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The Waterloo Warriors wrapped up their regular season home schedule with a loss, but it wasn't for lack of opportunity.
Ryan Bloom scored with 20 seconds remaining in regulation, and the Queen's Gaels survived two Waterloo power plays in overtime to escape with a 5-4 overtime victory over the Warriors on Friday night in Waterloo.
Eric Ming scored on a Slater Doggett rebound with just 1:42 left in the second overtime session to give Queen's the victory. Bloom added a second period marker in addition to his game-tying effort, and the Gaels also got goals from Doggett and Patrick McGillis in the win.
The Warriors got a goal and an assist each from Stephen Silas (Georgetown) and Brett Mackie (Whitby), while Chris Chappell (Pickering) and Cam Nicoll (Loretto) also added markers for the black and gold. Predictably, OUA West Division MVP candidate Colin Behenna (Waterloo) was also heavily involved I the Waterloo offense, registering two assists in the defeat. The division scoring leader now has four consecutive multi-point games, and he's put up at least one point in 11 of his last 12 contests.
Mike Morrison (Hamilton) turned aside 32 shots in the Waterloo net, while the OUA East Division MVP contender Kevin Bailie lived up to his billing in the Queen's crease, stopping 47 shots in the victory.
The Gaels opened the scoring when McGillis shoved home a rebound just 7 minutes into the game, but Chappell answered with a roof job off a faceoff win to even things at 1-1 after 20 minutes.
The back-and-forth second frame started with another Gaels marker, this one from Doggett on a goal-mouth feed, making it 2-1 for the visitors. But Silas blew a one-timed rocket from the point past Bailie just 29 seconds later to square things at 2-2.
The Warriors kept coming in the second, as Mackie beat Bailie short side to give Waterloo its first lead of the evening at 3-2. Less than a minute later, though, Bloom took advantage of a Mike Moffat (Waterloo) giveaway to even the score at 3-3.
Before the second period ended, Behenna created a goal out of nothing when he raced on to a loose puck, lifted a defender's stick, and fed Nicoll all in one motion. The rookie made no mistake with his one-timer, and the Warriors were in front 4-3 after 2 periods.
That lead stood all the way up to the 19:40 mark of the third, when Bloom scored on a pretty individual effort to send the game into overtime knotted at 4-4.
The Gaels took back-to-back minors in the first overtime session, the second of which spilled over into the second overtime period. Bailie made a few big stops, and Joe Underwood (Canton) ripped one off the crossbar, ensuring the Warriors wouldn't be able to end the game on a man advantage.
Shortly after getting back to full strength, Ming followed Doggett in on a break and cleaned up the garbage, giving the Gaels the extra point in the standings.
Waterloo will now head out on the road to finish their 2015-16 regular season, as they travel to face the Brock Badgers and Western Mustangs next weekend.