Ravens Upset Redmen
The Carleton University Ravens secured their fourth consecutive win last Saturday night against the McGill University Redmen in Montreal. The McGill University men’s hockey team, the number one team in OUA East, just couldn’t keep up with the momentum set in the rink last weekend by the Ravens.
Prior to the game, the Redmen were fifth in the CIS with an impressive standing of 16-2-0; however, that didn’t phase the Ravens as they stayed tough during the game.
The Redmen were handicapped early in the second half of the first period when they found themselves in penalty trouble by accumulating three penalties in a row. Nevertheless, the Ravens weren’t able to capitalize on this opportunity as the game remained scoreless when the first period ended.
In the second period, Carleton University’s Justin Caruana scored the first goal of the game when he outplayed the McGill University’s goalie Danny Mireault. The goal was Justin Caruana’s fourth of the season which gave the Ravens an early 1-0 lead. Towards the end of the period, Ryan Berard scored his 6th goal of the year increasing the Ravens’ lead by two.
The Redmen hustled in the third period by pressuring the Ravens and outshooting them 19-5. With six minutes left in the game, McGill’s Patrick Belzile scored against Ravens goalie Alex Archibald decreasing Carleton’s lead by one point.
In the last minute of the game The Redmen pulled their goalie to even the game with a goal, but Christian Bourdeau-Mifflen, Raven defenceman, managed to score on the unguarded net sealing the 3-1 victory for the Ravens.
This win by the Ravens improved their record to 11-6-2.
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