WATERLOO, Ont. (February 7, 2016)- The Queen's Gaels men's hockey team concluded its weekend road trip on Sunday afternoon at Sun Life Financial Arena, dropping a 4-3 shootout decision to the Wilfrid Laurier Golden Hawks.
 
The loss snaps the Gaels two-game winning streak, but the men have now picked up at least a point in six of their last seven contests, garnering a 5-1-1 record over that span. Queen's (16-7-2) remain tied for fourth in the OUA East division, but hold a game in-hand over the UOIT Ridgebacks (16-8-2). The Gaels are four points back of the third-place Carleton Ravens (19-7-0).
 
GAME FLOW
Ryan Bloom (Calgary, Alta.) continued to remain hot offensively, opening the scoring with his seventh goal of the season and third over the past two games. Bloom's goal, which was also his seventh point over the last three contests, was assisted on by Eric Ming (Williamstown, Ont.) and Slater Doggett (Oakville, Ont.). With the helper, Ming also extends his point-streak to three games.
 
After the hosts evened the match early in the middle period, Alex Stothart (Ottawa, Ont.) responded with his third of the year giving the men back their one-goal advantage heading into the third period.
 
Darcy Greenaway's (Wilton, Ont.) seventh goal of the year doubled the guest's lead just 46 seconds into the third, but the Golden Hawks responded a few minutes later to cut the deficit down to a goal. Laurier then tied the game with just under two minutes to go in regulation on Mac Clutsam's fourth goal.
 
After neither side could find the back of the net through both overtime periods, the Golden Hawks were able to connect on two of three shoot-out attempts, while Steve Trojanovic (Burlington, Ont.) was the lone scorer for the Gaels.
 
Patrick McGillis (Calgary, Alta.), Patrick Downe (New Maryland, N.B.) and Yannick Laflamme (Thetford Mines, Que.) also picked up assists in a losing cause for the Gaels, who were 0-for-4 on the power-play. The Golden Hawks went 0-for-3 on their man-advantage opportunities.
 
BY THE NUMBERS
51- Rookie goaltender Jacob Brennan (Halifax, N.S.) stopped 51 of 54 shots, including the nine he faced in overtime, to record an impressive .944 save-percentage in the loss
30- Eric Ming leads the Gaels and is ranked 14th in the OUA with 30 points (16 goals, 14 assists)
59- Queen's is ranked first in the OUA with 59 goals against in 26 conference games
 
UP NEXT
The men wrap up their road schedule against RMC next Wednesday before concluding their regular season next weekend at the Invista Centre in Kingston, hosting Nipissing and Laurentian on Friday and Saturday respectively.