No. 5 Ranked Gryphons down Badgers 4-1

ST. CATHARINES, Ont. – The Brock Women’s Hockey Team couldn’t keep up with the powerful Gryphons Thursday night in St. Catharines. Guelph scored 3 goals in a span of 3 minutes and 18 seconds during the second period on their way to a 4-1 defeat of the Brock Badgers.

The Badgers opened the scoring 39 seconds into the second period as Maggie Matheson (Kingston, Ont.) would score her second of the year, assisting on the goal would be Maggie Young (Tiverton, Ont.) and Lana Norris (Inglewood, Ont.). Less than 5 minutes later Guelph would even the score as Patricia “Rose” Harris (Colborne, Ont.) netted her 3rd of the season on a shot that would just barely make its way through Beth Clause’s legs. Guelph would later make quick work of a power play scoring just 7 seconds in as Tayne Hewer (Barrie, Ont.) would score her first of two on the night. Her second came just 1 minutes and 3 seconds after her first as Hewer would redirect a point shot from Rachel Driscoll (Chatham, Ont.) to give the Gryphons a 3-1 lead heading into the third.

Guelph would quickly put the game out of reach as forward Dayna Kanis (Georgetown, Ont.) would score 1:24 into the frame. The Gryphons would hang on for the 4-1 win.

Final Score:
Guelph 4, Brock 1

Brock’s next game is Saturday January 10th at York versus the Lions.

Shots on Goal by Period

Brock 6-6-9 Total 21
Guelph 8-16-7 Total 31

Scoring Summary
1st Period
-No Scoring-

2nd Period
BRO Matheson, (2) (Young, Norris), 0:39
GUE Harris, (3) (Kanis, Hodgins), 5:22
GUE Hewer, (2) (Taylor, Small), 7:37 (PP)
GUE Hewer, (3) (Driscoll, Small), 8:40

3rd Period
GUE Kanis, (7) (D'Angelo, Harris), 1:24

Goaltenders
Brock - Clause (L) 27 Saves
Guelph - Mcnichol (W) 20 Saves