The No.7 Lancer men's hockey team rebounded on Saturday night to defeat the Laurentian Voyageurs 4-1 in game two the weekend doubleheader.
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With the win, Windsor improves to 15-3-1 and reclaim first place in the OUA West Division, while the Voyaguers fall to 10-6-3 and are in fifth in the east division.
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The Lancers got on the board right out of the gate with a goal just 21 seconds into the game with a goal from captain
Drew Palmer. Just four minutes later, the Blue & Gold added another one when
Ryan Green accepted a pass from
Matt Beaudoin and
Scott Prier to put the Lancers up by two.
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Laurentian would cut the Lancers lead to one before the end of the period with a power play goal at 14:10 of the period by Dylan Fitze.
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Green scored his second of the game, and the lone goal of the middle period to once again give Windsor a two goal lead heading into the third period.
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Laurentian turned on the pressure in the third, but Lancer goaltender
Parker Van Buskirk stood tall between the pipes and maintained the Lancer lead. Van Buskirk finished the game with 34 saves.
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Windsor's fourth goal came on an empty netter from Beaudoin when the Voyaguers pulled their goaltender in favour of the extra attacker in the final minutes of the game.
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Windsor will now return home for a doubleheader against the Concordia Stingers. The puck will drop on both Friday and Saturday night at 7:30pm at South Windsor Arena.Â