Alouettes eliminated in overtime at OFSAA

The Collège Notre-Dame Alouettes girls hockey team did not go down without a fight.

After squeezing into championship-round play (top eight) by virtue of a 7-0 win Tuesday over Mayfield, a rout that enabled the NOSSA champs to capture the tie-breaker with the Centennial Spartans of Guelph, the Alouettes found themselves matched up against the top-seeded Appleby College Blue Dogs, a squad that earned first place in Pool A with a record of 3-0-1.

With just three minutes to play, Notre-Dame held a perilous 2-1 lead, courtesy of goals from Taylor McGaughey and Kaylie Venedam. Then, Appleby College sniper Jennifer Dumont went to work, scoring both the equalizer and game-winning goal in overtime, propelling the Blue Dogs to a 3-2 win.

On Wednesday afternoon, Appleby booked their ticket to the finals, again with an overtime win, this time edging the Louis Riel Rebelles (Ottawa) 2-1. In fact, every single one of the six encounters that were contested yesterday at the OFSAA AAA/AAAA Championships in Ottawa was decided by a single goal:

Quarter-Finals

Appleby College Blue Dogs (Oakville) 3
Collège Notre-Dame Alouettes (Sudbury) 2
* overtime

St Theresa Titans (Belleville) 2
Elmira Lancers 1

Louis Riel Rebelles (Ottawa) 2
St Marcellinus Spirit (Mississauga) 1

Father Leo Austin Wildcats (Whitby) 3
Ursuline College Lancers (Chatham) 2

Semi-Finals

Appleby College Blue Dogs 2
Louis Riel Rebelles 1
* overtime

St Theresa Titans 2
Father Leo Austin Wildcats 1
* overtime