Queen's Men's Hockey kept their playoff hopes alive with a 3-0 win over the visiting Ontario Tech Ridgebacks Saturday night at the Memorial Centre.

With the win, the Gaels improved their record to 12-11-2 and are now tied for sixth in the OUA East Division standings with the Ottawa Gee-Gees.

A back-and-forth first period led to no goals being scored by either side.

Queen's goalie Luke Richardson made a number of strong saves in the first half of the second period to keep the game scoreless before Dalton Duhart got the Gaels on the board, burying a rebound midway through the frame. Duhart's goal was assisted by Duncan Campbell and Ryan Cranford.

Richardson came up big late in the period as well, making a number of key saves to preserve Queen's one-goal lead heading into the third period.

After forcing Ontario Tech into two penalties early in the third period, the Gaels capitalized on the five-on-three with Owen Lalonde finishing a nice passing play with a one-timer that found the back of the net. Lalonde's goal was assisted Hayden Fowler and Trevor Longo.

Ontario Tech would have a 5-on-3 opportunity of their own midway through the period, but Queen's managed to kill both penalties.

Matthew Hotchkiss added an empty-netter assisted by Jakob Brahaney to seal the win for Queen's.

The Gaels will head into the final weekend of the regular season looking to make the OUA Playoffs. Queen's will travel to Montreal, Que. to take on the Concordia Stingers Friday, Feb. 10 at 7:30 p.m. Watch the game on OUA.tv.