GUELPH, Ont. – On Saturday night (Feb. 15) at the Gryphon Centre, the University of Guelph men's hockey team finished up their regular season with a 3-0 loss to the Ottawa Gee-Gees. The Gryphons end the 2024-25 season with a 12-15-1 record.

The Gryphons honoured three graduating players from their roster, with captain Tristan De Jong, assistant captain Luke Bignell and goaltender Colton Incze all recognized before puck drop. Guelph was looking to end their season on a positive note following their heartbreaking overtime loss to Brock which officially eliminated them from the postseason contention.

After a scoreless opening period, the first goal of the game would come at the 5:12 mark of the second period as Ottawa would breakthrough with a power play goal from Charles-Antoine Roy to give the visitors the 1-0 lead. With the Gee-Gees still holding onto a slim 1-0 lead, the next goal would be vital as the Gryphons were searching for the equalizer. However, Ottawa would break the Gryphon resistance at the 13:12 mark of the third period when Bradley Chenier was spung free on a breakaway and scored to give the visitors a 2-0 lead. Nicolas Kingsbury-Fournier added an empty netter to seal the 3-0 win for Ottawa. The Gryphons were unable to solve Jean-Philippe Tourigny throughout the night as he stopped 19 shots in the win. Colton Incze, the senior netminder of the Gryphons did a great job keeping his team in the game in his final start with the team, making 32 saves on 34 shots.