Malcolm And Ouellette Lead Ottawa Past Nipissing And Into Baggataway Cup Semifinals

The Ottawa Gee-Gees advanced to the Baggataway Cup semifinals with a 15–10 victory over the Nipissing Lakers. Jack Quinn opened the scoring before Elliot Malcolm and Julien Belair put Ottawa ahead 2–1 after the first. Zach Tarr tied it early in the second, but the Gee-Gees responded with six goals in the quarter, including Malcolm’s hat-trick goal with two seconds remaining, to take an 8–4 lead into halftime.

Ben King, Blake Davies and Justin Berg scored for Nipissing in the third, but goals from Malcolm and Hunter Lubiniecki kept Ottawa ahead 10–7. Shaydon Cannon and Sam Ouellette extended the lead in the fourth before Nolan Downey answered. Ouellette added two more to complete a four-goal night, while Malcolm finished with five. King scored twice late to lead Nipissing with four goals. Belair contributed a goal and four assists for Ottawa, while Tarr had two goals and three assists for the Lakers. Ouellette and Tarr earned Player of the Game honours.

Final score: Ottawa 15, Nipissing 10.