Box Score The No. 9 ranked Lancer men's hockey team has earned a berth to the CIS national championships with a 6-2 win over the Lakehead Thunderwolves in game two of the OUA West division final.
 
The victory gave Windsor a series sweep over the Thunderwolves, and advances them not only to the national tournament for the first time since 1999, but also to the OUA Championship Queen's Cup next weekend.
 
Defenceman Kenny Bradford netted the winner, rifling a shot through traffic that beat Jeff Bosch, the power play goal coming at 6:56 of the second period.
 
The Thunderwolves took a two goal lead by the mid-way point of the first period. The Lancers, however, erased that deficit in a hurry, scoring two goals just 15 seconds apart to tie the game heading into the first intermission.
 
Just 52 seconds after Kelin Ainsworth cut across the Windsor net and beat goalie Parker Van Buskirk for a 2-0 Lakehead, Julian Luciani blasted a rocket from just inside the point that Thunderwolves net-minder Jeff Bosch never saw as it raced just under the crossbar.
 
Off the ensuing face-off the Lancers cruised back into Lakehead territory and Evan Stibbard promptly scored his second of the post season at 13:12.
 
Up 3-2 with Bradford's goal, Mac McDonnell slipped the puck past Bosch at 17:07 of the second, just nine seconds into a Lancer power play. Blake Blondeel then added Windsor's third goal of the period with 1:20 to go.
 
In a tighter third period, Windsor's Matt Beaudoin added an empty netter with less than two minutes remaining in regulation to secure the Lancer victory.
 
Van Buskirk was outstanding in net turning aside 28 of 30 shots, while the Blue & Gold went 2-for-5 on the power play.
 
Windsor now awaits the result of the Carleton/McGill series to determine their opponent in the Queen's Cup. Stay tuned to www.goLancers.ca for more information as it becomes available.