Olson’s Late Winner Keeps McGill Perfect

McGill remained perfect at 7-0 with a hard-fought 14-13 victory over Ottawa. The Gee-Gees opened the scoring with goals from Jack McCaig and Aidan Parker before McGill answered through Callum Olson and Torsten Blodgett. The teams continued trading goals throughout the opening quarter, with Ben Kromer scoring with seven seconds remaining to give Ottawa a 5-4 lead. McGill took control in the second, outscoring Ottawa 5-1 behind goals from John Miraglia, Tyler Miocevich, Blodgett, Zack Page and Tyler Prior to carry a 9-6 advantage into halftime.

Ottawa came out quickly in the third, getting goals from Elliot Malcolm, Hunter Lubiniecki and Julien Belair to tie the game at nine. Page scored twice more for McGill in the quarter, with Lubiniecki answering for Ottawa, leaving McGill ahead 11-10 entering the fourth. Belair tied the game early in the final frame before goals from Miraglia and Olson restored McGill’s two-goal lead. Belair responded with consecutive goals to make it 13-13, but Olson scored the game-winner with 3:05 remaining. Page led McGill with four goals, while Blodgett and Olson each scored three. Belair paced Ottawa with five goals as the Gee-Gees moved to 5-2.

Final score: McGill 14, Ottawa 13