Box Score
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Guelph 3, Laurentian 0
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Guelph, Ont. (January 18, 2014) – The Guelph Gryphon women's hockey team defeated the Laurentian Voyageurs this afternoon at the Gryphon Centre with a final score of 3-0. This win moves the Gryphons to 14-3-0 and drops the Voyageurs to 6-11-1.
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Stephanie Nehring earns herself another shut out at home, saving a total of 14 shots on goal.
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The first period started with end-to-end action between the Voyageurs and the Gryphons. Both teams seemed to be struggling to get past the opposing defenders, but the Gryphons were able to more pressure on the Voyageurs as the period progressed. Laurentian would get the first power play of the game after a hooking call onÂ
Leigh Shilton at 10:35. The power play would be short lived after Voyageur player Lindsey Brazill (Bowmanville, Ont.) was called for tripping at 11:47. When Shilton's penalty ended, the Gryphons were able to take advantage of the extra man on the ice with an across the crease goal fromÂ
Kimberley Wong toÂ
Averi Nooren at 13:08 on the power play to make it 1-0 for Guelph, withÂ
Emily Corbett also on the assist.
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The Gryphons would score again after a pass fromÂ
Kelly Gribbons to Katie Mora (Guelph, Ont.) at the blue line would have Mora dodging opposing defenders and beating the goalie with a shot to the top right corner of the net, making it 2-0 for Guelph at 16:53 in the first period.
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The Gryphons had the first power play of the second period after a tripping call on Laurentian player Lauren Langille (Sudbury, Ont.) at 6:34. The Gryphons put a lot of pressure on the Laurentian defenders, shooting five times on their power play. A turnover had Laurentian clearing the puck and the Gryphons were unable to set up in front of the net again, leaving the score at 2-0.
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Leigh Shilton was called for hooking at 13:02 later on in the second period but the Gryphons were able to kill the penalty, not allowing the Voyageurs to shoot on goal at all. The Voyageurs were able to get one more shot off in their next power play at 18:23 after a call onÂ
Michelle Sabourin for boarding. Laurentian was able to get one shot off, but would remain scoreless in the second period.
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The third period began with end-to-end action between both teams. Laurentian would put up a fight, trying to set up in front of the Gryphon net, but Guelph would ultimately clear the puck and take the pressure off Gryphon goalie, Stephanie Nehring (Oshawa, Ont.).
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The Gryphons would score their third goal of the game at 12:14 after an across the crease pass fromÂ
Amanda Parkins to Christine Grant had Guelph in the right position to beat the Laurentian goalie, Emily Toffoli (Sudbury, Ont.). Grant's goal would make it 3-0 in the third period with Parkins andÂ
Jessica Pinkerton on the assists.
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Laurentian would finish the game scoreless with a final score of 3-0. The Gryphons would also manage to out shoot the Voyageurs with a total of 24-13 in favour of Guelph.
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The Guelph Gryphon women's hockey team hit the ice again on January 19
th at the Gryphon Centre against the Nipissing Lakers with the puck set to drop at 2:00 p.m.