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| GAME REPORT |
| 14 Oct BROCK 6 RMC 2 stats In their second game of the opening weekend the Paladins dropped a 6-2 decision against the visiting Brock Badgers. The Badgers fresh off a win Friday night against Queens, took a 2-1 lead in the first period and did not look back. With the Badgers leading 1-0, Nick Cregan (Ottawa, On/Cumberland Grads) tied the game with a marker in a 4 on 4 situation. Tyler McTavish (London,On/ St. Thomas Stars) and Matt Fetzner (Royston, BC/Weyburn Redwings) added assists. The Badgers then widened their lead to 5-1 with a three goal second period. RMC would close the gap to 5-2 in the third with a marker from Josh Fudge (Nepean, On/Nepean Raiders) with McTavish getting an assist. McTavish led the Paladins with 2 assists while Blair Robertson (Outlook,Sk/Quesnell Millionaires) took the loss stopping 38 of 44 shots he faced. The Paladins next action is next weekend as they travel to take on former Head Coach Kelly Nobes and his Wilfred Laurier Golden Hawks on Saturday 21 Oct at 7:30 pm. The Golden Hawks are 1-1 (2-5 overall) after splitting games aginst the University of Toronto and Ryerson. On Sunday the Paladins head to Guelph to face the Griffons at 2:00pm. Guleph is also at 1-1 (2-5 overall) after a split against Toronto and Ryerson. 13 Oct RMC 6 York 3 stats The Paladins opened up the 2006-07 OUA hockey season at home on Friday night with a 6-3 victory over the visiting York Lions in front of a supportive crowd of 250. The Paladins jumped out to a 4-1 first period lead and held on for the victory despite being out shot 35-26 for the game. With three goals in a span of 2:04 in the first five minutes of the hockey game, the Paldins jumped out to a lead that could not be overcome. Ryan Thebault (Sydney, NS/Redmen HS) opened the scoring at the three minute mark on a marker with assists from Josh Fudge (Nepean, ON/Nepean Raiders) and Greg McDonald (Ottawa, ON/South Ottawa Jr B). 1:36 later on a power play Mike Soroa (Ottawa, ON) put the Paladins up 2-0. McDonald and Tyler McTavish (London, ON/St Thomas Stars) added the assists. Nick Cregan (Cumberland, ON/Cumberland Grads) rounded out the outburst with his first of the season at 5:00 with assists from Soros and McTavish. The Lions cut the lead to 3-1 with a power play goal in the seventh minute but Matt Pierce (Cumberland, ON/Cumberland Grads) notched his first CIS goal at 10:08 with assists from Paul Bradley (Calgary, AB/Canmore Eagles) and Matt Fetzner (Royston, BC/Weyburn Redwings). The Lions had an excellent chance to close the gap but the Paladins successfully killed a 5 minute major handed out to Matt Pierce seconds after he put them up 4-1. In the second the Lions again cut the lead to 2 with a short handed marker at 3:23 but the lead was restored by Bradley on the power play at 16:21. Nick Cregan and Roman Srutek (Kanata, ON/Kanata Stallions) drew assists. Two late markers in the third rounded out the scoring as York notched their second power play goal at 16:08 and Paul Bradley sealed the win with an empty netter with ten seconds remaining on the clock. Offensively for the Paladins, Paul Bradley led the way with 2G, 1A for 3 Pts, while McTavish, Cregan, McDonald and Soros each chipped in for two points each. Adam Briggs (Wallace NS/Charlottetown Abbies) was solid in net as he stopped 32 of 35 shots he faced. RMC went 3 for 11 on the power play which included a 1 minute long 5 on 3 situation and allowed a short handed goal while they killed 7 of 9 short handed situations including a 5 minute penalty in the first. EXHIBITION SCHEDULE The RMC Paladins closed out their preseason schedule with three losses over the last week. Their first setback was a 6-3 loss against cross-town rivals the Queens Golden Gaels on Saturday 30 Sep. This game was the second in a back-to-back series and came on the heels of a 3-3 tie three days before. This game was part of ex-cadet weekend festivities at RMC. After that loss the Paladins took to the road as they headed to the Maritimes to play a couple of Atlantic University Sports (AUS) schools. On 5 Oct the St Mary�s Huskies hosted the Paladins. RMC could not get any offensive punch as they dropped a 5-0 decision to the Huskies. The next night the Paladins managed some goal scoring but still fell 6-3 against the University of PEI Panthers. RMC now heads back to Kingston in preparation for their opening weekend. They open the season against the York Lions on Friday 13 October at 1930 at Constantine arena. York had a 2-6 pre-season record. Their record is not a true indicator of the team as four of those losses came against NHL rookie squads and one loss was against NCAA Division One School Renneslear Polytechnical Institute. The second game of the weekend has RMC hosting the Brock Badgers. Brock went 2-0 in the preseason against OUA schools. |
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