Box Score For the second straight evening, the No. 7 Lancer men's hockey team came from behind in the third period to defeat the Lakehead Thunderwolves in dramatic fashion. Windsor edged the host Thunderwolves 7-6 in overtime in front of a crowd of 2610 at Fort William Gardens Saturday night.
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Lakehead got on the board first on a power play goal by Jake Wright just 6:44 into the game, but Windsor's
Drew Palmer and
Isak Quakenbush scored two goals just 36 seconds apart to give the Lancers a 2-1 lead near the midway point of the first period.
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Mike Hammond replied for the Thunderwolves less than a minute later by beating Windsor goalie
Parker Van Buskirk to even the score, but a
Matt Beaudoin blast at 13:44 eluded Wolves' netminder Justin McDonald to give Windsor a 3-2 lead heading into the second.
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Lakehead's Jake Wright notched his second power play goal of the game at 7:48 of the middle frame to knot the score at 3-3, but
Dylan Denomme put the Lancers up 4-3 at the 18:06 mark.
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Then with only 17 seconds left in the period, Lakehead's Kelin Ainsworth fired a one-timer just underneath the crossbar to deadlock the score at 4-4 heading into the third period.
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The Wolves built on that momentum when Keith Grondin beat Van Buskirk with a wrist shot high on the blocker side 1:19 into the third, and then Nathan Bruyere scored just over two minutes later to give Lakehead a 6-4 lead.
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A few Thunderwolves penalties proved beneficial for the Lancers, as Palmer drew the Lancers to within one goal at 7:24, and then
Ryan Green tied the game up with only 1:18 left on the clock, with both Windsor goals coming when Lakehead was a man short.
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At 3:52 of the overtime period, Windsor's Spencer Pommels netted the winner for the second night in row to give the Lancers the victory.
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Shots on goal in the wide-open affair were 40-37 in Windsor's favor.