Feb. 12: Guelph 4 – Western 3
LONDON – The Guelph Gryphon women's hockey team defeated the Western Mustangs 4-3 this afternoon in London. The Gryphons move to 16-7-3 on the season and sit third in the OUA standings.
The Gryphons came out strong in the first period dominating Western and outshooting them 17-7. The first goal was at 4:15 on a great tic-tac-toe play from Jessica Zerafa and Tamara Bell to Katie Mora who buried it. Less than a minute and a half later Tori Woods stole a puck from a defender to score a short-handed unassisted goal. A bad giveaway three minutes later saw Westerns Carly Rolph get a breakaway and score on Gryphon goaltender Brooke Siddall. With less than three minutes left in the first the Gryphons went back up by two goals when Emily Corbett received a tape-to-tape pass in the slot from Tayne Hewer and sent a rocket snapshot over Western goaltender Ulrich's blocker. Western pulled within one with only 35 seconds left on the clock on a Gryphon defensive breakdown.
In the second period Western picked up their game, outshooting Guelph 8-6 but no goals were scored.
In the third period Guelph's Jenna Lanzarotta earned the eventual game winner on a nice pass from Woods and Dayna Kanis. Western would get within one on a two versus one shot over Siddall's shoulder but would not be able to equalize.
BOX SCORE:
Guelph 4 at Western 3 - Status: Final
Saturday, February 12, 2011 - Thompson Arena
Guelph 3 0 1 - 4
Western 2 0 1 - 3
1st Period-1, Guelph, Mora 15 (Bell, Kanis), 4:15. 2, Guelph, Woods 9 5:57. 3, Western, Rolph 4 (Saunders), 8:29. 4, Guelph, Corbett 1 (Hewer), 17:38. 5, Western, Dillon 11 (Galloway, Cation), 19:25. Penalties-Corbett Gue (body checking), 4:55; Canham Wes (hooking), 14:29.
2nd Period- No Scoring.Penalties-Crawford Gue (high sticking), 6:53.
3rd Period-6, Guelph, Lanzarotta 11 (Woods, Kanis), 2:03. 7, Western, Rellinger 1 7:16 (SH). Penalties-Saunders Wes (high sticking), 6:30; Karapalidis Wes (tripping), 10:02; Woods Gue (slashing), 15:01; Karapalidis Wes (roughing after the whistle), 15:01; Saunders Wes (tripping), 18:02.
Shots on Goal-Guelph 16-6-15-37. Western 5-8-5-18.
Power Play Opportunities-Guelph 0 / 4; Western 0 / 2.
Goalies-Guelph, Siddall 7-3-0 (18 shots-15 saves). Western, Ulrich 3-12-0 (37 shots-33 saves).
