Box Score  LONDON, Ont. — The Western Mustangs hosted the Queen’s Gaels on Sunday afternoon. The Mustangs forced the Gaels into a last minute tie, pushing the game into overtime, however the Gaels overcame the Mustangs and took the 3-2 victory.

The Mustangs started the opening minutes of the first period in their own end and shortly found themselves in trouble. The Gaels’ shot from the point deflected off of multiple players, and snuck past Mustangs netminder, Kelly Campbell. The Gaels' goal would be scored by Morgan McHaffie and assisted by Mary Coughlin.

While the remainder of the period would see more equal play, the Gaels still managed to find the net more thanks to several deflections. The Gaels would receive a penalty late in the frame giving the Mustangs the power play, but Western would also receive a penalty in the late seconds of the first. Both teams headed into the first intermission shorthanded, with the Gaels still up by one.

Western managed to kill off the penalty in the opening minutes of the second period and would also find success in the offensive zone minutes later. Western’s assistant captain Casey Rosen would break past the Gaels defense opening up an opportunity for Western to tie the game. Rosen would score Western’s first of the game thanks to a pass from defenceman Madison Turk.

Western would receive a penalty late in the dying minutes of the period, and this time the Gaels would receive the later penalty. Once again both teams would head to the change rooms down a player.

The Mustangs could not seize any chances on their opening power play of the third period, so the score remained tied 1-1. Western was once again short-handed due to a body checking call on rookie Kryshanda Green, and the Gaels would take advantage of this. Queen’s would score on the power play seconds later with the goal scored by Mary Coughlin with assist from Sydney Cudmore.

With the Mustangs trailing again and things looking bleak, Green would redeem herself with a goal in the dying seconds of the game. Green snipped the puck past the Gaels goalie with the assists coming from Katelyn Gosling and Ally Galloway. With the latest goal, Green is now in fourth place in the rookie scoring race in the OUA and assistant captain Gosling is holding first overall in scoring for defencemen in the OUA and in the CIS.

With regulation over and the game tied, extra minutes would be required. Western would get the first couple of shots in the overtime period, but the Gaels would use the deflection once again to put the puck past Western’s Campbell and the Gaels would prevail by a score of 3-2.
 
The Mustangs will take on UOIT next Saturday February 9 at 3:00 p.m. in Oshawa.