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| GAME REPORT |
| 2 Dec Queens 3 RMC 0 stats The RMC Paladins lost an opportunity to extend their lead over the Queens Golden Gaels for second spot in the OUA Mid East with a 3-0 loss on Saturday night. A night after dominating play in a 5-1 win, the Paladins just could not solve Queens net minder Ryan Gibb who stopped all 33 shots he faced. Like Friday night, the team that opened the scoring went on for the win. The Gaels took a 1-0 lead at 11:13 of the first with the eventual game winner but had to be constantly looking back as the Paladins put on enormous pressure to tie the game. The Paladins had a great opportunity as they went on the power play for nearly 6 straight minutes late in the first, but they could not solve the Queens penalty kill. In the second RMC had a 30 second 5 on 3 but again were stymied. The 1-0 lead held up until 7:13 of the third when the Gaels took a 2-0 lead. With Matt Hartney (Burnaby,BC/University of Saskatchewan) pulled for the extra attacker the Gaels added an empty netter to round out the scoring. Adam Briggs (Wallace,NS/Charloettetown Abbies) took the loss for RMC. He stopped 10 of 11 shots he faced before Hartney came in as an emergency replacement 2 minutes into the third. Over all RMC outshot Queens 33-29 and both teams were unsuccessful on the power play with RMC 0 for 9 and Queens 0 for 7 including a minute and a half 5 on 3. The Paladins now head into the Christmas Break sitting in third spot with a 4-11-1 (4-14-2 overall) record for 9 points, one point back behind Queens who sit at 3-10-3 (5-11-5 overall). In the race for the final playoff spot in the East Division RMC and the Concordia Stingers sit tied with equal records. RMC now has just over a month of because of Christmas exams and Christmas Break and they have their next league action on Friday 5 Jan as they head to Toronto to take on the Ryerson Rams and the U of T Varsity Blues in another interdivisional match up. 1 Dec RMC 5 Queens 1 stats The Paladins drew first blood in a crucial home and home series against their cross town rivals the Queens Golden Gaels on Friday night with a convincing 5-1 win at Constantine Arena. The Paladins had built up solid momentum last weekend with a win and a hard fought loss against the U of T Varsity Blues. This momentum carried over to Friday�s game as RMC opened the scoring just 23 seconds into the game. Luke Pierce (Merritt,BC/Venon Vipers) notched his third of the season from Jeff Oke (Greand Berd,ON/Lake Superior State) and Tyler Spice (Chilliwack,BC/Chilliwack Chiefs) nothcing assists. After Queens tied at 4:42. RMC scored 3 unanswered goals to take a 4-1 lead into the first intermission. Mike Soros (Ottawa,ON) made it 2-1 at 8:22 with a helper from Pierce. The lead was then extended to 3-1 four and a half minutes later when Nick Cregan (Ottawa/ON/Cumberland Grads) notched a power play goal from Pierce and Paul Bradley (Calgary,AB/Canmore Eagles). Bradley then made it 4-1 at 16:13 of the first to end the scoring barrage. In the second Cregan got his second of the game to end the scoring and then the Paladins skaters turned the game over to Adam Briggs (Wallace,NS/Charloettetown Abbies). Briggs shut the door against the Gaels as they attempted a comeback but fell way short. Briggs stopped 34 of the 35 shots he face as RMC outh shot Queens 38-35. The Paladins special teams were relatively quite as the power play scored once in nine opportunities while they killed all eight short handed situations include a couple of lengthy 5 on 3�s Offensively Luke Pierce led the Paladins with 1G and 2A, while Paul Bradley also had 1G and 2A and Cregan chipping in with his 2G. These same two teams face off against each other on Saturday night at Queens Jock Hardy Arena. 25 Nov U of T 3 RMC 0 stats The Paladins dropped back into third place in the OUA Mid East Division with a 3-0 loss agains the division leading University of Toronto Varsity Blues on Saturday night. Except for the final score, the game was a near perfect display of hockey as both teams combined for a total of 5 penalties and featured end to end action with scoring chances as U of T out shot RMC 31-30. The Varsity Blues opened the scoring with the only goal that they would need 3:25 into the contest as Joe Rand notched his first of two in the game. Rand then extended the lead to 2-0 at 14:06 of the second period. RMC never let up as they continued to pressure the U of T net but they could not get a puck past Ryan Grinnell. In the third RMC pulled Adam Briggs (Wallace,NS/Charloettetown Abbies) for the extra attacker, but could not muster a goal as the U of T iced the win with an empty with 15 seconds left in the game. Briggs took the loss for the Paladins stopping 28 of 30 shots he face. The RMC power play was 0 for 1 while the penalty kill was a perfect 4-4. In other OUA Mid East action, the Queens Golden Gales bounced back from a 7-1 trouncing by the U of T to beat Ryerson 8-3 on Saturday. With that win the Gaels leapfrog ahead of RMC into second place with 8 points. |
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