Box Score Led by Scott Todd's five point night, the Lancer men's hockey team overwhelmed the visiting Guelph Gryphons 8-3 to open the second half of their season on Saturday afternoon at Windsor Arena.
 
Todd registered five assists as the Lancers are now 9-9 on the year and in fifth place in the OUA West division.
 
Steve Ferry finished the game with four assists while Tom Craig, Derek Lanoue, and Brett Oliphant each had two goals in the contest.
 
The Lancers opened up a 3-0 lead to open the first period. Craig and Lanoue each scored their first of the game, before Ryan Green scored his ninth of the year to give Windsor a three goal advantage.
 
The Gryphons would score their first of three power play goals at the 15:21 mark of the opening frame with a goal from Ben Clarke.
 
Guelph's Jon-Thomas MacDonald snapped a quick shot past Lancer goaltender Parker Van Buskirk to make it a one goal game at 5:18 of the second period.
 
With just over ten minutes remaining in the period, Oliphant would score his first of two consecutive goals to bring Windsor up by two. Oliphant would score again just two and a half minutes later on a Guelph power play.
 
Evan Stibbard scored his tenth of the year at 16:35 to close out the scoring in the second period and give the Lancers a 6-2 lead heading into the final period.
 
Windsor again struck first in the third period with Lanoue's second of the game, giving Windsor a 7-2 lead with 15 minutes to play.
 
After a surplus of penalties, the Gryphons' Marco Franchini scored their final goal of the game with the man advantage at 8:31 of the period.
 
Craig closed out the scoring with his second marker at 18:20 to give the Lancers the 8-3 advantage.
 
Van Buskirk had 31 saves in net for the Lancers, while Guelph's Cody St. Jacques stopped 45 of Windsor's shots.
 
Windsor starts a four game road trip next Friday night when they take again take on the Gryphons at 7:30pm in Guelph.