Windsor Lancers

The Windsor Lancer women's hockey team were back in action again this weekend on Remembrance Day for a solo road game in London against the Western Mustangs.
 
The blue and gold went into extra time against the purple and white dropping a 3-2 overtime contest to the Mustangs who saw Haylie Kirkpatrick as the hero for Western in this recent installment of the battle of the 401.
 
STATS
Elissa Benjamin scored both Lancer goals with one coming in the first period and the other in the third. 
 
Maggie Mitani, Keana McKibbin, and Makayla Mailhot had the helpers on Benjamin's pair of goals in the loss to the Mustangs.
 
Meanwhile between the pipes, Cadence Petitclerc stood tall in her crease and made 39 saves despite the overtime loss to Western. 
 
HOW IT HAPPENED
Benjamin would be the first scorer of the game from Mitani at the 15:54 mark of the first period when her first goal got by Western's netminder Brooke Vaccari to give the Lancers a 1-0 lead.
 
The remainder of the first period went without any further goals allowing the Lancers to ride the one goal lead into the second period. 
 
At 16:12 of the second period, Alyssa Wouda would respond for the Mustangs with her game tying goal to knot things up at 1-1. 
 
No goals came after Wouda's goal for Western which kept a goal apiece stalemate intact heading into the second intermission and kick off the third period on a tied note.
 
Benjamin would then score her goal of the game getting past Vaccari for the second time on the day with help from McKibbin and Mailhot at 6:39 of the third period to give the Lancers back the lead at 2-1. 
 
The go-ahead goal gave the Lancer ladies some good momentum within the next few minutes until Western's Adeline Kristoff responded with her equalizing marker at 9:08 getting the puck past Peticlerc and restoring a tied hockey game at 2-2.
 
No further goals were scored to round out regulation play despite both sides trading scoring opportunities for which each goaltender stood tall in their respective creases. 
 
In overtime the Mustangs were able to generate a golden opportunity while in the Windsor zone during 3-on-3 overtime action when Reese Whiteman fed Kirkpatrick who cashed in on the scoring play to become the hero in this contest and grant the Mustangs a 3-2 win over the Lancers.
 
UP NEXT
With the loss, the Lancers will now look ahead to next weekend to their upcoming road trip where they will first travel up the 401 again to take on the Toronto Varsity Blues in Toronto on Friday November 17th for a 7:00pm puck drop. 
 
Then on Saturday November 18th the Lancer ladies will make a further road trip up north to North Bay to take on the Nipissing Lakers in the gateway to the north neck of the woods for a slated 5:00pm puck drop.
 
Lancer family, you can follow the Lancers women's hockey team's upcoming road trip next weekend by watching on OUA.tv or following our official social media platforms including X (formerly Twitter) for live in game updates during both games away from home.