KINGSTON, Ont. (January 12, 2018) – The No. 8 Queen's Gaels (9-3-1-2) got back on track on Friday night with a dominant 3-0 victory over the Brock Badgers (7-4-3-2).
Stephanie Pascal (Sudbury, Ont.) was great in net for the Gaels as they got back to their winning ways against the Badgers. After losing their first regulation game last weekend, the Gaels responded with a great sixty-minute effort.
GAME FLOW
Queen's came out strong in the first period, giving the Badgers all they could handle, outshooting them 11-7 in the frame. They were rewarded for their hard work early on, when
Katrina Manoukarakis (Scarborough, Ont.) tipped home a
Jessica Wakefield (Lucan, Ont.) point shot for her ninth of the season. Pascal was strong in the opening frame, stopping all seven Badger shots.
The second period was more of the same, as Queen's controlled play. Wakefield extended the Gaels lead to 2-0 at 5:38 of the frame when she went inside-out on a Badgers defender before burying her sixth of the season. The Gaels added to their lead in shots with a 13-9 lead in the second period.
In the third period, the Gaels came out with a sound strategy of defending their lead while also generating scoring chances. They were able to keep the Badgers off the score sheet while also adding a late tally from
Addi Halladay (North Augusta, Ont.) at 18:55 to close out the win.
Pascal made 24 saves in the shutout victory for the Gaels while Jensen Murphy recorded 31 saves in the loss for the Badgers.
BY THE NUMBERS
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Stephanie Pascal recorded her fourth shutout of the season tonight
3 - Points for Manoukarakis tonight
UP NEXT
The Gaels are back in action tomorrow night when they travel to Toronto to take on the Ryerson Rams. Puck drop is set for 7:15 pm and can be seen live on OUA.tv.
