Box Score
Guelph 2, Laurier 1 - SO
 
Guelph, Ont. – The Guelph Gryphons women's hockey team defeated the Laurier Golden Hawks in a 2-1 shootout victory at the Gryphon Centre Sunday afternoon to finish the weekend sweep. After this game the Gryphons move to 13-3-0 and the Golden Hawks fall to 13-2-2.
  Gryphon goalie Stephanie Nehring had an impressive game, facing an onslaught of shots from the Golden Hawk offense and saving 33 of the 34 shots on goal.

"Laurier is a very fast team and always tough to play against. Steph Nehring was instrumental in our win today coming up huge on a number of occasions to keep us in the game," said women's hockey head coach Rachel Flanagan. 
 
The first period started out with both teams fighting to control possession of the puck. Both the Golden Hawks and the Gryphons were plagued with turnovers, and neither team was able to create a scoring opportunity. The Gryphons came close to a goal after a pass across the ice to the red line allowed Jessica Pinkerton to take a shot, but she wasn't able to make it past Laurier goalie, Amanda Smith (Burlington, Ont.).
 
Laurier won the next face off and took control of the puck with Dollee Meigs (Owen Sound, Ont.) coming around the net looking for an opening, but wasn't able to find one as Nehring smothered the puck and stopped play. Laurier dominated shooting for the rest of the period, out shooting the Gryphons 15-5.
 
The Gryphons started the second period on a power play after a tripping call on Devon Skeats (Whitby, Ont.) in the final minute of the first period, but were unable to capitalize on the man advantage. The Golden Hawks and the Gryphons would remain in a back and forth defensive battle throughout the second period, with opposing offenses being boxed out by the opposing defense. Guelph was able to even up the shooting however, matching the Golden Hawks 8-8 in the second period.
 
The Gryphons made a move in the third period after an interference penalty was called on Golden Hawk player Dollee Meigs at 2:50, giving them a man advantage. The Gryphons set up in front of the net and Kimberley Wong pass from the blue line set Amanda Parkins up with her shot from outside the crease that would deflect off Christine Grant for the goal and to make it 1-0 for Guelph. Laurier responded with their own goal tying it back up at 1-1 after a quick shot from inside the crease from Tammy Freiburger (Wingham, Ont.) at 11:16, with Robyn Degagne (North Bay, Ont.) and Jessica Prevette (Mississauga, Ont.) on the assists. The game remained tied for the rest of regulation, sending the game into overtime.
 
The evenly matched teams were unable to score in overtime after aggressive end-to-end action. The game would proceed into the shoot out where Jessica Pinkerton, the third shooter for the Gryphons was the lone player to score, handing the Gryphons the win. The Golden Hawks would out shoot the Gryphons 34-19.
 
The Guelph Gryphons hit the ice again on Saturday, January 18th against the Laurentian Voyageurs at the Gryphon Centre with the puck set to drop at 2:00 p.m.