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Game Recap: Hockey (M) | 2/5/2015 10:14:00 AM | Posted by: Shawn MacDonald (Sports Information Officer)
Gaels reclaim Carr-Harris Cup with 5-1 win over RMC




KINGSTON, Ont. (February 5, 2015) - The Queen's Gaels (12-12-1) had no trouble taking down the RMC Paladins (0-21-3) with a 5-1 victory in front of 3,295 at the Rogers K-Rock Centre in the 29th annual Carr-Harris Cup. The attendance mark is a record for the Carr-Harris Cup game beating the previous mark set in 2013.

Patrick McGillis (Calgary) was named MVP of the Carr-Harris Cup for the Queen's Gaels while Paladins forward Bruce Hornbrook was honoured by being named MVP of the game for RMC. Queen's improves to 18-9-2 in the Carr-Harris Cup against RMC having scored a total of 124 goals for compared to 80 against.

Brett Foy (Niagara Falls, Ont.) led the Gaels offensively with a pair of goals while Spencer Abraham (Campbellville, Ont.) added a goal and an assist. Jake Bullen scored the lone marker for the Paladins.

"It was a great performance for us," said Gaels head coach Brett Gibson after the game. "If their goalie doesn't make a lot of those saves, it could have been a lot worse than it was. Credit to our guys, they got the ugly goals and they got the win. The win keeps us alive for our goal of fourth place. We've got a big game on Saturday night, we decide our own fate. We want to avoid that sixth slot. "
11549McGillis of Queen's receives the Mary Carr-Harris MVP award
from Ann Tierney (Vice-Provost and Dean of Student Affairs)
and Mark Potter (President of Original Hockey Hall of Fame)
In a game that saw the intensity pushed to the limit from both benches Gibson in the end supported the result from his players. "I said to the guys at the start, we can't afford to lose any bodies to stupidity. All in all, it's hockey, game of emotions, they handled it alright."

The Gaels and Paladins kept the action close early on throwing big hits to get the crowd into the game. At the 6:21 mark the Gaels were the first to strike. Ryan Bloom (Calgary, Alta.) was able to break through the RMC defence and find Brett Foy (Niagara Falls, Ont.) who made a nice move to beat RMC netminder Evan Deviller for the goal, his fourth of the season. Collecting the second assist along with Bloom was Yannick Laflamme (Thetford Mines, Que.). A few minutes later the Gaels went to work on the powerplay and after receiving a pass from McGillis, rookie defenceman Abraham fired a point shot that made its way through a screen and in between the legs of Deviller.

RMC responded at the 15:36 mark of the first as Jake Bullen fired a shot through that beat Gaels starting goalie Kevin Bailie (Belleville, Ont.) and cut the Gaels lead in half. The Gaels finished the period outshooting RMC 17-9.

After trading powerplays in the second Queen's found themselves on the man-advantage once again. Eric Ming (Williamstown, Ont.) took an initial point shot that was blocked in front then pulled the puck out of a pile in front and lifted a shot over Deviller into the back of the net. Corey Bureau (Amherstview, Ont.) and Darcy Greenaway (Wilton, Ont.) added the two assists on the goal.

The Paladins went to the powerplay once more before the period ended but the Gaels were able to kill it off. Final shots for the period were 11-6 in favour of Queen's.

The third period saw the passion of the 129 year old rivalry come through. Both sides continued their physical play and nearing the mid-point of the third a flurry of penalties were taken by each team after the two long-time foes nearly came to blows before cooler heads prevailed. The result saw the Paladins go on the man-advantage. The Paladins could only muster a deflection that went off the cross-bar as Queen's killed off the penalty.

At the 11:32 mark Queen's went ahead 4-1 thanks to a nifty tip from Foy on a point shot from Steele that found its way to the back of the net. Laflamme added the second assist for his second point of the night for Qu