The Lancer men's hockey team dropped a 4-2 decision to the visiting Waterloo Warriors Friday night on home ice.
 
The loss moves the Lancers into a tie for first with the Western Mustangs, while the win was the first of the season for the visiting Warriors who improve to 1-3-1.
 
STATS
For the blue and gold, Brady Hinz led the way for the Lancers with 2 points (1 goal, 1 assist). Mason Kohn scored the other Windsor goal.
 
Goalie Noah Giesbrecht made 27 saves on 30 shots while Waterloo's Julian Sime made 29 saves on 31 shots.
 
GAME FLOW
The Lancers got off to a rough start as the Warriors managed to find the back of the net less than a minute of regulation. Waterloo was off to a heated start playing with aggression with most of the play occurring in Lancer territory. After tripping call on Warrior David Radke, John Wesley made good use of the powerplay opportunity with Windsor best scoring chance of the period but was unable to get by Sime. Waterloo led 1-0 after the first period.
 
Into the second, the Warriors continued to capitalize on their plays as the Lancers struggled to get opportunities. The Warriors went up 3-0 before Mason Kohn netted one for the blue and gold to reduce the visitor lead to two. Waterloo continued to control the pace of the game and went into the break up 3-1.
 
Both teams illustrated their strong defensive side throughout the third. Halfway through the period, Brady Hinz was able to direct the puck into the net with assists by Holden Wale and Matt McNamara to bring the Lancers within one. Lancer head coach Kevin Hamlin pulled Giesbrecht in favour of the extra man in an attempt to tie the game, but the Warriors found the empty net with less than a minute remaining to secure the win.
 
UP NEXT
The Lancers and Warriors will battle it out again Saturday night. This time Windsor will head up the highway to the Columbia Ice Field in Waterloo. Puck drop is scheduled for 7:30pm and can be seen live at oua.tv.