The Lancer men's hockey team dropped a 5-2 decision to the visiting Lakehead Thunderwolves on Saturday night at South Windsor Arena.
 
With the loss, the Lancers fall to 7-5-2 and sit in third place in the OUA west division while the Thunderwolves picked up their first win of the season on Saturday and improve to 1-10-1.
 
The first period was very back and forth with both teams trading chances early. Lakehead opened the scoring on a power play goal by E.J. Faust and was assisted by Justin Sefton and  Carson Dubchak.
 
The Lakehead lead did not last long as a minute after their goal the Lancers tied it up on a goal from Tyson Ness. The goal was assisted by Scott Prier and Eric Noel.
 
In the second period the Lancers came out firing and it paid off when Mike Cristou flipped one into the back of the net to put the Lancers up by one seven minutes into the frame.
 
Lakehead started to press once they fell behind and it paid off at 13:23 in the second when Dylan Butler sailed one into the top of the net while alone in the slot, tying  the game once again.
 
The third period was all Lakehead after a quick start; the play went back and forth for a while until 9:26 when Cody Alcock scored to give them the lead.
 
The Thunderwolves then extend the lead by two more with goals coming at 13:58 from Jake Ringuette and Sam Schutt at 14:50.
 
Blake Richard made 44 saves in net for the Lancers in the loss while Devin Green picked up the win for the visitors making 42 saves.
 
The Lancers hit the road next weekend for a pair of games against the Waterloo Warriors and Laurier Golden Hawks before returning home on Wednesday December 2nd against the visiting Western Mustangs. The puck drops at 7:30pm and the game can be seen live at www.oua.tv.