Led by a two goal night from Justice Dundas, the Lancer men's hockey team opened up their 2016-17 season with a hard fought 3-2 victory over the visiting Toronto Varsity Blues on Friday night at South Windsor Arena.
 
Just one game into the season, the Lancers will now host the Ryerson Rams on Saturday night. Puck is scheduled to drop at 7:30pm and can be seen live on www.oua.tv.
 
The Lancers opened the scoring right away, getting on the board just 34 seconds into regulation. Dundas notched his first of the season off a pass from Tyson Ness and rookie Chadd Bauman.
 
Windsor increased their lead to two four minutes later when Dundas would strike again on Blues goaltender Andrew Hunt at 4:16 of the opening frame.
 
Sebastian Beauregard added his first of the season late in the second to increase the Lancer lead to three heading into the third period.
 
The Varsity Blues came out flying in the third when Dean Klomp scored his own marker off the face-off 37 seconds into the period. Toronto continued to push for the comeback, and with just four seconds remaining in a Blues power play, Ryan Kirkup accepted a pass from Josh Hanson and Klomp to bring the game within one with just over 15 minutes to play.
 
Despite the rising tension and a number of penalties on both sides, the Lancers managed to hold off the visiting Blues to earn their first win of the season.
 
Lancer goaltender Blake Richard made 32 saves in his season debut for the win, while Hunt turned aside 28 shots for Toronto.
 
Windsor returns to the ice again tomorrow night when they host the Ryerson Rams at 7:30pm. The gate opens at 6:30pm, and fans can still purchase season tickets at the gate for just $50.