KINGSTON, Ont. (Feb. 2, 2023) – Alex Robert buried the winner after a scramble in front of the net to give Queen's Men's Hockey a 2-1 overtime victory over the RMC Paladins in the 35^th Carr-Harris Challenge Cup.

Robert's goal, assisted by Nolan Hutcheson and Jack Duff, sent the Gaels bench into a massive celebration in front of 3,986 at the Leon's Centre. He was named Queen's MVP for the Carr-Harris Cup after the game.

"Honestly it took me a couple seconds. I shot it, it was rolling over the RMC goalie's shoulder, and then once I scored I forgot what was going on," Robert said of his game-winning goal. "Everyone was rushing on the ice, all the fellas were completely smothering me. It was surreal."



Queen's controlled the game through the first three periods, outshooting the Paladins 49-24 but RMC goalie Joey May kept the Paladins in the game with a number of terrific saves. May was name the Paladins MVP for the game.

Robert's goal came minutes after two massive saves by Queen's goalie Luke Richardson in the overtime. Richardson finished with 23 saves in the win.
 

M🏒: WHAT. A. SAVE.

Luke Richardson absolutely denies Pascoal on the breakaway.#CarrHarrisCup | #ChaGheill | @OUAsport pic.twitter.com/5GsvNeLo5f

— Queen's Gaels (@queensgaels) February 3, 2023

"All season long our team, they do a good job at keeping things to the outside and not giving up a lot," Richardson said after the game. "But when something does squeek through them and it's a good scoring chance, I have to do my job. In overtime, it's must win for us, you can't afford to lose right now, I just did whatever I could to make a save"

After a scoreless first period, Dalton Duhart opened the scoring for Queen's early in the second period. Duhart walked in one-on-one with an RMC defenceman, making a move before firing a shot that beat the Paladins' goalie high glove side. Duhart's goal was assisted by Josh Curtis.

The Paladins would even the score late in the second period when Noah Rowe completed a strong passing play by finding the back of the net.



"It never gets old," Queen's Men's Hockey Head Coach Brett Gibson said of the feeling winning the Carr-Harris Cup. "The crowd was fantastic. It's alway seems to be the way, the RMC goalie makes 50 saves and we have to find a way to score a goal. It seems to be a theme in the Carr-Harris Cup. To see Alex Robert get it, he's a kid that comes to work every single day. He deserves that goal."

With the win, Queen's improved their record in the Carr-Harris Cup to 22-11-2. Their record now stands at 11-11-2 this season and the team sits seventh in the OUA East Division standings.