The Lancer men's hockey team used a strong second period to beat the visiting Ryerson Rams decisively, 7-2 on Friday night at South Windsor Arena.
 
The Lancers were coming off a tough 2-1 loss at Laurier last week and were eager to return to home ice and have a chance to get back on the right side of a scoreboard. Windsor improves to 4-4-3 on the season, while the second place Rams move to 8-4-0.
 
GAME STATS
Blake Richard made 34 saves on 36 shots to earn the win in net for the Blue & Gold. Ryerson's starting goalie Mario Culina stopped 20 of the 25 shots he faced while his relief, Taylor Dupuis stopped nine of his 11 shots.
 
Both teams went 1/3 on their penalty kills, each serving 18 minutes in the box. The Lancers outshot the Rams, putting 41 pucks on net while the Rams only managed 36.
 
GAME FLOW
The Lancers started the game strong with Ryan Shaw getting the Blue & Gold on the board early off a feed from Kyle Haas and Adam Burnett. Not long after, Brennen Feasey netted a power play goal with help of Konnor Haas and Josh Slegers.
 
At the 5:43 mark of the first period the Lancers were up 2-0 and looked to be in control of the game. However, Matt Mistele was able to stop the bleeding for the Rams when he beat Lancer goalie Blake Richard for a power play goal at the 14:50 mark in the first. The Lancers would quickly restore their two goal lead less than two minutes later when Chris Scott got one past Culina.  The score after 20 read 3-1 Lancers.
 
In the second period the Lancers added to their lead when Burnett scored at the 15:19 mark of the second period. Soon after, Culina would be beat again when Ian Parker was able to capitalize on a great rebound. After being outscored 2-0 in the second period, the Rams beat Richard again when Marcus Hinds scored off a feed from Gregory DiTomaso. The Lancers netted two goals after that by Dan Beaudoin and Kyle Hope respectively on their way to an impressive 7-2 victory.
 
UP NEXT
Up next the Lancers host the York Lions on Saturday, November 18th. The game is at 4:00pm at South Windsor Arena.