Box Score Through their first six games of the season, the Waterloo Warriors men's hockey team had alternated wins and losses. Unfortunately for them, they were unable to continue that pattern on Friday night in Quebec.
Guillaume Asselin and Charles-David Beaudoin each scored two goals, and the Warriors lost consecutive games for the first time in 2015-16 as the UQTR Patriotes topped Waterloo 6-1 on Friday night in Trois-Rivieres.
Mitch Elliot (Prince George) added the only tally for the visitors, who fall to 3-4-0 on the season. With Mike Morrison (Hamilton) still shelved with an injury, Chris Hurry (Summerland) once again got the call between the pipes, turning aside 33 shots in a losing cause.
Meanwhile, the Patriotes – ranked 6th in the nation – improved to 5-1-1 with the win. Jeremy Beaudry contributed with a goal and two assists, and Sebastian Auger stopped 29 shots.
Beaudoin got the Patriotes on the board with a power play marker in an otherwise-even first period. UQTR added two more in a span of 2:50 in the second period to extend the lead to 3-0, and Auger kept the Warriors at bay with 10 saves in the middle frame.
Elliot responded with an unassisted marker when he scored from a sharp angle along the sideboards early in the third, making it 3-1. The goal seemed to spark the Warriors as they looked to close the gap further, but UQTR's Alexandre Leclerc ripped home a goal just past the period's midway mark to restore the three goal lead.
The Patriotes added two more late goals to round out the scoring, giving the Patriotes their first win over Waterloo since November 8, 2013.
Waterloo finishes their trip to Quebec on Saturday afternoon against the Concordia Stingers in Montreal. Puck drop is slated for 2pm, and the game will be broadcast live on oua.tv.
Notes: Waterloo went 0-for-3 on the power play, while UQTR went 2-for-8…Warriors forward Mitchell Smith (Plainfield) made his CIS debut…The Warriors were without goaltender Morrison and forward Chris Chappell (Pickering) due to injury, as well as defenceman Mike Moffat (Waterloo), who was serving a one-game suspension.
