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TMU player skates for puck vs UQTR
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Game Recap: Hockey (M) | | Mario Russo

TMU suffer 'heartbreaking' loss to UQTR in Queen's Cup final marathon

Kai Edmonds laid motionless in his net for nearly a dozen seconds after the UQTR Patriotes took a 3-2 lead over the Bold in double overtime of the Queen's Cup final, dramatically sealing the deal on their third-straight league title and sending another postseason heartache TMU's way.

Just three shots traveled past the equipment of the young netminder throughout Saturday's harrowing four-hour long home defeat, an amount that seemed ludicrous at best after the 48-save performance that Edmonds manufactured up to that point. 

"You want success for a guy like that," mentioned Ryan Wells following his team's defeat to the Patriotes that ended with an overtime winner from Vincent Milot-Ouellet 70 seconds into the second extra frame. 

The third-year defender believed his group deserved a lot more than the 'heartbreaking' 3-2 loss to UQTR on Saturday and struggled to put into words the feeling of his third career shortcoming of the OUA's lucrative prize. 

"It's a tough pill to swallow." Wells said.
 
"We know what this feels like and we got to do anything we can to never feel like this again."

Wells' teammate Chris Playfair shared his sorrowing sentiment following the loss as well, chalking it up to his team's inability to capitalize on the offensive chances at his disposal.

"We've been working at this for a long time, years in the making with a lot of sweat and a lot of effort from a lot of guys."

"You want to be lifting that trophy and tonight we're not."

TMU's quest for that trophy got off on the wrong foot, with the group surrendering the game's first goal for the third-straight time at home this postseason. 

Pier-Oliver Roy launched UQTR into the lead just 3:37 into Saturday's finale, snatching his first of the postseason on the Patriotes first man-advantage of the evening that saw TMU head to the box on a bench minor just 40 seconds prior. 

The Bold answered back later in the frame with a powerplay goal of their own, flying off the stick of Connor Bowie to even up the score and re-energize the home crowd. 
 
TMU's Carson Gallagher added his third of the postseason in the late stages of the second frame as well to power the Bold into their first-ever lead at a Queen's Cup final. 

The fourth-year opted to go through the legs of UQTR defender Jordan LePage before roofing his backhanding shot past the pads of Patriotes netminder Alexis Gravel.
 
The veteran's goal seemed to flip a switch in the Bold after testing Gravel just once through the opening ten minutes of the second period. The group continued to push for an insurance marker as the final moments of the frame rolled along to haul all the game's momentum heading into the third. 

Unfortunately for the Bold, Gallagher's tally became the last time the Toronto side held a lead in Saturday's finale. 

UQTR's Conor Frenette wailed a shot past Edmonds 8:15 into the third to bring the game to its second and longest standstill. The deadlock stretched the length of the initial extra frame before being shattered once again by the Patriotes 1:10 into double overtime. 

The loss extends TMU's history without a league title another year and sends the group into Thursday's national championship tilt on an all-time low in morale. 

Head Coach of the Bold Johnny Duco doesn't believe his team will be dwelling on the loss for very long and anticipates his side will, like their history, turn the page ahead of their second national championship appearance in three years. 

"We're three wins away from a National Championship and we certainly feel we got a team that can medal in this tournament," said Duco.

TMU will kick off their quest for a first-ever national title on Thursday with puckdrop from the MAC arriving at 7:00 p.m. 

Yet even after advancing further than they ever have before in the OUA playoff picture this season, Saturday's crumbling loss to the Patriotes will be remembered not for what was, but for what could have been.






 
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