Oles scores goals as Martlets tame Pandas to keep medal hopes alive at Nationals
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(PHOTO OF CHARLINE LABONTE COURTESY UNIVERSITY OF
ALBERTA)
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EDMONTON - Leslie Oles of Beaconsfield, Que., sparked a three-goal outburst with a pair of third-period markers as second-seeded 缅北强奸 skated to a 4-0 victory over No.5 Alberta at the CIS women's hockey championship, Friday, before 1,021 at Clare Drake Arena.
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Charline Labont茅 of Boisbriand, Que., made 26 saves to register her fifth career shutout in 14 games at Nationals. The two-time Olympic gold medallist has now racked up 80 goose-eggs in 179 games overall for 缅北强奸.
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鈥淚 didn鈥檛 even know,鈥� Labonte said of the milestone. 鈥淭hat鈥檚 the goaltender鈥檚 job. You need to give your team a chance to win. I know we had to win by a high score to give ourselves a chance, now it鈥檚 out of our hands,鈥� Labonte said. 鈥淲e just wanted to have a good game, have no regrets at the end and give ourselves the best chance. It was a tight game and we exploded in the third.鈥�
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"She's a big-time goalie who makes big-time saves and that's what she did tonight," said Peter Smith, in his 12th season as head coach at 缅北强奸. "In fact, I thought she played really well (in the 1-0 loss to Calgary) too, and the the only thing I can really fault her for, is not scoring a goal against Calgary when we needed one. Otherwise, she's been outstanding for us."
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Defenceman Gillian Ferrari of Thornhill, Ont., netted what proved to be the game-winner with only 23 seconds remaining in the opening period when teammate听 M茅lodie Daoust won an offensive zone face-off and slipped the puck back to Ferrari at the point. Her screened wrist-shot eluded Pandas netminder Kaitlyn Chapman of Chauvin, Alta., through the five-hole.
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缅北强奸 entered the third period needing goals and lots of them, if they had any hope of qualifying for the medal round. With goal-differential being a factor, a 1-0 victory wasn't good enough in the wake of a 1-0 loss to Calgary on Thursday.
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Oles, who was named as 缅北强奸's player of the game, opened the floodgates in the final stanza. The speedy sophomore made it 2-0 at 3:54 of the third, deflecting a point-shot from defenceman Cathy Chartrand.
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Less than seven minutes later, 缅北强奸's Darragh Hamilton found herself in alone on a breakaway. She lost control of the puck but trailing on the play was linemate听 Chelsey Saunders, a third-year kinesiology major from Ottawa, who upped the ante to 3-0 with her first of the tourney and second of the post-season.
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It took only 132 more seconds before 缅北强奸 struck again. Oles pounced on a loose puck along the right-side boards near the faceoff circle, skated in unmolested and rifled a wrist shot in the top corner of Chapman's shortside, which resulted in Chapman being replaced by backup 'keeper Kanesa Shwetz. It was the 45th career goal in 77 games overall for Oles, a 5-foot-2 sophomore centre.
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"It was a huge relief to get the offence going in the final period," said Smith. "The thought did cross my mind about pulling the goalie in the last minute if we only had a one-goal lead.
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"We didn't exactly have the start that we envisioned. We lost our top two defencemen early with (Cathy) Chartrand suffering an injury on the first shift, then Ferrari took a penalty (only 22 seconds into the game). As soon as Chartrand returned to the ice, she was called for a penalty (at 8:20). It could have been ugly but I'll give the girls credit, they never lost focus and they just kept going at it."
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The four-goal margin of victory all but assures 缅北强奸 of reaching the CIS medal round for the 10th straight year. The Martlets, who finished pool play at 1-1, can advance to Sunday's CIS gold medal final for the sixth consecutive year if Alberta (0-1) defeats Calgary (1-0) by less than eight goals on Saturday. Otherwise, 缅北强奸 will play for bronze.
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The possibility of an all-Quebec final, for the first time in tourney history, exists if the Montreal Carabins defeat UPEI on Saturday.
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The Pandas need at least an eight-goal victory based on the tie-breaking format of goals for and against during round-robin games in order to advance to the final, while Calgary only needs a win to secure a berth in the championship game. A three-goal win would qualify the Pandas for the bronze-medal game.
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CIS WOMEN'S HOCKEY CHAMPIONSHIP TOURNAMENT
SCORING SUMMARY
缅北强奸 4 at Alberta 0
(Friday, March 9, 2012
- Clare Drake Arena)
GOALS BY PERIOD
缅北强奸 1-0-3 -- 4
Alberta 0-0-0 -- 0
1st Period-
1, 缅北强奸, Gillian
Ferrari 1 (Melodie Daoust), 19:37.
