Disappointing loss for UOIT in Kingston

OUA Men's Hockey: RMC defeated UOIT 4-2

KINGSTON, Ont. – Despite outshooting Royal Military College 52-25 on Friday night, the UOIT men's hockey team was not able to leave Kingston with two points as the Paladins came up with a 4-2 victory over the Ridgebacks.

RMC goaltender Evan Deviller had a 50 save performance as he earned his first career CIS victory. UOIT outshot RMC 16-2 in the final frame, but Deviller continued to stand on his head as he preserved the two-goal victory.

Mathieu Lavallee and Brett Pinder would score two goals apiece for RMC while Chris Smerek recorded a pair of assists. Pinder would score the game winning goal at the 14:04 minute mark of the second period as UOIT starting goaltender Colin Dzijacky (Thunder Bay, Ont.) was pulled after allowing three goals on 16 shots.

Mike Whiteside (Ajax, Ont.) and Nate Mitton (Kitchener, Ont.) were the goal scorers for UOIT as they scored in the first and third period respectively. Mitton's goal was the fourth of his freshman campaign.

This marked RMC's first victory of the season as they were 0-15-2 heading into the game.

With their fifth straight loss, UOIT falls to 5-10-3 and are tied with the Concordia Stingers for sixth place in the OUA eastern conference. The teams are three points ahead of the Laurentian Voyageurs and four up on Nipissing for the final playoff position.

UOIT will be back on the road on Saturday night when they take on the Ottawa Gee-Gees. Game time is at 7 p.m.

A QUICK LOOK AT THE RIDGEBACKS
Overall Record: 5-16-3
Conference Record: 5-10-3

Next Game: Sat. Jan. 11 @ Ottawa (7 p.m.)