Box Score
The Gryphon women's hockey team shutout the visiting Rams 3-0 this afternoon (Oct. 28) in a final minute thriller, at the Gryphon Centre.
 
The win advances the Gryphons to 5-2-1 and drops the Rams to 2-4-0 on the season.
 
The Gryphons got off to slow and shaky start, despite having an advantage on the ice for 10 full minutes of the first period.  Guelph created several unsuccessful scoring attempts, outshooting their opponents 10 to six, but couldn't score on the power play. The Rams did an exceptional job on the penalty kill, but were also unable to capitalize while on the power play. 
 
Guelph began the second period with more energy and notched their first goal of the game at 1:37. Brittney Crawford quickly attacked the Rams net after winning a faceoff in Ryerson's zone, and Averi Nooren (Aylmer, ON) smacked the rebounded puck into the back of the Ram's net, advancing the score to 1-0. The Gryphons had finally found their groove and continued to show their dominance around the net  outshooting their opponent's seven to four. 
 
The Gryphons continued to dominate play in the Rams zone early in the third period and marked their second goal of the game when Jenna Lanzarotta (Mississauga, ON) fed a behind-the-net pass to Kate Mora, who was positioned in front of the Rams goal, and scored. The Gryphons led 2-0 after two periods of play.
 
The final three minutes were the most exciting of the game, when the Rams had a two-man advantage over the Gryphons. The Gryphons successfully killed the first power play, but then the Rams pulled their goalie to take the six on four advantage, but their effort was in vain. Amanda Parkins (Kitchener, ON) beat her opponent to a puck that had been iced down into the Rams zone, and passed it Christine Grant (Mississauga, ON) who scored on the open net to win the game 3-0.
 
Brooke Siddle (Windsor, ON) earned the shutout for the Gryphons stopping 16 shots on net. Dana Carson (London, ON) went the distance for the Rams stopping 19 of 21 shots. Each team went 0/5 on the power play.
 
The Gryphons will be back in action when they host the Warriors at 2PM on November 3 at the Gryphon Centre.