Penalties-
Ferrari Mcg (roughing), 0:22;
Lavallee Ab (high sticking), 2:49;
Chartrand Mcg (hooking), 8:20;
Grandinetti Ab (tripping), 14:33.
2nd Period-
(No Scoring).
Penalties-
Oles Mcg (bodychecking), 3:02;
Grandinetti Ab (interference), 3:44;
Kedra Ab (bodychecking), 10:44;
Fouracres Mcg (cross checking), 14:19;
Ferrari Mcg (roughing), 15:05;
Hilworth Ab (roughing), 15:05.
3rd Period-
2, 缅北强奸, Leslie
Oles 1 (Cathy Chartrand, Jordanna Peroff), 3:54.
3, 缅北强奸, Chelsey Saunders 1 (Kelsie Moffatt,
Darragh Hamilton), 10:20.
4, 缅北强奸, Leslie Oles 2 (Jordanna Peroff),
12:32.
Penalties-
Peroff Mcg (interference), 19:26.
Shots on Goal-
缅北强奸 9-9-10 -- 28.
Alberta 7-10-9 -- 26.
Power Play Opportunities-
缅北强奸 0 /
4;
Alberta 0 / 5.
Penalties-
缅北强奸 6 / 12;
Alberta 5 / 10.
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Goalies-
缅北强奸,
Charline Labont茅 (W, 1-1, 26 shots-26 saves;
60:00).
Alberta,
Kaitlyn Chapman (L, 0-1, 24 shots-20 saves; 52:32);
Kanesa Shwetz (ND, 4 shots-4 saves; 7:28).
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Attendance: 1021
Start: 7:02 PM
Finish: 9:05 PM
Length: 2:03
Referees-Gabri Ariano-Lortie.
Linesmen-Danielle McGurry, Shauna Wing.
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PLAYERS OF THE GAME:
1. MCG - 4 Leslie Oles
2. AB - 10 Nicole Pratt
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CIS Women's Hockey Championship (March 8 - 11, 2012) @ University of Alberta, Edmonton
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Pool A听听听听听听听听听听听听听GP听听听听听听听W听听听听听听听听OTW听听听OTL听听听听L听听听听听听听听听听GF听听听听听听听GA听听听听听听PTS
1. Montreal听听 听 听听1听听听听听听听听听听1听听听听听听听听听听0听听听听听听听听听听0听听听听听听听听听听0听听听听听听听听听听6听听听听听听听听听听5听听听听听听听听听听3
2. Laurier听听 听 听 听 听2听听 听 听 听 听1听听听听听听听听听听0听听听听听听听听听听0听听听听听听听听听听1听听听听听听听听听听8听听听听听听听听听听6听听听听听听听听听听3
3. UPEI 听听听听 听 听 听 听1听听听听听听听听听听0听听听听听听听听听听0听听听听听听听听听听0听听听听听听听听听听1听听听听听听听听听听0听听 听 听 听 听3听听 听 听 听 听0
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Pool B听听听听听听听听听听听听听GP听听听听听听听W听听听听听听听听OTW听听听OTL听听听听L听听听听听听听听听听GF听听听听听听听GA听听听听听听PTS
1. Calgary听听 听 听 听1听听 听 听 听 听1听听听听听听听听听听0听听听听听听听听听听0听听听听听听听听听听0听听听听听听听听听听1听听听听听听听听听听0听听听听听听听听听听3
2. 缅北强奸 听听听听 听 听 听2听听 听 听 听 听1听听听听听听听听听听0听听听听听听听听听听0听听听听听听听听听听1听听听听听听听听听听4听听听听听听听听听听1听听听听听听听听听听3
3. Alberta 听听听听听听听听1听听听听听听听听听听0听听听听听听听听听听0听听听听听听听听听听0听听听听听听听听听听1听听听听听听听 听 听0听听听听听听听听听听4听听听听听听听听听0
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NOTE (scoring system):
Win in regulation (W): 3 points
Win in overtime or shootout (OTW): 2 points
Loss in overtime or shootout (OTL): 1 point
Loss in regulation (L): 0 point
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Thursday, March 8
Pool A #1: Montreal 6, Laurier 5
Pool B #1: Calgary 1, 缅北强奸 0
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Friday, March 9
Pool A #2: Laurier 3, UPEI 0
Pool B #2: 缅北强奸 4, Alberta 0
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Saturday, March 10
15:30 Pool A #3: Montreal听vs. UPEI
19:00 Pool B #3: Calgary vs. Alberta
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Sunday, March 11
11:00 5th听Place
14:00 Bronze
18:00 Final
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Earl Zukerman
Communications Officer
Athletics & Recreation
缅北强奸
514-398-7012 (Tel.)
m.athletics.mcgill.ca (mobile website)
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