The York University Lions women's hockey team will be at home for two games this week when they welcome the Ryerson Rams and Laurentian Voyageurs to Canlan Ice Sports. The season finale on Saturday against the Voyageurs will also double as the Grad Game for this year's graduating athletes. Team captain Jenna Gray as well as senior's Tegan Duncan, Steffei Samuel, Cynthia St-Cyr and Chelsea Tucker will be honoured by the Lions in a pre-game ceremony. Admission for York students is free for both games.
 
The Match-ups: York (6-11-3-1) vs. Ryerson (10-6-4-2) and Laurentian (7-11-1-4)
 
Game Details
Ryerson – Wednesday, Feb. 13 @ 7:30pm, OUA.tv
Laurentian – Saturday, Feb. 16 @ 7pm, OUA.tv
 
Home/Away Records
York – 5-5 at home
Ryerson – 6-5 on the road
Laurentian – 4-7 on the road
 
Current Streak
York – Lost 1
Ryerson – Lost 1
Laurentian – Won 1
 
Last Meetings
 
This is the first matchup of the regular season between the cross-town rival Lions and Rams. The two squads went 1-1 against each other in the pre-season and also split the season series last year, with the Rams winning 7-2 in their first matchup and the Lions paying them back with a 3-2 win in their second game.
 
The Lions beat the Laurentian Voyageurs 1-0 on the road in overtime in November. In that win forward Erin Locke scored the winner at 2:40 of the overtime period with an assist going to linemate Courtney Gardiner. Lions goaltender Eva Hall made 26 saves to pick up the shutout.
  
QUICK FACTS
 
York

• The Lions went 1-1 last week, beating the Queen's Gaels 4-1 and losing 6-2 to the Toronto Varsity Blues
• York's powerplay has been on fire recently as they scored four power play goals in the team's victory last week over the Gaels. They rank fourth overall in the OUA with a 17.7 power play percentage.
• The Lions penalty killing has also been a strength of the team as they rank fifth in the OAU with a 90.0% penalty killing percentage.
• The Lions will play three games total this week and will also rematch the Rams on the road on Friday night.
• York was eliminated from playoff contention last week with their loss to the Varsity Blues. They can finish as high as ninth place in the OUA depending on what happens this week.

 
Ryerson

• The Rams played one game last week, losing a high-scoring 6-4 game on the road to the Waterloo Warriors.
• Ryerson is the second highest-scoring team in the OUA with 2.95 goals per game on the season.
• Ryerson is also first in the league in shots, averaging 32.3 on opposing goaltenders per game.
• The Rams two games against the Lions this week are their final two games of the regular season. They are currently tied for fifth-place in the OUA with 40 points.

 
Laurentian

• The Voyageurs have won three of their last four games, beating Western, Windsor, and Brock during that time.
• Laurentian's goaltenders have made the fourth-most saves in the league this season with 613.
• Special teams have been an issue for the Voyageurs this season as they rank tenth in power play percentage (13.3%) and 13^th penalty killing percentage (72.2%)
• The Voyageurs were also eliminated from playoff contention last week and play only one game this week to finish off their 2018-19 campaign.

 
 PLAYERS TO WATCH
 
York
 
D Jenna Gray – The Lions team captain has set a career-high with 12 points (2 goals, 10 assists) this season. If Gray play in all three games this week, the Lions iron woman will end her career having never missed a game in her five years with the team.   
 
F Erin Locke – Leads the Lions with 14 points (9 goals, 5 assists) in just 11 games. The Lions are 6-5 since she returned to the lineup after missing the first ten games of the season.
 
Ryerson
 
F Brooklyn Gemmill – Tied for fourth in the OUA with 21 points (9 goals, 12 assists). She scored four goals and added an assist in the team's 6-5 victory over Toronto on Feb. 2.
 
D Mariah Hinds – Leads all Rams defencemen in points with 11 points (4 goals, 7 assists) on the season.
 
Laurentian
 
D Carley Olivier – Tied for team lead with ten points on the season (4 goals, 6 assists).
 
G Shanna Dolighan – Has started 13 games and has a 2.67 goals against average and a .910 save percentage on the season.