OSHAWA, Ont. – Jesse Stoughton (Bobcaygeon, Ont.) scored 1:44 into overtime giving the UOIT men's hockey team a 5-4 victory over Concordia Saturday night at the Campus Ice Centre.
 
Stoughton, who was injured in the first period after being speared, split two defenders and roofed the puck past goaltender Robin Billingham in OT to earn the Ridgebacks 12th win of the season, matching the all-time program high set back in 2010-11.
 
Stoughton's goal was the 40^th of his career and sixth game winner.
 
The win also puts some separation between UOIT (12-7-1) and Queen's (11-5-1) for fourth place in the OUA eastern conference standings. Queen's suffered a 3-2 overtime loss to UQTR (18-3-1) on Saturday night.
 
It was fitting that Saturday's game went into overtime as it featured everything but the kitchen sink.
 
Concordia set the tempo for the game getting the opening goal just 30 seconds into the contest on a nice solo effort by Frederic Roy. Things went from bad to worse for UOIT as forward Charles-Eric Legare scored on a shorthanded penalty shot just over a minute later, giving the Stingers a 2-0 lead.
 
UOIT was able to bounce back quickly scoring two goals of their own five minutes into the game. Loren Ulett (Port Perry, Ont.) scored the Ridgebacks' opening goal on a solo effort very similar to Roy's. Ryan Doucette (Waterloo, Ont.) would deflect an Alex Yuill (Wellington, Ont.) point shot two minutes later to level the score.
 
The Stingers would take a 3-2 lead into the locker room after Dany Potvin scored at the 12-minute mark. To close out the period, things would turn rough. After the dust settled, Roy was ejected from the game for spearing Stoughton, but UOIT was unable to capitalize on the five-minute power play.
 
Alex Derlis (Campbellford, Ont.) would score the lone goal of the second period, knotting the game at three goals apiece.
 
Midway through the third period, Jake Logan (Napanee, Ont.) set up Cameron Yuill (Wellington, Ont.) with a highlight reel cross-ice pass from the point as the Ridgebacks jumped out in front 4-3.
 
With the Ridgebacks two-minutes away from victory, Concordia took advantage of a late slashing penalty to Ulett. Matt Boudreau scored on the 6-on-4 as the Stingers had their goalie pulled, tying the score at 4-4 and setting the stage for Stoughton in overtime.
 
Brendan O'Neill (Ilderton, Ont.) made 33 saves for his 12^th win of the season while Billingham had 27 in the losing effort. Concordia outshot UOIT 37-31.
 
Concordia was 1-for-4 on the power play and UOIT went 0-for-5.
 
The Ridgebacks will hit the road next week for games against the Nipissing Lakers (Friday) and Laurentian Voyageurs (Saturday). Nipissing (8-8-3) and Laurentian (7-10-4) sit seventh and eighth respectively in the conference standings.
 
QUICK LOOK AT THE RIDGEBACKS
Overall Record: 15-11-1
Conference Record: 12-7-1
 
Next Game: Fri. Jan. 22 @ Nipissing