The Windsor Lancers Men's Hockey team defeated the Waterloo Warriors 3-2 in double overtime on Sunday afternoon at Columbia Ice Field in Waterloo.

With the victory, the Lancers eliminate the #7 Warriors from the post season and now advance to the next round of the OUA playoffs. 

Windsor will now play the Western Mustangs in the next round of the OUA playoffs. Game one will take place Wednesday night at 7:30pm in London. Game two will follow back in Windsor on Friday night at 7pm at Windsor Arena. 

If necessary, game three will take place on Sunday night in London at 7:30pm.

On Sunday, after a scoreless opening period, the Warriors got on the board first in the second period as Kurt Thorner scored to give the home team the 1-0 lead.

Waterloo would add another goal late in the second period as Jarrett Schnurr got one behind Lancer netminer Jim Watt to make it 2-0.

The Lancers would respond two minutes later as Steve Ferry scored on the powerplay to cut the Warrior lead to 2-1. Kyle Tront and Josh Gaynor assisted on the goal.

In the third, Windsor was able to even up the score as winger Scott Gillis scored at the 4:47 mark to make it 2-2. Danny Anger and Kyle Nishizaki were credited with the assists.

Despite a number of good scoring chances for both teams later in the period, the score remained 2-2 through regulation.

After a scoreless first overtime period, the Lancers would complete the upset in double overtime thanks to first year forward Kyle Tront. The native of Thunder Bay, Ontario fired one into the top shelf past Warrior netminder Keaton Hartigan to give the Lancers the 3-2 victory.

Jim Watt was tremendous in goal for the Lancers as he stopped 38 of 40 shots to earn the win.

The Lancers now advance to the next round of the OUA playoffs and are waiting to see who their next opponent will be. 

Game one of the playoffs will take place Wednesday night in London versus the Western Mustangs. Stay tuned to www.goLancers.ca for all the latest news on the playoff drive of the Lancer Men's Hockey team.