The Windsor Lancers suffered a loss at home on Friday night following a 6-2 defeat at the hands of the Wilfrid Laurier Golden Hawks at the Capri Pizzeria Recreational Complex. 
 
The Golden Hawks managed to snap the Lancers 5-game winning streak while extending their own winning streak to now 3-games won in their last few outings. The blue and gold fell to 12-4 on the year while the purple and gold improved to 6-11 to date. 
 
GAME STATS
Laurier's Ethan Wiseman had 2 goals and 1 assist coming up with a huge road game performance helping lead the Golden Hawks past the Lancers.
 
For the Lancers, Alex Friesen and Jack Van Boekel put up goals on the scoreboard while Friesen also picked up an assist. Kody Gagnon and Trent Fox also tallied an assist each for the Lancers.
 
Lancer goaltender Jonathan Reinhart made 26 saves in the loss. 
 
GAME FLOW
In the first period, it was the Lancers who struck first quickly, as 13 seconds into the juncture Friesen scored to put the blue and gold up 1-0 right off the bat. However, the Golden Hawks would not be idle for too long as they were able to respond at the 2:42 mark in the period when Wiseman notched in his first on the night to knot things up at 1-1. Great saves by both goaltenders would allow the game to remain at a 1-1 stalemate after 20 minutes of play.
 
In the second frame, the goalies continued to dictate the game early in the period. This was the case until the Golden Hawks caught a spark that quickly escalated into a blaze shortly after scoring 4 unanswered goals to hold a 5-1 lead heading into the second intermission. To begin the breakdown of the Laurier markers, Anthony Sorrentino scored at the 8:22 mark on the power play to make things 2-1 for the Golden Hawks.  Wiseman picked up his second goal on the night at 9:18 into the frame to increase the purple and gold lead to 3-1. Jeremy Pullara scored at the 11- minute mark in the period to extend the lead to 4-1 Laurier. While Anthony Conti closed the second period scoring for the Golden Hawks putting his team up 5-1 at the 12:33 mark. The purple and gold held all the momentum after 40 minutes of play.
 
The Lancers would come out of the gate though starting off the third period as Van Boekel sniped in his first of the season from the point at the 33 second mark into the third frame reducing the Laurier lead to three goals trailing 5-2. Reinhart would continue to make some huge saves in an effort to stop the bleeding and both teams would trade hits but ultimately the Lancers could not complete the miraculous comeback needed to pick up the Friday night home win. Instead, the Golden Hawks fired in one more into the empty net as Grayden Gottschalk iced the cake for Laurier to pick up the huge road win in Windsor.
 
UP NEXT
The Lancers are right back in action on Saturday when they take on the Guelph Gryphons at home from the Capri Pizzeria Recreational Complex. The puck drop is scheduled for 4:00pm. You can purchase tickets in advance at www.goLancers.ca/tickets or catch the action on OUA.tv.