The Lancer men's hockey team defeated the first place York Lions 4-3 in overtime on Friday night in Toronto.
 
As it being their final regular season game, the win was a very important victory for the Lancers as they fight for playoff positioning in an extremely tight OUA west division. Windsor finished the season with a 14-11-3 record and are tied for fourth with the Waterloo Warriors. The Warriors have a game in hand and will close out the season tonight against the second place Western Mustangs.
 
The Lancers came out of the gates aggressive on Friday night, and applied immense pressure within the Lions blue line for the majority of the game. The Lancer attack was led by Dylan Denomme who finished the evening with three points, two which were goals coming in the first period. The first tally came on the power play just over six minutes into the frame as Denomme received a pass from Anthony in the slot to beat Chris Perugini blocker side to give the Lancers the early lead.
 
Throughout the first period it was apparent that the Lancers would play the Lions aggressive and hit anything that moved, and the scheme seemed to pay off, as the Lancers added another goal at the 14:35 mark of the period. An unassisted Denomme goal beat Perugini to extend their first period advantage to two goals heading into the first intermission.
 
In the second period the Lions scored just 45 seconds into the period when Trevor Peterson received a gift in front of the Lancer net and waited out Michael Doan to put the Lions within one goal.
 
Eight minutes after the Lions cut the lead in half they were once again on the attack, and after an undisciplined Lancer penalty the Lions moved the puck around until Tyler McGee found Campbell who rifled a pass to Doan to tie the game up at 2-2.
 
After the Lions began to create momentum they were halted on a delayed penalty that saw the extra attacker jump over the boards and join the rush leading to a quick shot, which was initially saved by Perugini but the rebound found the stick of a charging Kyle Hope, who deposited it in the back of the net to give the lead back to the Lancers late in the second period.
 
Similar to the start of the second period the third period began with a Lions goals to tie the game up once again. Both sides had multiple chances in the third period but couldn't manage to find the back of the net, sending the game into overtime.
 
In the extra frame the Lancers were desperate to take down the first place Lions, and they eventually did at the 2:19 mark. A gang of Lancers crashed the Lion crease and a bouncing puck escaped the crowd and came to the side of the night, where Justice Dundas capitalized on the mayhem corralling it and flipping it over a sprawling Perugini to give the Lancers the win.
 
Stay tuned to www.goLancers.ca for playoff information as it becomes available.