Queen's at Toronto 20171021
Photos of game 8 - Queen's at Toronto on October 21, 2017 at Varsity Centre, Toronto, ON
All photos on this site are Copyright © Jeff Chan, and may be used for personal non-commercial applications including by Queen's University, and U Sports and its member conferences, and participating teams, so long as photo credits are shown or the photos are otherwise attributed to Jeff Chan.
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QUEEN'S 59, TORONTO 38
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GOLDFEN GAELS CLINCH PLAYOFF SPOT WITH WIN OVER TORONTO COMBINED WITH GUELPH WIN OVER CARLETON
Queen’s Sports Information
The Gaels (4-4) went into Toronto (1-7) and closed out the OUA regular season with a 59-38 win over their Old Four rivals the Varsity Blues. The Gaels win, teamed with a Carleton loss to Guelph secure the Tricolour the sixth and final playoff spot.
GAME FLOW
It was all Toronto early in the game as the Gaels were forced to punt on their first two possessions and Toronto capitalized with touchdowns on each occurrence. The second was a Nick Stadnyk 22-yard pass from Clay Sequeira giving Toronto a 14-0 lead.
The Gaels were quick to respond as Nate Hobbs (Mississauga, Ont.) connected with Chris Osei-Kusi (Brampton, Ont.) for a 73-yard touchdown to cut the lead down to just one score.
With their playoff hopes on the line, the Queen's offence turned up the heat on Toronto. Hobbs connected with Connor Weir (Waterloo, Ont.) near the end of the first quarter and opened up the second frame with unanswered touchdown passes to Matteo Del Brocco (Leamington, Ont.) and Jake Puskus (Thunder Bay, Ont.) giving Queen's a 28-14 lead. The defence then got themselves on the board as Nelkas Kwemo (Montreal) picked off Christian Krcilek and took it 61-yard for a touchdown.
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Heading into halftime Queen's was ahead 38-21. The Gaels added another three scores in the second half as Osei-Kusi picked up his second major while Hobbs and Puskus each ran in scores of their own.
On the day, Hobbs finished with five touchdown passes and one rushing score.
BY THE NUMBERS
4 - Straight wins for the Gaels
21 - OUA leading touchdown passes for Hobbs
5 - Straight games with 100+ yards rushing as a starter for Puskus
7 - Touchdown receptions for Osei-Kusi to lead all OUA receivers
Read MoreAll photos on this site are Copyright © Jeff Chan, and may be used for personal non-commercial applications including by Queen's University, and U Sports and its member conferences, and participating teams, so long as photo credits are shown or the photos are otherwise attributed to Jeff Chan.
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QUEEN'S 59, TORONTO 38
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GOLDFEN GAELS CLINCH PLAYOFF SPOT WITH WIN OVER TORONTO COMBINED WITH GUELPH WIN OVER CARLETON
Queen’s Sports Information
The Gaels (4-4) went into Toronto (1-7) and closed out the OUA regular season with a 59-38 win over their Old Four rivals the Varsity Blues. The Gaels win, teamed with a Carleton loss to Guelph secure the Tricolour the sixth and final playoff spot.
GAME FLOW
It was all Toronto early in the game as the Gaels were forced to punt on their first two possessions and Toronto capitalized with touchdowns on each occurrence. The second was a Nick Stadnyk 22-yard pass from Clay Sequeira giving Toronto a 14-0 lead.
The Gaels were quick to respond as Nate Hobbs (Mississauga, Ont.) connected with Chris Osei-Kusi (Brampton, Ont.) for a 73-yard touchdown to cut the lead down to just one score.
With their playoff hopes on the line, the Queen's offence turned up the heat on Toronto. Hobbs connected with Connor Weir (Waterloo, Ont.) near the end of the first quarter and opened up the second frame with unanswered touchdown passes to Matteo Del Brocco (Leamington, Ont.) and Jake Puskus (Thunder Bay, Ont.) giving Queen's a 28-14 lead. The defence then got themselves on the board as Nelkas Kwemo (Montreal) picked off Christian Krcilek and took it 61-yard for a touchdown.
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Heading into halftime Queen's was ahead 38-21. The Gaels added another three scores in the second half as Osei-Kusi picked up his second major while Hobbs and Puskus each ran in scores of their own.
On the day, Hobbs finished with five touchdown passes and one rushing score.
BY THE NUMBERS
4 - Straight wins for the Gaels
21 - OUA leading touchdown passes for Hobbs
5 - Straight games with 100+ yards rushing as a starter for Puskus
7 - Touchdown receptions for Osei-Kusi to lead all OUA receivers
