PREVIEW: Men’s hockey set for Kingston weekend road swing

October 21, 2022

• The Matchup: Ottawa Gee-Gees (1-1-0, tied for 4^th in OUA East) at Queen's Gaels (0-2-0, tied for 8^th in OUA East)
• Location: Kingston Memorial Centre (Kingston, Ont.)
• Puck drop: 7:30 p.m.
• Last meeting: Ottawa 4, Queen's 0 – Feb. 9, 2020 at the Kingston Memorial Centre
• Watch live: OUA.tv

OTTAWA GAME NOTES

• Major stat leaders
  • Goals: Max Grondin and Nicolas Ouellet – 2
  • Assists: Daniel Hardie – 2
  • Points: Four players tied at 2
  • Wins: Jean-Philippe Tourigny – 1

• It was a Jekyll and Hyde opening weekend for the Gee-Gees, who dropped their home opener to Ontario Tech 5-1 but rebounded for a 6-2 win over Nipissing the next night.
• Jean-Philippe Tourigny started his first career conference game against Nipissing, turning aside 28 of the 30 shots he faced.
• Ottawa announced their 2022-23 leadership group prior to the home opener. Anthony Poulin will serve as captain, while the assists include Bradley Chenier, Jean-Robin Mantha, Adam Sandstrom and Peter Stratis.

QUEEN'S GAME NOTES 

• Major stat leaders
  • Goals: Hayden Fowler and Jonathan Yantsis – 2
  • Assists: Owen Lalonde – 2
  • Points: Hayden Fowler – 3
  • Wins: None

• Queen's had a tough task on opening weekend, travelling to Trois-Rivières for a back-to-back with the Patriotes. UQTR emerged 6-5 and 4-1 victors.
• The Gaels had a disappointing 2021-22 campaign. Despite going 17-1-1 in the regular season, they lost in the first round of the playoffs to McGill.
• Ottawa and Queen's have met in the playoffs in two of the first three years of the program's rebirth. The Gaels won both meetings.

October 22, 2022

• The Matchup: Ottawa Gee-Gees (1-1-0, tied for 4^th in OUA East) at RMC Paladins (1-1-0, tied for 4^th in OUA East)
• Location: Constantine Arena (Kingston, Ont.)
• Puck drop: 2:00 p.m.
• Last meeting: Ottawa 3, RMC 4 (overtime) – Feb. 2, 2020 at the Minto Sports Complex
• Watch live: OUA.tv

RMC GAME NOTES

• Major stat leaders
  • Goals: Benjamin Pruneau and Austin Saint – 2
  • Assists: Noah Rowe and Christian Tsukamoto – 3
  • Points: Noah Rowe and Christian Tsukamoto – 3
  • Wins: Joey May – 1

• RMC has had a chaotic start to the season. Their results are as follows: RMC 7, McGill 6 (overtime); RMC 0, Concordia 7.
• In a candidate for most entertaining game of the year, the Paladins and Redbirds combined for 87 total shots. The only one that mattered was Christopher Paquette's shot 41 seconds in overtime to win the thrilling contest.
• This is the first time in recent memory that RMC has been above their Kingston counterparts from Queen's in the OUA standings.

Both games will be streamed live on OUA.tv.