The Windsor Lancers women's hockey team dropped an overtime decision at home Friday evening with a 3-2 overtime loss to the Laurier Golden Hawks.
 
The Blue and Gold fought hard, twice answering one goal deficits to force overtime and gain a point, but it was the Golden Hawks walking away with the win. The loss drops the Lancers to 0-6-1 on the season.
 
GAME STATS
Jaydlin Spooner led the game in saves, stopping 24 of the 27 shots she faced. Laurier's Cohen Meyers made 18 saves on 20 shots.
 
Special teams were a big part of the game with the Hawks going 1/6 on the powerplay and the Lancers failing to convert on their four powerplays.
 
GAME FLOW
The Golden Hawks got things going in a hurry, beating Spooner just 91 seconds into the game on a power play. The Lancers retaliated however, a minute and a half after the Hawks' goal, when Olivia Lynch beat Meyers on a breakaway to tie the game at 1-1 early in the first. With under four minutes to go in the first, Laurier bested Spooner again when Emily Visser scored to make it 2-1 heading into intermission.
 
In the second period the Lancers took an early penalty. While on the penalty kill Jessica Gribbon got a hold of the puck and flew up the ice, putting the puck past Myers to tie the game at 2-2 on a short-handed beauty.  In the third the Lancers doubled the Hawks in shots 8-4 but couldn't sneak one past Myers, settling for overtime. Unfortunately, Laurier's Aynsley Harrison ended the overtime period just 1:05 into the frame, beating Spooner and sending her Hawks home with a 3-2 win.
 
UP NEXT
The Lancers host the Waterloo Warriors at the Capri Pizzeria Recreation Complex on Saturday afternoon at 4:00pm. Tickets can be purchased at www.goLancers.ca/tickets.