The Windsor Lancers men's hockey team arrived in Toronto looking to pick up their first victory of 2018. The Lancers, currently on a five game losing stretch, were hoping to right the ship against the Varsity Blues. Unfortunately, whatever is failing for the fledgling Lancers was not solved as they fell by a decisive 5-1 margin.
 
GAME STATS
Relief goalie Blake Richard had a decent night, stopping an impressive 30 pucks on 32 shots in 53 minutes of action. Fredric Foulem stopped 23 of the 24 shots that came his way.
 
The Lancers had a bright spot as their penalty kill fought off an impressive seven short-handed situations. The Lancers power play capitalized on one of their six opportunities in a whistle packed game.
 
Both teams racked up an unprecedented 54 penalty minutes combined. The Lancers laid claim to 32 of the minutes while 22 belonged to the Blues.
 
GAME FLOW
The game started in a forgettable manner for Windsor as the Varsity Blues established a two goal lead not even five minutes into the game; Max Lyndsay beat Jonathan Reinhart at the 1:50 mark of the first and Connor Bebb did it again at the 4:09 mark.  Things went from bad to worse when Aiden Wallace scored again for Toronto a few minutes later.
 
Toronto netted two more goals in the second, both belonging to Matt Camagna. Early in the third the Lancers broke Fredric Foulem's shutout bid when Justice Dundas scored on assists from Kyle Haas and Kyle Hope. Unfortunately, the Lancers couldn't muster any more offence and ultimately fell 5-1 on the road.
 
UP NEXT
Up next the Lancers get a week off before hosting the Waterloo Warriors on Friday, Jan. 26th at 7:30pm at South Windsor Arena. The game can be seen at OUA.tv.