TORONTO (February 8, 2019) - The Queen's Gaels (13-9-1-0) dropped a 4-1 decision to the York Lions (6-10-3-1) on Friday night in Toronto.

GAME FLOW
In the opening frame the Gaels, winners of three straight coming into the contest, stayed hot early as Katrina Manoukarakis opened the scoring with a goal at the 8:27 mark banging home a loose puck in front of the York net. The Gaels then had a few power-play chances including a five-on-three opportunity but could not convert.

After the Gaels found themselves in the box, York responded to tie the game up at 1-1 with a goal from Brooke Anderson.

The Lions continued to use the power-play to find the back of the net. In the second period, they took their first lead of the game off a power-play goal from Courtney Gardiner. Just five minutes later, Kara Washer scored York's third power-play goal of the game to put them ahead 3-1.

York made it a 4-1 game with their fourth power-play goal of the game, this one coming in the third period. The Lions power-play unit went 4-7 in the game while the Gaels were 0-6. York took the win 4-1.

PLAYOFF PICTURE
The Gaels still hold third in the OUA with 41 points but have just one game remaining while fourth place Ryerson (40 points) has three, and fifth place Toronto (39 points) has three.

BY THE NUMBERS
13 - Total power-play opportunities in the game
4 - PPG for York
28 - Saves for Makenzy Arsenault

UP NEXT
The Gaels will close out their OUA regular season next Saturday night when they travel to visit the Brock Badgers. Puck drop is set for 7:15 pm and the game can be seen live on OUA.tv.