It was a lackluster performance for the women’s hockey team as they tied the McGill Martlets 2-2 at the Ed Meagher arena Saturday night.
“They showed little passion for the game and certainly didn’t play with emotion.
I’m certainly disappointed, not necessarily with the results but with the way we played,” said head coach Les Lawton.
Concordia is currently ranked fourth nationally and McGill is ranked seventh. In their last two meetings, the Stingers defeated the Martlets 4-2 and 5-4. The tie on Saturday had no bearings on the standings. Concordia has enough points to
keep first place in the QSSF conference, while McGill remains in last place.
The fact that there was not much on the line can explain why the Stingers had such a weak performance.
“Our team has to learn that whoever we play we have to play good hockey,” said assistant captain Marie-Claude Allard.
The Stingers could have lost the game and they would have still been in first place.
Lawton was displeased. “We can’t coast into a national championship. You can’t expect to play one way one week and expect to turn around the next week.”
Both of Concordia’s goals were in the first period. The first goal came five minutes into the first on a power play by left wing Caroline Ouellette.
Ouellette showed an enormous devotion to the team on Saturday.
The Canadian national player was in Red Deer, Alberta on Wednesday night playing the U.S. and then she played them again on Friday night in Denver, Colorado.
Ouellette’s flight from Denver brought her home just in time on Saturday to lace up her skates with the Stingers.
The second goal near the end of the period was at the end of a McGill power play. Allard stole the puck at center ice to break away and deek out the goalie for a clean shot.
The Martlets got their goals in the second and third periods. Veronique Lapierre scored in the second and Sophie Acheson scored in the third.
Concordia had many other scoring opportunities but couldn’t capitalize on the chances. Although Allard said her team dominated the third period the Stingers seemed tired and weren’t hustling to the puck.
“We practice 10 hours a week to have fun in games and we didn’t have much fun out there. We got up two goals and stopped working,” explained Lawton.
Concordia now has the week off and will be playing the winner of a McGill-UQTR semi-final the week after for the conference championship.
The Stingers have one week to prepare for the championship and will then move on to the nationals. Lawton said that at this point, the type of training is different. “I think that right now you’re going into the latter part of the season and there’s not much you can work on. You have to prepare mentally.”
Allard added that along with preparing for games mentally, the team also has to work on communication.
Although this game against McGill, who they have beaten easily before, was a let down for most of the team, the co-captain assures that this just a bump in the road. But as Allard said, “We’re not going to win if we don’t play good hockey.”
“They showed little passion for the game and certainly didn’t play with emotion.
I’m certainly disappointed, not necessarily with the results but with the way we played,” said head coach Les Lawton.
Concordia is currently ranked fourth nationally and McGill is ranked seventh. In their last two meetings, the Stingers defeated the Martlets 4-2 and 5-4. The tie on Saturday had no bearings on the standings. Concordia has enough points to
keep first place in the QSSF conference, while McGill remains in last place.
The fact that there was not much on the line can explain why the Stingers had such a weak performance.
“Our team has to learn that whoever we play we have to play good hockey,” said assistant captain Marie-Claude Allard.
The Stingers could have lost the game and they would have still been in first place.
Lawton was displeased. “We can’t coast into a national championship. You can’t expect to play one way one week and expect to turn around the next week.”
Both of Concordia’s goals were in the first period. The first goal came five minutes into the first on a power play by left wing Caroline Ouellette.
Ouellette showed an enormous devotion to the team on Saturday.
The Canadian national player was in Red Deer, Alberta on Wednesday night playing the U.S. and then she played them again on Friday night in Denver, Colorado.
Ouellette’s flight from Denver brought her home just in time on Saturday to lace up her skates with the Stingers.
The second goal near the end of the period was at the end of a McGill power play. Allard stole the puck at center ice to break away and deek out the goalie for a clean shot.
The Martlets got their goals in the second and third periods. Veronique Lapierre scored in the second and Sophie Acheson scored in the third.
Concordia had many other scoring opportunities but couldn’t capitalize on the chances. Although Allard said her team dominated the third period the Stingers seemed tired and weren’t hustling to the puck.
“We practice 10 hours a week to have fun in games and we didn’t have much fun out there. We got up two goals and stopped working,” explained Lawton.
Concordia now has the week off and will be playing the winner of a McGill-UQTR semi-final the week after for the conference championship.
The Stingers have one week to prepare for the championship and will then move on to the nationals. Lawton said that at this point, the type of training is different. “I think that right now you’re going into the latter part of the season and there’s not much you can work on. You have to prepare mentally.”
Allard added that along with preparing for games mentally, the team also has to work on communication.
Although this game against McGill, who they have beaten easily before, was a let down for most of the team, the co-captain assures that this just a bump in the road. But as Allard said, “We’re not going to win if we don’t play good hockey.”
