MONTREAL (February 23, 2018) – The No. 9 Queen's Gaels forced a third and final game in their OUA quarter-final playoff series with a 3-0 win over the Concordia Stingers on Friday night. Gaels goalie
Kevin Bailie (Belleville, Ont.) made 45 saves in a dominant shutout effort in the win. The teams will face off on Sunday afternoon for the right to go to the OUA Semi-Finals.
GAME FLOW
The first period was all Stingers as they outshot the Gaels 13-4 in the opening frame. Bailie was strong in the period for Queen's as he turned aside all 13 Concordia shots. The Gaels had a few quality chances late in the period with
Spencer Abraham (Campbellville,Ont.) firing wrist-shots from the point but they couldn't open the scoring. The teams would head into the second period scoreless.
After a slow first period, Queen's came out strong in the second frame and showed their offensive punch.
Duncan Campbell (Brandon, Man.) started the scoring at 2:17 when he corralled a loose puck off a broken three-on-two rush and put it home for his second of the playoffs, with an assist going to
Luke Bertolucci (Montrose, B.C.). Later in the period it was
Ryan Bloom (Calgary) who notched his first of the postseason to put the Gaels up 2-0 at 12:30. Although they were outshot 16-13, the Tricolour would head into the third period in good position to force a deciding game.
The third period featured another Stingers barrage of shots as Bailie was in fine form, turning aside all 16 shots he faced.
Darcy Greenaway (Wilton, Ont.) was able to add a power play goal from
Eric Ming (Williamstown, Ont.) and
Slater Doggett (Oakville, Ont.) at 18:38 to seal the Gaels win and force a third and final game.
Bailie was a bright spot for Queen's in net as he turned aside all 45 shots he faced for the win. Marc-Antoine Turcotte took the loss in net for the Stingers but was replaced late in the second period by Antoine Dagenais after Turcotte suffered an injury.
BY THE NUMBERS
45- Saves for
Kevin Bailie
3- A third and final game will be played on Sunday between the Gaels and Stingers
0 - Games won by the home team in last year's playoff series and so far this year
UP NEXT
The Gaels face the Stingers in a winner take all matchup on Sunday afternoon at 2:30 pm in Kingston. The game will be broadcast live on OUA.tv and tickets are available at gogaelsgo.com/tickets.
