Men’s Hockey
The men’s hockey team had a rough go of it in Quebec on Friday, as they took a beating at the hands of the UQTR Patriotes.
The second game of the best-of-three Ontario University Athletics (OUA) East semifinal between the Blues and Patriotes ended in very much the same manner as game one did. UQTR took the game 6-2 before hundreds of fans at the Colisée de Trois-Rivières.
The Patriotes dominated the entire match, outshooting the Blues 44-22 and scoring five goals before the game was half over. Mathieu Thibodeau added three points to contribute to his team’s victory.
Yannick Lavigne and Pierre Morvan each had a goal and an assist for the Patriotes. Seven other players had a point in the win.
Andrew Smale and Scott Malcolm scored for U of T.
The Blues knew they were in trouble after the Patriotes scored two goals within one-minute span-one while killing a penalty-around the middle of the first frame. UQTR kept pouring on the offence for the rest of the game, ending U of T’s playoff hopes in style.
UQTR will now travel to McGill to play game one of the OUA East final on March 9.
Indoor Hockey
U of T finished third at the Ontario University Athletics (OUA) indoor hockey championships last weekend at York University. This was a somewhat disappointing result, as the Blues were the top-ranked team going into the tournament.
York defeated U of T 2-1 in the semifinal to earn a spot in the final against Waterloo. The Lions then felled the Warriors 2-1 to take the championship and the gold medal.
The Blues rebounded, to their credit, after the loss and found enough energy to beat the Guelph Gryphons 5-0, earning them the bronze
Phillippa Kedgley had the only goal for the Blues in the loss and added another tally in the victory in the third-place match. Meanwhile, Amanda Treacy and Alex Chacinski each scored two goals in the third-place game.
The Blues had gone undefeated in the regular season, as they managed to attain a record of 4-0, putting them at the top of the Ontario indoor hockey standings. York was fourth with a 1-3 record.
Stay tuned…
Be sure to tune in to The Varsity on Thursday, kids, for some exciting sports stories. You don’t want to be left out in the cold when your friends are all talking about them.
Thursday will mark the beginning of the thought-provoking sex-in-sports series that will touch on such issues as marketing, weight and body issues, aand how sex appeal is used to market women’s sports.
Also, make sure not to miss the profile of phenomenal swimmer Jen Porenta, who helped the Blues achieve great success at both then provincial and national levels.
Be sure to read the sports section when you should be writing that law paper, but feel like procrastinating.
