Gee-Gees beat Stingers to claim U Sports men's hockey title; Bishop's blanks Waterloo for women's crown
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The host Ottawa Gee-Gees scored twice in the first period, added another in the second and then held off a late rally for a 3-2 victory over the Concordia Stingers in Sunday's championship final of the U Sports University Cup at TD Place.
Sean Larochelle and Mathieu Bizier scored for the third-seeded Stingers, who outshot the Gee-Gees 33-14, but had trouble solving Gee-Gees' netminder Franky Lapenna until the final three minutes.
The Gee-Gees edged the Toronto Metropolitan Bold 4-3 in Saturday's semifinals, while the Stingers blanked the Saskatchewan Huskies 3-0 in the other semifinal.
WATCH | Lapenna helps Ottawa top Concordia in men's gold-medal game:
The Saskatchewan Huskies knocked off the Toronto Metropolitan Bold 4-1 on Sunday in the bronze-medal final.
Vince Loschiavo scored twice for the Huskies, while Justin Ball and Landon Kosior netted singles.
Kevin Gursoy scored for the Bold, who trailed 2-1 after the second period.
The Huskies outshot the Bold 24-18 and went 2-for-5 on the power play. The Bold were 1-for-8 on the power play.
Gabrielle Santerre had a goal and two assists to lead the Bishop's Gaiters to a 3-0 victory over the host Waterloo Warriors in Sunday's gold-medal final of the U Sports Women's Hockey Championship at Woolwich Memorial Centre.
Santerre snapped a scoreless tie with a goal at 11:29 of the second period. She then set up Gabrielle Rousseau's insurance marker at 17:16 of the third period, and assisted on Maude Pepin's empty-netter at 18:20.
WATCH | Bishop's shuts out Waterloo in women's final:
Netminder Ericka Gagnon made 27 saves to record the shutout as the Gaiters appeared in the national final for the first time in the program's four-year history.
The third-seeded Gaiters outshot the eighth-seeded Warriors 29-27. Both teams went 0-for-3 on the power play.
The Warriors defeated the Concordia Stingers 5-1 in Saturday's semifinal, while the Gaiters upset the second-seeded Toronto Varsity Blues 2-1 in the other semifinal.
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