In a high scoring affair, the No. 7 Lancer men's hockey team closed out the regular season with a 9-6 victory over the Brock Badgers Saturday night at South Windsor Arena.
 
Windsor finished the year with a 22-4-1 record to win the OUA, while Brock closed out the year with a 10-15-2 record to earn the final playoff spot in the west division.
 
In the win fourteen different Lancers tallied points on the team's nine goals, including six of the eight graduating seniors who were honoured prior to the start of the game.
 
The first ten minutes of the opening period saw the goal light lite up four times. Lancer rookie Dylan Denomme opened the scoring for the Lancers with a power play goal, followed by a Spencer Pommells goal one minute later that was assisted by Matt Beaudoin.
 
Then it was Brock's Jordan Gignac who got the visitors on the board with a power play goal, making the score 2-1. The Lancers added two more goals from Pommells and Kenny Bradford, while the Badgers Dylan MacEachem netted one to put the score at 4-2 at the end of the first period.
 
In the second period, both teams notched three goals. Goal scorers for Windsor included Isak Quakenbush, Sebastian Beauregard, and Drew Palmer, while the Badgers added markers from Andrew Radjenovic, Daniel Tanel, and Tyson Dallman. Heading into the third period the Lancers held a 7-5 lead.
 
The Lancers added to their lead early as Chad Shepley received a cross ice pass from Eric Noel, and fired it past Brock's Clint Windsor. Brock rallied back and scored a power play goal from Sammy Banga, to make the score 8-6. However, the Badgers did not have enough momentum for a comeback.
 
Mike Christou added a late power play goal for the Lancers to finalize the scoring at 9-6.
 
Fifth year goaltender Parker Van Buskirk made 28 saves in net for the win.
 
The Lancers and Badgers will now face off against each other in the first round of the playoffs. Stay tuned to goLancers.ca for details as they become available.