OUA Men's HockeyUOIT defeats Concordia 4-3 MONTREAL, Que. – Jake Logan's first goal of the season proved to be a big one, the game-winner, as the UOIT men's hockey team wrapped up their regular season with a 4-3 victory over the Concordia Stingers on Sunday.
Jesse Stoughton (Bobcaygeon, Ont.) scored his ninth goal of the season to open the scoring 10:20 into the game. The Ridgebacks held the 1-0 lead into the second period until Antoine Houde-Caron tied it 1-1 just under two minutes into the middle frame.
Mike Robinson (Stouffville, Ont.) gave UOIT their second lead of the night, with his sixth of the year, midway through the second, but 18 seconds later Dany Potvin scored for Concordia to tie the game again. The score was 2-2 through two.
At the 10-minute mark of the third Stefano Momesso went to the box for the Stingers, giving the Ridgebacks an opportunity to take the lead back. Although they didn't score on the man advantage, they carried the momentum into five-on-five play as
Mike Whiteside (Ajax, Ont.) put UOIT up 3-2 with 7:14 to go in the third.
Logan (Napanee, Ont.) gave the Ridgebacks some space with his power play marker with 4:45 left on the clock.
Matt Boudreau found the back of the net for the Stingers at the 16:35 mark, but that was as close as Concordia would come as UOIT shut the door the rest of the way en route to their 4-3 victory.
Brendan O'Neill (Ilderton, Ont.) made 22 saves for the win, while Alexandre St-Arnaud turned aside 27 UOIT shots in the loss for Concordia.
The Ridgebacks now wait to see who their first round opponent will be as McGill, Carleton and UQTR sit atop the OUA East Division tied at 38 points with each team having two games left to play this week.
With a seventh place finish, UOIT will play the second seed in the opening round, which will begin the week of Feb. 9-15.
A QUICK LOOK AT THE RIDGEBACKSOverall Record: 13-16-2
Conference Record: 10-15-1
Next Game: TBD
