The Lancer men's hockey team split their final two games of 2017. Windsor fell 7-3 to the Western Mustangs Friday night before rebounding on Saturday to defeat the Guelph Gryphons 4-1 at South Windsor Arena.
 
Windsor heads into the break with 6-6-4 record and are in sixth place in the OUA west division.
 
FRIDAY vs WESTERN
Windsor put up 45 shots against Brendan McGlynn, but could only get three past the newest Mustang goaltender, with only Chris Scott, Brennan Feasey, and Ryan Shaw were successful in beating McGlynn.
 
The Lancers took two penalties to start the game, allowing Western to surge ahead to a two-goal lead within the first 10 minutes of play.
 
SATURDAY vs GUELPH
GAME STATS
Lancer goaltender Jonathan Reinhart had a day between the pipes, stopping all but one of the 22 shots that came his way. Jason Da Silva stopped 20 of the 24 shots he faced for Guelph.
 
The Lancers had a great day from their special teams. The penalty kill was plus one as they netted a short-handed goal, without surrendering one. The power play got the job done as well with the unit scoring on one of its five outings.
 
The Lancers accumulated 25 minutes of penalties in the win. The Gryphons were slightly more disciplined, only spending 14 minutes in the sin bin.
 
GAME FLOW
The first period was a hotly contested one, with both teams struggling to assert themselves early. The Lancers got on the board late in the first period when Jake Brown beat Jason Da Silva with help from Konner Haas and Adam Burnett at the 18:52 mark. The Lancers took the 1-0 lead into the intermission.
 
In the second period the Lancers came out as the better team, finally starting to control the pace of the game. Near the eight-minute mark the Lancers added some insurance to their lead when Kody Gagnon scored with assists from Blake Blondeel and Todd Ratchford. Later in the period, Kyle Hope blew the game open with a shorthanded goal for the Lancers, pushing their lead to 3-0 going into the second intermission.
 
In the third the Gryphons broke Jonathan Reinhart's shut out effort when Seth Swenson scored at the 3:28 mark of the final period. Shortly thereafter, the Lancers restored their lead to three when Chris Scott beat Da Silva on a power play at the 6:50 mark. The Lancers went on to win 4-1 and the Gryphons lost for the first time in nine games.
 
UP NEXT
Windsor will now take some time off for the holidays. The boys will be lacing them up again on Saturday, Dec. 30 when they head to Oxford Ohio to take on the Miami (Ohio) Redhawks in exhibition action.