Box Score
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Guelph 5, Warriors 0
 
Guelph, Ont. (January 11, 2014)  – The Guelph Gryphons defeated the Waterloo Warriors in a 5-0 win at the Gryphon Centre in their first home game of 2014. After this game the Gryphons move to 12-3-0 and the Warriors fall to 6-7-3.

"We had a lot of jump in our practices after christmas and it showed in todays game. Compete level and execution was very good. Secondary scoring was a key to our success today," said head coach Rachel Flanagan. 
  The Gryphons outshot the Warriors 29-11 as Stephanie Nehring earned her fifth shutout of the season. Leading the Gryphons offense was rookie Marcie Landman with two goals. Other goal scorers were Rachel Cassidy, Amanda Parkins and Hillary Walsh.
 
The first period started out with back and forth action against the evenly matched teams. Each team was able to utilize their possession of the puck, coming up through the neutral zone, but both defenses were able to stop the opposing offenses. Guelph player Leigh Shilton had the first scoring opportunity of the game, crossing the blue line with speed, but was not able to outskate the opposing defensemen. Waterloo then took advantage of the Guelph turnover to take the puck back into Guelph territory, shooting from the crease. However, the game would remain scoreless, as the puck went off the iron and the Gryphons would take possession of the puck once again.
 
It would be Guelph player Rachael Cassidy to get on the board first for Guelph. Cassidy shot from the top of the crease hitting the stick of Warrior goalie, Rebecca Bouwhuis (Orillia, Ont.) but using the rebound to instead chip it up over the head of Bouwhuis making it 1-0 for the Gryphons at 17:12, with Kimberley Wong on the assist.
 
The Gryphons continued to dominate puck possession in the second period, outshooting the Warriors 10-2. The Gryphons used their speed to make it past Waterloo defense and to take advantage of the ample scoring opportunities. It was Jessica Pinkerton who found her way through the neutral zone, passing across the ice to Amanda Parkins who was ready to slap the puck into the net making it 2-0 for the Gryphons at 4:47, with Jessica Pellegrino also on the assist. Guelph would use their speed again later on in the second period to push their way past defenders in the neutral zone, with Cara Sayles feeding the puck to Marcie Landman who would make it 3-0 for the Gryphons at 11:39.
 
The Gryphons continued to control the game in the third period, scoring two more goals to make it 5-0 against the Warriors. The fourth goal of the game for the Gryphons would come after an around the net pass from Shilton, who chipped it over the Waterloo defenders to Hillary Walsh  who slapped it in from above the crease to make it 4-0 for Guelph at 8:48, with Michelle Sabourin also on the assist. Only 13 seconds later, Landman would score her second goal of the game straight out of the face off to make it 5-0, with Sabourin once again on the assist.
 
The Gryphons hit the ice again on tomorrow against the Wilfred Laurier Golden Hawks at home in the Gryphon Centre with the puck set to drop at 2:00 p.m.