PLAYOFFS SET AS QUEEN'S AND BROCK FINISH ATOP TABLE
East Quarter-Finals
(3) Toronto vs. (6) Nippissing
(4) Laurentian vs. (5) Trent
West Quarter-Finals
(3) York vs. (6) McMaster
(4) Windsor vs. (5) Laurier
Scoring Highlights
Carleton 0, Ryerson 0
Carleton 3, Toronto 1
Fourth-year winger Adbullahi Abunafeesa (Ottawa) cracked the scoreboard in the 27th minute for his fourth marker of the season. Toronto responded just before halftime when second-year forward Evan Milward (Kingston) scored his sixth goal. The second half belonged to Andrew Park. The Sudbury native and third-year striker potted a pair of goals to bring his season total to seven. He joins just five other players in the OUA with seven or more goals. The Varsity Blues kept the Ravens on their toes as Carleton keeper Karl Vladimir Wasslen needed to make seven saves throughout the game.
Brock 2, Wilfrid Laurier 1
The Badgers swept University Avenue and clinched a first-round bye with a win against the Golden Hawks. Wilfrid Laurier scored the only first-half goal when rookie defender Sylvestro DeFrancesco (Bolton, Ontario) found the back of the net for his first mark of the season. Matt St. Louis tied the game Four yellow cards were issued in the game, all directed towards the Badgers. Erind Hametaj scored the game-winner for Brock, who finished the regular season with 9-1-4 to capture the West Division.
Brock 2, Waterloo 0
Fourth-year midfielder/forward Odean Thompson (Mississauga) recorded his fifth goal of the season at the 10-minute mark to open up the scoring for the Badgers. Midfielder Rafael Moniz (Brantford, Ontario) potted his first of the campaign just three minutes into the second half for insurance. The loss officially knocked Waterloo out of postseason contention.
Queen's 2, Royal Military 0
It took just one minute for the Golden Gaels to score their winning goal. Fourth-year striker David Kerr-Vayne (Toronto) netted his fifth marker of the season. Rick Paudyn (Yarker, Ontario), a third-year midfielder found the back of the net at 72:00 for his second goal of the campaign.
Queen's 4, Royal Military 0
The Golden Gaels scored three goals in a span of six minutes to blow the game wide open in the first half. Fourth-year defender Wade Ennis (Bath, Ontario) put the first mark on the board at 30:00 and fourth-year forward Kelly McNichol (Carleton Place, Ontario) followed up at 35:00. In the very next minute, Alex Makin scored his fourth goal of the season. An own-goal in the 84th-minute closed out the scoring.
Western Ontario 4, Guelph 0
Third-year forward Michel Daoust (Wheatley River, PEI) scored a pair of goals to tie for the OUA scoring lead with eight goals. Sophomore Glenn Chambers and third-year forward Jason De Thomasis provided bookend goals for the Mustangs, who finished the campaign with a 9-2-3 record, good enough for second place in the West.
Other Scores
Trent 2, Laurentian 2
York 1, Windsor 0
Nippissing 5, Trent 2
Western Ontario 2, York 0
Waterloo 2, McMaster 1
Wilfrid Laurier vs. Guelph