Box Score The 2013 Queen's Cup rematch was much closer than the OUA championship game last March, but unfortunately for the Waterloo Warriors, the result was the same.
Pierre-Olivier Morin scored a goal and added two assists, and the UQTR Patriotes were able to withstand an inspired performance by Warriors forward
Chris Chappell (Pickering/) in a 4-3 victory over Waterloo on Friday night in Trois-Rivieres, Quebec.
Billy Lacasse added two assists for the Patriotes, who move to 5-3-0 on the season. Chappell scored all three goals for the Warriors (4-3-1), while
Justin Larson (Buckhorn/) and
Joe Underwood (Canton/) each had a pair of assists in the loss. Marc-Antoine Gelinas turned aside 40 shots for UQTR in the win, while
Mike Morrison (Hamilton/) was saddled with the loss for the Warriors, making 29 stops.
The Patriotes opened up the scoring midway through the first period when, just seconds after the Warriors were stymied on a man advantage, Louis-Michel Lafreniere beat Morrison to put UQTR up 1-0 after twenty minues.
The first five minutes of the second period featured a barrage of scoring, kicked off by Chappell on the power play in the opening minute. Marc-Olivier Mimar restored the lead for the Patriotes when he shot through a screen and found the net off the rush, but Chappell evened things up at 2-2 when he converted a gorgeous Larson feed on the doorstep.
Both teams settled back into their defensive responsibilities after that, but Morin potted one on the power play just past the midway point of the period, making the score 3-2 for the Patriotes after two.
Vincent Marcoux put the Patriotes up by two goals at the six-minute mark of the third period when he capitalized on a neutral zone turnover and picked the corner over Morrison's glove on a breakaway. Late in the third, after Olivier Hotte took a major penalty for hitting from behind, Chappell drew the Warriors to within one with a gorgeous deke off the sideboards and a sniped wrister on Gelinas' short side. Waterloo kept the pressure on but couldn't find the equalizer, as the Patriotes claimed the 4-3 decision.
The Warriors will now travel to Montreal where they will wrap up their Quebec road trip with a game against the Concordia Stingers tomorrow night. Puck drop is slated for 7:30pm.
Notes: Waterloo went 2-for-7 on the power play, while UQTR went 1-for-3…Chappell is now 2
nd in the OUA with 9 goals…The Warriors outshot the Patriotes 17-6 in the third period.