Warriors split with OUA East teams in week six action, slip to third in OUA West
Vs. Concordia, W 2-0
Friday nights victory against the Concordia Stingers marked two firsts for Warrior players. In a rare match-up against OUA East opponents, Aaron Lewicki made his debut in the Black and Gold, while Keaton Hartigan recorded his first career shutout in OUA/CIS competition.
Lewicki was clearly excited after having been confined to the stands for the first 3 months of the season while he waited to become eligible. For the past two seasons Lewicki played for Dalhousie University in Nova Scotia, prior to those three seasons in the OHL. When coach Bourque recruited Lewicki, he had hoped that he would bring a spark to the team. Friday night that spark was there as Lewicki showcased his speed at centre, hit everything that moved and even chipped in with an assist.
Hartigan was stellar in net for the Warriors, as he stopped all 37 Concordia shots. Earlier this season, Hartigan was honoured as the Blackberry CIS Athlete of the Week for his outstanding efforts in week one of the season. Five weeks later, Hartigan has kept up his consistent play through every game he has started this season. A tireless worker on and off then ice, Hartigan didn’t have much time to savour the moment as he was already preparing for Saturday nights match-up against McGill.
The Warriors scored the their first goal mid-way through the first on the powerplay as Shane Hart beat Concordia’s Maxime Joyal, assisting ion the play were Steve Whitely and Aaron Lewicki. The second Warrior goal came early in the third period as Kyle Schwende drove the wing on a feed from Chris Ray and Mark Hartman and beat Joyal with a hard low wrister.
Summary
Concordia 0 At Waterloo 2
Nov 13, 2009 - Columbia Ice Field
Concordia 0 0 0 - 0
Waterloo 1 0 1 - 2
1st Period-1, Waterloo, Hart 6 (Whitely, Lewicki), 11:13 (pp).
Penalties-Schwende Wat (holding), 7:40; Blundon Con (interference), 11:05; Van Wieren Con (cross checking), 17:14.
2nd Period- No Scoring.
Penalties-Fraser Wat (cross checking), 0:24; Wong Wat (tripping), 4:04; Turcotte Wat (high sticking), 7:19; Blundon Con (roughing), 18:16; Lewicki Wat (roughing), 18:16.
3rd Period-2, Waterloo, Schwende 1 (Ray, Hartman), 1:05.
Penalties-Schnurr Wat (tripping), 8:22; Goodsell Con (cross checking), 15:40; Pasha Wat (10-minute misconduct), 19:00.
Shots on Goal-Concordia 14-11-12-37. Waterloo 12-11-16-39.
Power Play Opportunities-Concordia 0 of 5; Waterloo 1 of 3.
Goalies-Concordia, Joyal 0-4-0 (39 shots-37 saves). Waterloo, Hartigan 6-3-1 (37 shots-37 saves).
Vs. McGill, L 6-4
Saturday evening saw the Warriors play host to the visiting McGill Redmen. McGill was just coming off their first regulation loss of the season courtesy of the Wilfrid Laurier Golden Hawks. If the Redmen had something to prove, they sure played like they did as the Warriors coaching staff surmised that McGill was the toughest opponent they had played to date this season.
McGill struck early, and often Saturday night as they drew first blood just three minutes in on a nifty passing play that caught the Warriors off guard. To punctuate the first McGill goal, Guillaume Doucet added a second just one minute later.
The Warriors replied less than one minute into the second period as Kyle Sonnenburg scored on a beautiful one-time shot with a man advantage, assisting on the goal were Shane Hart and Chris Ray. McGill replied by opening up a 4-1 lead by the end of the second with goals from Ben Gazdic and Ben Wright.
The third period was marred by several scrums after the whistle as the Warriors desperately tried to claw their way back into the game, however they were unable to take advantage on numerous power play opportunities. McGill scored again to increase their lead to 5-1, while the Warriors continued to press scoring two unanswered goals to close the gap to 5-3. Scoring his first goal as a Warrior was Kyle “Duke” MacDonald, assisted by Kyle Schwende, while Aaron Lewicki also recorded his first goal as a Warrior from Shane Hart and Aaron Dileo.
