PREVIEW: Women’s hockey travel to #7 Nipissing before visiting York

Saturday, January 18

• The Matchup: Ottawa Gee-Gees (10-7) versus #7 Nipissing Lakers (13-3)
• Location: North Bay Memorial Gardens
• Puck drop: 4:00 p.m.
• Last meeting: N/A

OTTAWA GAME NOTES 

• Major stat leaders
• • Goals: Arianne Gagnon and Alyssa Biesenthal – 11
  • Assists: Arianne Gagnon and Maelle Laplante – 12
  • Points: Arianne Gagnon – 22
  • Wins: Mireille Kingsley – 9

• Alyssa Biesenthal has extended her goal streak to five games with goals against Laurier and TMU over the weekend. She ties teammate Arianne Gagnon with 11 goals to lead the team.
• Biesenthal and Gagnon are among OUA leaders in points. Gagnon ranks first in the OUA with 22 while Biesenthal ranks fourth with 17.
• Ottawa is 4-3 on the road and will be looking to pick up a pair of road wins.

NIPISSING GAME NOTES

• Major stat leaders
• • Goals: Malory Dominico – 9
  • Assists: Maggie McKee – 12
  • Points: Maggie McKee – 19
  • Wins: Chantelle Sandquist – 12

• The Gee-Gees high powered offence will be challenged by Laker's goaltender, Chantelle Sandquist. Sandquist leads the OUA with 1.07 goals against average, a .962 save percentage, and .857 win percentage.
• Maggie McKee ranks third with 19 points, scoring seven goals and adding 12 assists so far this season.

Sunday, January 19

• The Matchup: Ottawa Gee-Gees (10-7) versus York Lions (7-10)
• Location: Canlan Sports
• Puck drop: 4:00 p.m.
• Last meeting: Ottawa 4, York 0 (Exhibition) – Jan. 16, 2004

YORK GAME NOTES

• Major stat leaders
• • Goals: Alexa Giantsopoulos – 5
  • Assists: Alexa Giantsopoulos – 8
  • Points: Alexa Giantsopoulos – 13
  • Wins: Emma Wedgewood – 5
• The Lions have a losing record on home ice, going 3-6 against visiting opponents.
• The Lions have tallied up 178 penalty minutes, third in the OUA. To go with that, the team has the highest-ranking penalty kill percentage at 94.1 per cent.