BY THE NUMBERS: Men’s hockey faces rivals McGill, Carleton at home

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November 8, 2019

November 9, 2019

The Matchup: Ottawa Gee-Gees (4-3-0, T-6th in the OUA East) vs #7 McGill (5-3-1, 3rd in the OUA East)

Location: University of Ottawa — Minto Sports Complex

Puck drop: 7:00 pm EST 

Watch Live: OUA.tv

Last Meeting: Ottawa 2 vs. McGill 4 — October 25, 2019 at Minto Sports Complex 

OTTAWA GAME NOTES

  • Major Stat Leaders
  • The Gee-Gees enter the game well rested; their matchup with the UQTR Patriotes that was scheduled for Saturday, November 2 was cancelled due to a massive power outage in Trois-Rivières. They will not have played a game in 13 days when the puck drops Saturday. 
  • Ottawa enters the game on a two-game losing streak. The last time they lost two straight games in regulation was the first weekend of 2018 when they dropped consecutive matchups to McGill and Concordia.
  • Kevin Domingue and Cody Drover are trying to become the first Ottawa players to reach the 100-point plateau since the program was re-established in 2016. Domingue is sitting on 99 career points (55 goals, 44 assists) in 91 games as a Gee-Gee, while Drover has 98 points (29 goals, 69 assists) in 90 games.  
  • Mathieu Newcomb enters the weekend on a three-game point streak. The last time he put up points in three straight games was in January 2018.

McGILL GAME NOTES 

  • Major Stat Leaders
    • Goals:  Guillaume Gauthier — 5
    • Assists: Dominic Talbot-Tassi — 8
    • Points: Dominic Talbot-Tassi — 10
    • Wins: Louis-Philip Guindon — 5
  • This is already the third meeting of the season between the divisional rivals. They will square off once more on January 17 at McConnell Arena in Montreal.
  • Dominic Talbot-Tassi is tied for the lead in defenceman scoring in the conference with ten points in nine games.
  • Louis-Philip Guindon is second in the OUA with a .942 save percentage. He steered aside 56 of the 58 shots he faced the last time McGill played the Gee-Gees.

WHAT THEY'RE SAYING

"Our preparation is pretty much the same week-to-week. I feel we will be very well prepared, facing them for a third time. There won't be any secrets as to who's trying to do what against who. It's more of a question of executing but also winning battles in all situations." Patrick Grandmaître, head coach

November 10, 2019

The Matchup: Ottawa Gee-Gees (4-3-0, T-6th in the OUA East) vs #3 Carleton Ravens (9-1-0, 1st in the OUA East)

Location: University of Ottawa — Minto Sports Complex

Puck drop: 7:00 pm EST 

Watch Live: OUA.tv

Last Meeting: Ottawa 6 vs. Carleton 3 — January 11, 2019 at Minto Sports Complex 

CARLETON GAME NOTES

  • Major Stat Leaders
    • Goals:  Cody Caron, Brogan O'Brien — 6
    • Assists: Matt Barberis, Aaron Boyd — 5
    • Points: Brogan O'Brien — 10
    • Wins: Mark Grametbauer — 5 
  • The Ravens have split time in goal equally between veteran Justin Nichols and first-year Mark Grametbauer. Grametbauer's 1.77 goals-against-average and .941 save percentage are second and third in the OUA, respectively. 
  • Five of Carleton's nine victories this season have been decided by one goal, with four coming in overtime or via the shootout. 
  • Carleton and Ottawa are slated to meet three times this season. They will square off again on November 15th for the Colonel By Classic at the Arena at TD Place. 

WHAT THEY'RE SAYING

"Speaking for myself, I'm looking forward to playing Carleton, just the fact they're the top team right now in the OUA and to see how we match-up against them. Its always nice to see where you stand in your conference; it will obviously be an important match-up. Emotions are always high against them, won't be hard to prepare the guys mentally, because they will be excited and ready to go." Patrick Grandmaître, head coach 

For in-game updates, follow @GeeGeesMHKY on Twitter. The games will be streamed on OUA.tv. Tickets to all Gee-Gees home games are available at tickets.geegees.ca.