Eric Ming has 12 points in his current eight-game point-streak
 
UP NEXT
The Gaels host the No.9 Carleton Ravens in a rare Tuesday night game at the Memorial Centre, with puck drop set for 7:30pm.