Box Score Kevin Hamlin and the Lancer men's hockey team earned an important win on Saturday night with a 5-2 victory over the visiting Brock Badgers.
It was Windsor's fourth win in a row, and they are now 13-12-1 on the season and are now tied with the Badgers for fifth place in the OUA West division. The Lancers have the tie-breaker over the Badgers, having won the season series 2-1.
Brock's CJ Dickson opened the scoring at 7:02 of the first period to put the Badgers up by one. The lead did not last long, as
Tom Craig scored his fifth of the season fifty-seconds later to tie the game at one.
Derek Brochu again put the Badgers up by one with a goal at 16:15. Windsor again bounced back with a shorthanded goal from
Brett Oliphant at 18:15 to close out the scoring in the first period.
Windsor came out firing in the second period, as
Evan Stibbard put a quick shot behind Brock goaltender Kurt Jory just 15 seconds into the period.
Ryan Green gave the Lancers a two goal lead at 14:13 of the period, blasting a shot past Jory from right in front, closing out the scoring in the frame.
The Lancer special teams unit again showed what they could do as
Steve Ferry scored at 3:48 of the final period with the man advantage to secure the win for the Blue & Gold.
Goaltender
Parker Van Buskirk earned his fourth straight win in net, making 33 saves.
Windsor will now travel to Guelph to face the Gryphons on Thursday night at 7:30pm.