KINGSTON, Ont. (December 2^nd, 2017) – The Queen's Gaels (9-4-3) earned a come from behind 3-2 overtime victory on Saturday night over the Ottawa Gee-Gees (8-4-3). After Slater Doggett (Oakville, Ont.) tied the game for Queen's in the third period, Darcy Greenaway (Wilton, Ont.) ended the game with a beautiful individual effort with less than two minutes remaining in the extra frame.
 
GAME FLOW
The first period was a defensive battle as neither team wanted to give up an inch in the defensive end. Ottawa outshot the Gaels 13-12 but many of the shots for both sides were from the outside, in non-dangerous spots. Gaels goaltender Kevin Bailie (Belleville, Ont.) was strong on a few instances in the opening frame, stopping the Gee-Gees every time they had a close encounter. Ottawa netminder Anthony Brodeur was also solid in the opening frame, turning aside all 12 Gaels shots. The two teams would head into the first intermission tied 0-0.
 
Queen's got the second period started on the right foot just over six minutes in when Alex Row (Elizabethtown, Ont.) notched his first career U Sports goal on a feed from Ben Fanjoy (Ottawa, Ont.). Ottawa answered back just over a minute later when Jonathan Bourcier finished off a tic-tac-toe play to beat Bailie and tie the score 1-1. Then, late in the period, Ottawa was able to beat Bailie once again with a quick play off of a faceoff that Connor Sills finished off to take a 2-1 lead into the break.
 
After leaving the game in the second period with an apparent injury, Gaels leading goal scorer Doggett returned in the third period just in time to save the game for the Gaels. He buried his tenth of the season at 4:16 of the third period to tie the game 2-2 and give the Gaels new life. The teams would trade chances for the remainder of the third, with neither side being able to add another goal, forcing overtime.
 
With less than two minutes remaining in overtime, Greenaway took the puck from his own end, skated all the way up ice past two Gee-Gees players and wristed a laser behind Brodeur to complete the comeback and send the Gaels home with a well-deserved 3-2 victory. The goal was Greenaway's tenth of the season.
 
Bailie earned the win in net for Queen's with 30 saves while Brodeur took the loss in net for Ottawa, registering 37 saves.
 
BY THE NUMBERS
3- Game winning goals for Darcy Greenaway this season, two of which have been overtime winners
10- Goals on the season for Slater Doggett and Darcy Greenaway
 
UP NEXT
The Gaels will return to the ice in the new year on January 5^th when the UOIT Ridgebacks visit the Memorial Centre in Kingston. Puck drop is set for 7:30pm. The game can be seen live at OUA.tv.