OTTAWA, Ont. - The Guelph Gryphons women's hockey team officially dropped the puck on a new season on Friday night (Oct. 16) in the nation's capital, with the Gryphons skating to a 2-1 season-opening victory over the University of Ottawa Gee-Gees. Gryphons fourth-year forward,
Katie Dance (Aylmer, ON), opened the scoring with a power play goal early in the first period, and Gryphons rookie forward
Maggie Alcock (Komoka, ON) scored the first goal of her OUA career in the 2nd period to extend the Guelph lead to 2-0. The Gee-Gees were able to make it a 2-1 game with a power play goal midway through the 2nd period, but that would be as close as they would get with Guelph holding on to take all three points with the 2-1 regulation win in a game that marked a re-match of last season's OUA championship game, which saw
Guelph win by an identical 2-1 score line to claim their 8th conference title in program history. Gryphons fourth-year goalie,
Sophie Helfenstein (Ajax, ON) made 22 saves on 23 shots for her first victory of the new season. The Gryphons (1-0-0) will continue their season-opening weekend road trip in Ottawa with a Saturday night (Oct. 17) game against the Carleton Ravens (0-1-1), with puck drop at Carleton's Advanced Capital Ice House set for 7pm. All Gryphons women's hockey games throughout the 2026-27 season can be seen live online at www.oua.tv.
