The Lancer men's hockey team split their first pair of games at South Windsor Arena this past weekend.

Windsor dropped a 3-2 decision Friday night in their home opener before rebounding on Saturday to narrowly edge the Carleton Ravens 2-1. 

As they head back on the road next week, the Lancers are 1-2-1 on the year and sit in seventh place after only two weeks into the year. 

Friday vs Ottawa
After a scoreless opening period, Ottawa came out strong in the second and took a 3-0 lead with goals from Eric Locke, Kevin Domingue, and Médric Mercier before the Lancers were able to get on the board. 

Brennan Feasey scored his second of the season at 14:19 of the middle frame to cut the visitor lead heading into the final period.

In the third, Windsor pulled up their socks defensively and held the Carleton offense at bay. Newcomer Ian Parker scored his first OUA career goal on the power play at 12:09 of the third, bringing the Lancers within one.  Windsor drove the net for the next seven minutes but were unable to get past Ottawa goaltender Graham Hunt.

Windsor goaltender Johnathan Reinhart made 33 saves between the pipes for Windsor, while his counterpart Hunt made 26 to earn the win. 

Saturday vs Carleton
Parker continued his strong weekend on Saturday contributing on both of Windsor's goals. Late in the first period, the Florence, Kentucky native scored his second goal of the weekend, and OUA career, at 16:56 to give Windsor a 1-0 lead heading into the break. 

The score remained the same until 6:52 of the third period when Carleton leading scorer Dalen Hedges fired the puck past Lancer goaltender Blake Richard to tie it at one. 

With 52 seconds left in regulation, Windsor got caught with two many men on the ice to put the Ravens on the power play. Parker worked the puck away from the Ravens in the dying seconds and fired it off to Chris Scott, who, on a partial breakaway, went deep into the left corner and fired it into the net past Justin Nichols for the win. 

UP NEXT
Windsor hits the road next weekend for a pair of games against the Brock Badgers and Guelph Gryphons. You can catch the Lancer/Badger game on Friday October 27th at 7:15pm live on www.oua.tv, followed by the Gryphon game on Saturday, October 28th at 7:30pm, also live on www.oua.tv.