The Windsor Lancers men's hockey team took to the ice for a pivotal playoff implication game with the Waterloo Warriors. Both teams are in the midst of sub .500 campaigns and desperately need a win in an effort to stay afloat in the OUA playoff race. The Lancers were able to stave off a two goal deficit to win big 7-4 and keep their head above water in the hunt for the post season.
GAME STATS
The Lancers special teams had a fantastic outing, scoring on three of their six power plays. The Warriors on the other hand only managed to score on one of their six power plays. All in all, 72 combined penalty minutes were served in the game.
Both Lancer goal tenders allowed two shots in,
Jonathan Reinhart faced 22 shots in relief of starter
Blake Richard who faced 10 shots. Warrior goalie Trevor Martin stopped 37 of the 34 shots he faced in net.
Lancer
Ryan Shaw netted two goals for the Lancers and was the only player to register multiple goals on the night.
GAME FLOW
The Warriors got things going in a hurry when Mitch Elliot beat
Blake Richard on his first shot of the game to put Waterloo up one early. The Lancers battled back quick with an
Ian Parker goal 11 minutes later on a power play. The next two goals belonged to the visiting Warriors as Joey Champigny and Markson Bechtold each scored.
The second period however, would be coloured Blue and Gold as the Lancers scored five unanswered goals.
Alex Friesen made the most of a power play opportunity to shrink the Waterloo lead to one. Later, at the 11:20 mark of the second period, the Lancers scored again when
Ryan Shaw beat the Warriors' Martin to tie the game at three.
Kody Gagnon gave the Lancers their first lead with seven minutes left in the second and two minutes later,
Ryan Shaw scored the eventual game winner as the Lancers went on to win 7-4.
UP NEXT
The Lancers are back in action tomorrow as they again take on the Waterloo Warriors at South Windsor Arena as part of the Lancers 11
th annual breast cancer awareness day. Special event t-shirts will be available for $10 with proceeds going to breast cancer research. Puck drop is at 7:30pm and the game can be seen at oua.tv.
