UOIT Ridgebacks Media Release
Friday, January 30, 2009

UOIT drops a 4-1 decision to the nationally ranked Lions

Women’s Hockey: York defeated UOIT 4-1

Oshawa, Ont. – The UOIT Ridgebacks women’s hockey team fell to York University by a final score of 4-1 at the Campus Ice Centre Friday night. For the Ridgebacks, it was their fifth straight game against a nationally ranked opponent as York currently sits in the tenth position of the CIS rankings.

The teams played to a scoreless draw after twenty minutes, with both teams having a number of chances to get the games first goal.

In the second period, York would find themselves of the positive end of a couple of bounces as they would score two wacky goals to take a 2-0 lead. The Lions would add one more goal before the end of the period on a 5-on-3 power play to go up 3-0, while outshooting UOIT 12-3.

Katie Grant (Oshawa, Ont.) would make the game interesting in the third period as she scored her first goal of the season at the 6:42 mark, but the Lions would add a late goal to skate away with the 4-1 victory. UOIT outshot York 13-10 in the third period while looking to climb back into the game.

Final shots in the contest were 34-22 in favour of York. Both teams would end up 1-for-5 on the power play.

York improved to 13-10-0 on the year and extended their winning streak to six games. UOIT slipped to 3-19-0 this season and will look to rebound on Saturday afternoon on the road against the Brock Badgers. Puck drop in St. Catharines is at 3 p.m.

GAME RECAP

York 4 at UOIT 1

1st Period
Scoring - No Scoring

2nd Period
1. York, S. Solheim (3) (K. Webster, J. Petkovics) 9:27  
2. York, M. Cole (13) (C. Unruh, J. Halinen) 10:28  
3. York, J. Halinen (2) (M. Daniels, J. Turi) 17:49 PP

3rd Period
4. UOIT, K. Grant (1) (J. Cockburn, M. Findlay) 6:42 PP
5. York, K. Wilson (3) (A. Mills, D. Beach) 17:20  

yor Shots: 12 12 10 TOTAL: 34
uoit Shots: 6 3 13 TOTAL: 22

Power Play Conversion
York 1-5
UOIT 1-5

Goaltenders
(W) York
McMurter 6-5-0-0 Start: 1st 0:00 Min: 60:00 SV: 21 GA: 1 [W]

(W) UOIT
Thompson 3-12-0-0 Start: 1st 0:00 Min: 60:00 SV: 30 GA: 4 [L]
 
A QUICK LOOK AT THE RIDGEBACKS

Conference Record: 3-19-0
Overall Record: 3-21-1

Next Action
Saturday, January 31 @ Brock (3 p.m.) – St. Catharines

Next Home Action
Friday, February 15 vs. Waterloo (7:30 p.m.) – CIC

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FOR MORE INFORMATION:
Scott Dennis
Sports Information and Marketing Coordinator
Durham College and UOIT Athletics
905.721.2000 Ext. 2784 (P)
905.721.3117 (F)