UOIT Ridgebacks Media Release
Saturday, October 11, 2008

Queen’s Upend the Ridgebacks – Home Opener Set to Go on Friday Night!!!

Men’s Hockey – Queen’s defeated UOIT 7-2

Kingston, Ont. –  The Queen’s University Golden Gaels came up with a 7-2 victory over the UOIT Ridgebacks on Saturday afternoon in OUA men’s hockey action.

The Ridgebacks started off the game on the right note as 2007-08 leading scorer Nathan Spaling (Drayton, Ont.) netted his first goal of the year just four minutes into the contest on the power play. Queen’s did not wait long to tie things back up as they scored just nine seconds following the UOIT goal.

UOIT struck again later in the period, once again on the power play as Brent Varty (Oshawa, Ont.) scored his first goal of the year for UOIT. Freshmen Mike Noyes (Lucan, Ont.) and Tony Rizzi (Kingston, Ont.) picked up their second assists of the game. Noyes now has five points in two games to start his career with UOIT.

At this point trailing 2-1 in the game, Queen’s was able to regroup scoring two goals in the final three minutes of the period to take a 3-2 lead into the first intermission. The Gaels would carry over the momentum from the late period rally as they would score two goals in both of the final two frames to win their first game of the season 7-2.

Although Queen’s would end up out-shooting the Ridgebacks 40-33 in the game, surprisingly the Ridgebacks out-shot the Gaels 22-20 over the final two periods.

The Ridgebacks will now head home for their 2008-09 home opener slated for Friday, October 17 against the University of Toronto Varsity Blues. With a big crowd expected at the Campus Ice Centre, the Ridgebacks will look to gather their first win of the season.

GAME RECAP

UOIT 2 at Queen's 7

1st Period
1. UOIT, N. Spaling (1) (T. Rizzi, M. Noyes) 4:11 PP
2. Queen's, C. McCullough (1)   4:20  
3. UOIT, B. Varty (1) (T. Rizzi, M. Noyes) 14:36 PP
4. Queen's, C. McCullough (2) (B. Munroe, P. Doyle) 17:54  
5. Queen's, J. Johnstone (1) (S. Kenway) 19:49  
 
2nd Period
6. Queen's, B. Burke (1) (P. Doyle, B. Heersink) 0:22  
7. Queen's, J. Johnstone (2) (S. Kenway, J. Lawrance) 8:35  
 
3rd Period
8. Queen's, J. Lawrance (1) (B. Heersink) 5:17  
9. Queen's, S. Kenway (1) (J. Lawrance) 17:45  

Shots on Goal:
UOIT: 11-15-7 (33)
Queen’s: 20-11-9 (40)

Power Play Conversion
UOIT: 2-7
Queen's: 0-2

Start : 2:30 PM
End : 4:40 PM
Attendance : 75

A QUICK LOOK AT THE RIDGEBACKS

Conference Record: 0-1-1
Overall Record: 1-4-1

Next Home Action:
2008-09 HOME OPENER
Friday, October 17 vs. U of T (7:30 p.m.) – Campus Ice Centre

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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)