KINGSTON, Ont. (October 12th, 2018) – The Queen's Gaels (4-2-0-0) downed the Brock Badgers (2-1-0-0) 3-0 on Saturday night in OUA women's hockey action.
 
GAME FLOW
After last night's stout defensive effort against York, the Gaels looked to go 2-for-2 and take away all six points from the weekend up against the Brock Badgers.
 
After a scoreless opening ten minutes, marked only by unsuccessful power plays by both teams, the Gaels found the score sheet through a wonderful individual effort from Katrina Manoukarakis as she beat her defender with speed and roofed the puck top-blocker side, making the score 1-0 for the Gaels. The Gaels would take this lead into the 1st intermission, having also outshot the Badgers 17-6. 
 
In the second period, The Gaels doubled the advantage of a terrific cross ice pass from Addi Halladay to first-year defenseman Nicole Posesorski (scoring her first ever OUA goal). Queen's would add another goal on the power play later in the period, as Katrina Manoukarakis scored her second of the night on a clever wraparound which caught the Badgers netminder Jensen Murphy out of position. After forty minutes, the Gaels led the Badgers 3-0 while also outshooting the Badgers 29-14. 
 
In a relatively uneventful third period, the Gaels held strong defensively while the Badgers struggled to figure out Queen's goaltender Makenzy Arsenault.  After making 21 saves in a shutout effort last night, Arsenault stood tall once again making 21 saves for her second consecutive shutout. 
 
At the final whistle, the Gaels walked away with a 3-0 victory and all six points on offer over the course of the weekend in the OUA standings.
 
BY THE NUMBERS
1 for 4 – The Gaels went 1 for 4 on the power play. 
42 – Consecutive saves by Makenzy Arsenault without allowing a goal this weekend.
6 – The Gaels killed off all six penalties they took on the evening. 
 
MUST SEE MOMENTS
Manoukarakis opened the scoring in style.

W🏒- Manoukarakis makes it 1-0 with this highlight goal!#GoGaelsGo pic.twitter.com/puSJektxda

— Queen's Gaels (@queensgaels) October 28, 2018

In the second period, Halladay and Posesorski connected for some magic.

W🏒 - Halladay ➡ Posesorski 🚨

Gaels hold a 3-0 lead as we head into the 2nd intermission, be sure to catch the third on https://t.co/9xTOznwjCF!#GoGaelsGo pic.twitter.com/2NsUpmXQGZ

— Queen's Gaels (@queensgaels) October 28, 2018

 
FINAL SAY
Head Coach Matt Holmberg spoke about his team's impressive defensive showing this weekend: "It's good to see that things are starting to take shape. With three rookie defenseman we're really impressed with how they are coming along in the d-zone and how many people were willing to block shots which also makes the goaltender's life easier." 
 
UP NEXT
The Gaels take on the OUIT Ridgebacks next Saturday November 3^rdin Oshawa, Ont. at 3:30pm.