TORONTO, Ont. (January 28, 2017) – The No. 5 Queen's Gaels (17-5-2) defeated the University of Toronto Varsity Blues (5-18-2) 2-1 Saturday evening.
The win marks number 17 for the Gaels tying a franchise record mark which they have reached twice, first during the 2013-14 season along with last year.
GAMEFLOW
In the first, the Varsity Blues opened the scoring less than two minutes into the period. Connor Cleverley scored for the Blues with Russell Turner and Austin Broadhurst assisting on the play. This was the only goal of the period, giving the Blues a 1-0 lead heading into the second period.
In the second, the Queen's Gaels responded. In the last minute of the period, the Gaels scored back-to-back goals to take a 2-1 lead.
Brock Edwards (Kingston, Ont.) scored the Gaels first goal,
Darcy Greenaway (Wilton, Ont.) and
Graeme Brown (Gananoque, Ont.) assisted. On the second goal,
Alex Stothart (Ottawa, Ont.) scored, with
Dylan Anderson (Greely, Ont.) and
Eric Margo (North Vancouver, B.C.) assisting on the play.
Jacob Brennan (Halifax) was ironically the one who got the offence going for Queen's as he sent a stretch pass all the way to the Varsity Blues blue line which resulted in the Edwards goal.
The third proved to be a scoreless period, allowing the Gaels to take a 2-1 final over the Varsity Blues.
Gaels goaltender
Jacob Brennan (Halifax, N.S.) made 17 saves throughout the contest.
Queen's out-shot Toronto 42-18.
BY THE NUMBERS
1 – Goal for
Brock Edwards and
Alex Stothart
17 – Saves by Gaels goaltender
Jacob Brennan
18 – Total penalty minutes
UP NEXT
The Gaels take on the RMC Paladins at the Rogers K-Rock Centre on Thursday Feb. 2
nd, playing for the Carr-Harris cup. The game begins at 7:30pm and tickets are available at the ARC customer service desk or K-Rock Centre box office.
