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Game Recap: Hockey (W) | 10/10/2015 6:51:00 PM | Posted by: Shawn MacDonald (Sports Information Officer)
Larocca scores third goal in two nights to lead Gaels over Lions 2-1
Toronto

KINGSTON, Ont. (October 10, 2015) - The Queen's Gaels (1-0-0-0) finished off the York Lions (0-2-0-0) with a 2-1 win on Saturday night at the Memorial Centre in Kingston for their second win in as many nights.

GAME FLOW
The first period started off with the Gaels heading to the powerplay early on after Dana Somerville took a two minute penalty for body checking. York killed off the penalty and the Gaels were left still searching for their first powerplay tally on the season. They got another chance as the Lions found themselves in penalty trouble again but the Gaels once again could not capitalize.

At 9:24 of the period they used even-strength to get on the board as Megan Farrell (Barrie, Ont.) netted her first goal of the season beating the Lions starting goaltender Megan Lee. Clare McKellar (London, Ont.) and Mary Coughlin (Amherstburg, Ont.) added the assists on the goal. Queen's finished the period outshooting York 17-5 but were only able to find the back of the net once.

In the second period York jumped on Queen's only 20 seconds into the period. Stephanie Dovaston was able to beat Gaels starting netminder Caitlyn Lahonen (Saskatoon, Sask.) for her second goal of the season. Queen's was able to respond as Nadia Larocca (Mississauga, Ont.) and Kyla Crouse (Mount Brydges, Ont.) broke in on a two-on-one and Crouse fed a nice pass to Larocca who cut back to the inside and slipped the puck past Lee for the goal. Katrina Manoukarakis (Scarborough, Ont.) added the other assist on the goal, her second in as many games.

The Gaels were outshot 13 to seven in the period but were able to head to the dressing room with a 2-1 lead.

In the third the Gaels were able to hold on as Lahonen turned aside another six shots in the third period and the Gaels escaped with a 2-1 win, their second victory in as many nights. Lahonen finished with 23 saves on the 24 shots she faced. Lee stopped 30 of the 32 shots that Queen's fired her way.

BY THE NUMBERS
3 - Goals in two games for Nadia Larocca
6 - Number of points the Gaels have in the standings earning three points for each regulation win
20 - Seconds into the second period when York tied the game
44 - Saves on 45 shots for Caitlyn Lahonen through two games