Yan Turcotte scored the sixth McGill goal at the seventeen minute mark before the pressing Warriors beat Hubert Morin for their final goal of the game by Chris Ray, set up by Shane Hart and Steve Whitely.
With the 6-4 loss the Warriors slipped to third place in the OUA West, tied with Laurier – one point out of second and three points out of first.
This weekend the Warriors are back on the road, heading east to face the Nipissing Lakers in their inaugural season in North Bay before heading south to Ottawa to play the Gee Gees on Saturday night.
Summary
McGill 6 At Waterloo 4
Nov 14, 2009 - Columbia Ice Field
McGill 2 2 2 - 6
Waterloo 0 1 3 - 4
1st Period-1, McGill, Daneau 6 (Langelier-Parent, Belzile), 3:24. 2, McGill, Doucet 6 (Marcotte-Legare, Vossen), 4:53.
Penalties-Veysey Wat (tripping), 13:09; Gazdic Mcg (hooking), 18:30; Langelier-Parent Mcg (roughing, 10-minute misconduct), 20:00; Turcotte Mcg (slashing), 20:00; Schnurr Wat (unsportsmanlike cnd.), 20:00; Whitely Wat (10-minute misconduct), 20:00.
2nd Period-3, Waterloo, Sonnenburg 1 (Hart, Ray), 0:22 (pp). 4, McGill, Gazdic 1 16:47. 5, McGill, Wright 2 (Turcotte, Picard-Hooper), 17:30 (pp).
Penalties-Pasha Wat (slashing), 2:49; Wright Mcg (slashing), 9:19; Dileo Wat (interference), 9:26; Dorion Mcg (interference), 9:53; Belzile Mcg (slashing), 14:05; MacDonald Wat (tripping), 16:55; Verreault-Paul Mcg (roughing), 17:30; Langelier-Parent Mcg (boarding), 18:15; Dorion Mcg (high sticking), 18:49; Hart Wat (slashing), 18:49.
3rd Period-6, McGill, Verreault-Paul 7 (Picard-Hooper, Gazdic), 1:14 (pp). 7, Waterloo, MacDonald 1 (Schwende), 5:36. 8, Waterloo, Lewicki 1 (Hart, Dileo), 16:25 (pp). 9, McGill, Turcotte 3 (Marcotte-Legare, Doucet), 17:10. 10, Waterloo, Ray 6 (Hart, Whitely), 19:54 (pp).
Penalties-Fraser Wat (roughing), 0:29; Verreault-Paul Mcg (roughing), 7:03; Schwende Wat (roughing, roughing), 7:03; Gazdic Mcg (roughing), 8:37; Turcotte Wat (slashing), 12:19; Belzile Mcg (slashing), 14:26.
Shots on Goal-McGill 11-12-9-32. Waterloo 8-9-17-34.
Power Play Opportunities-McGill 2 of 7; Waterloo 3 of 9.
Goalies-McGill, Morin 4-0-0 (34 shots-30 saves). Waterloo, Hartigan 6-3-1 (32 shots-26 saves).
Alumni Weekend
ALUMNI WEEKEND is also quickly approaching and a schedule of events is below.
Alumni weekend will take place Saturday Nov 28th. Schedule is as follows.
4:00pm Check-in
4:30-6:00pm Alumni Game
6:30pm Alumni Social
7:30pm Warriors vs Western
Please let Coach Bourque know if you plan to attend the event so we can promote attendance.
Response to date has been encouraging with over 15 confirmed attendees.
There will be a cost of $50 for the event which will cover the alumni game, alumni social, Warrior Gift and a ticket to the Fantasy Weekend raffle draw (value $20). There will also be a raffle for a major prize.
Can’t attend, but wish to support the program? Contact Coach Bourque on how you can assist with the development of the Warrior Hockey Program. There are a number of new options to support the program now available to alumni.
Contact Brian Bourque to confirm your attendance or with any questions
bbourque@uwaterloo.ca 519-888-4567 x32635
