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Any shot is a good shotFreshman's dump-in wins OUA women's hockey title for Queen'sBy Herb Garbutttrailed until scoring with five sec-Eustace said.OAKVILLE BEAVER STAFFonds left in regulation to force What Eustace hadn't seen wasovertime. The win moved the team her first university goal. The GuelphKelly Eustace just wanted to getwithin a victory of its first OUA netminder, anticipating the periodoff the ice.championship in 32 years but now ending, was not prepared forIt had been just 38 hours sincethe Gaels were feeling the effects of Eustace's shot and had started tothe womens hockey team bus hadplaying the equivalent of their leave the net. The puck slipped intopulled back on to the Queenseighth high-intensity game in 14 the Guelph goal with less than aUniversity campus at 6 a.m. after adays.second to play, theThey always say four-hour ride from Guelph. PlayersAfter rallying from adecisive marker in aany shot on goalwere still feeling the effects of hav-2-0 deficit, a second3-2 Queen's victory.ing won the longest collegiateovertime was loomingIve never won ain overtime is ahockey game in history a six-and Eustace wanted tochampionship before,good shot onovertime marathon that draggedget fresh legs on theEustace said. It wasgoal. I figured it on for almost five and a half hours.ice. The puck came tojust such an experi-might create a Now Eustace and her Queensthe Queens rookieence, especially tochance.teammates were back in a familiardefenceman just insidehave as a rookie, itposition overtime.the red line. She gotmakes you excited Kelly EustaceQueens had gone to overtime incontrol of it and fired itabout the years toeach one of its five playoff games. Ittoward the Guelph net.come.opened the post-season with a dou-I just saw it was going on line The experience is not over.ble-overtime win against Windsor.toward the net, the pre-med stu-Queens, which also includesThen both games in their semifinaldent said. They always say any shot Oakvilles Alex Cieslowski, nowseries against the Laurier Goldenon goal in overtime is a good shot advances to the national champion-Hawks, winners of the last sevenon goal. I figured it might create a ships in Kitchener-Waterloo.Ontario University Athletics (OUA)chance.Queens will be an underdog, butchampionships, went to doubleNot realizing there were just that hasnt stopped it yet. After fin-overtime. Queens won both gamesseconds left in the period, the ishing fourth in the OUA with aagainst the second-ranked team inAppleby College grad turned toward 15-8-4 record, the Gaels knockedPHOTO COURESTY IAN MCALPINE / QUEEN'S UNIVERSITYthe country to advance to the OUA the bench for a line change. But she off three teams ranked among thefinal.never made it.top 10 in Canada.FEELING GOLDEN: Oakville Hornets product Kelly Eustace scored theThen came last WednesdaysBy the time I got (close), every-Eustace said the turning pointwinning goal in the Ontario University Athletics women's hockey championshipendurance test, a game Queensone was pouring off the bench, See Queen's, page 26game.Eleven Rangers teams in OMHA finals, two in AAA tourneysA year after claiming eight Ontario Minor Hockeyhost Barrie tomorrow (Thursday, 7:50 p.m. at Sixteen Association championships, the Minor Oaks HockeyMile Sports Complex) in their first game.Association appears intent on winning some more.The minor bantam AEandbantam A finals will Eleven Oakville Rangers rep teams are alreadyboth feature Oakville vs. Richmond Hill matchups. MIDGETS through to their respective OMHA finals series, whileThe minor bantams get underway tonight at Glen FLEX THEIRtwo AAA squads have qualified for OMHA champion-Abbey, beginning at 8:20, while the bantam A series MUSCLE:ship tournaments. A few more AAA teams have yet toopened last weekend with a 2-1 Oakville win in Doug Bonar of theplay their OMHA tournament qualifiers.Richmond Hill. That series continues Friday at Oakville midget Innovice AAplay, the Rangers will take on Barrie.Joshuas Creek Arenas, starting at 9 p.m.AAA Rangers That series is scheduled to begin Saturday in Barrie,Inbantam AE, the Rangers and Stoney Creek open releases a shotwith Game 2 of the series slated for the following daytheir final series tomorrow (Thursday) with a 9 p.m. during last week-at Joshuas Creek Arenas, a 2:10 p.m. start.clash at Joshuas Creek Arenas.end's South Theatom AARangers will clash with NewOakvilles other finalist is theminor midget AACentral Triple ATecumseth in their final, which opens Saturday inRangers, who will take on Ajax. That series is sched-championshipNew Tecumseth. The series continues Sunday atuled to begin Saturday in Ajax, with Game 2 slated for tournament in Joshuas Creek Arenas, beginning at 3:30 p.m.9 p.m. Monday at Sixteen Mile Sports Complex.Oakville. The In the atom AE final, the Rangers will take onIn AAA play, the midgetand minor peeweeRangers Rangers won all either Tecumseh-Shoreline or Flamborough. A seriesadvanced to their respective OMHA championship five of their games schedule has not been released.tournaments last weekend. The midgets won all five of to qualify for thisThe minor peewee A final will pit Oakville against their games at the South Central Triple A (SCTA) year's Ontario Cobourg. Game 1 of that series will go Friday at Glenqualifying weekend held in Oakville, outscoring their Minor Hockey Abbey Recreation Centre, beginning at 7:30 p.m.opponents by a 23-6 margin. The minor peewees also Association midg-The minor peewee AE Rangers will face Newwon all five of their contests, including a 6-3 victory et AAA champion-Tecumseth in their championship series, which beginsover St. Catharines that locked up their spot at the ship tournament.Saturday in New Tecumseth. Game 2 will be held nextOMHA championships.Tuesday at Glen Abbey, a 7:40 p.m. puck drop.Four more AAA Rangers teams the minor ERIC RIEHL /Oakville has twopeewee AE teams that haveatoms, atoms, peewees and minor bantams look to OAKVILLE BEAVERreached finals. The AE1 Rangers open their champion-earn berths in their OMHA championship tourna-ship series with Orangeville tonight (Wednesday, 7:30ments this weekend at SCTA qualifiers. The novice p.m. at Joshua's Creek Arenas), while the AE2 RangersSCTA tournament will be later this month.www.insideHALTON.com OAKVILLE BEAVER Wednesday, March 9, 2011 24