OTTAWA -- Makenzie McCallum, a freshman with Scottish genealogy, scored twice on Robbie Burns Day -- the annual celebration of the life and poetry of the iconic Scotsman -- but it was all in vain.

Melodie Bouchard tallied a power-play marker at 4:46 of double-overtime to give unranked Ottawa a 3-2 upset over No. 7 McGill 3-2 in women's university hockey at the Minto Sports Complex, Saturday.
 
The fourth-place Gee-Gees improved their record to 6-7-1 and have now claimed consecutive encounters against McGill, the first time since the 2017-18 season. The Martlets fell to 8-4-4 and remain second in the five-team Quebec conference, one point ahead of Montreal (7-4-4). McGill's overall record against Ottawa now sits at 102-24-7 in 133 meetings since 1997-98.
 
Ottawa had a 31-24 margin in shots, including an 8-4 edge in overtime. Gee-Gees netminder Aurelie Dubuc made 22 saves as her record improved to 4-4. Martlets goaltender Amanda Hadwen -- who earned her first appearance in almost two months -- saved 28 of 31 shots in a losing cause. 
 
"It was a well-played game but we ran out of gas a little in the third period and overtime," said Martlets head coach Peter Smith. "Overall it was a solid effort but in overtime, anything can happen."
 
After a scoreless first period, McCallum, a native of Morden, Man., put McGill ahead 1-0 at 5:57 of the second. Ottawa's Christine Deaudelin tied the game four minutes later McCallum struck again for McGill only 88 seconds into the third period. The science freshman has now recorded five goals and seven points in 14 regular season contests.
 
"To get two goals from McCallum was (a boost for us)," Smith noted. "She had a real strong game. That line of Christiana Colizza, Shana Walker, and McCallum had a real good game."
 
Ottawa rookie forward Alexe Clavelle picked a fine time to score her first collegiate marker, at 13:40 of the final stanza to force overtime.

The only penalties called occurred in the late stages of the game, with the McGill PP unit going 0-for-2 on Ottawa infractions for interference and body-checking called at 8:59 and 18:50, respectively, of the third period. Then it was the Gee-Gees turn as McGill was whistled down twice in overtime, with an interference call at 1:30 of the first five-minute session, followed by a tripping violation to Marika Labrecque with just 52 seconds left in the second overtime, which led to the difference-maker.

McGill continues to lead the league in both special teams categories, with a 23.1 per cent effectiveness on the power-play, and 90.3 per cent success rate on the penalty kill.
 
Both teams return to the ice on Friday, Jan. 31 for a 7 p.m. puck-drop. Ottawa (6-7-1) hosts Carleton (4-8-2), while No.7 McGill (8-4-4) plays fifth-ranked Montreal (7-4-4) in a highly-anticipated match-up at McConnell Arena.

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