The Lancer men's hockey team suffered consecutive overtime losses to the Lakehead Thunderwolves this weekend, falling 5-4 Friday and 4-3 Saturday.
Windsor battled back from early deficits in both games to force overtime, but Lakehead managed to secure the wins with a goal in the extra periods.
The blue and gold are now 3-0-2 on the season and are in a three way tie for first place in the OUA west division with Toronto and Waterloo.
FRIDAY
Windsor outshot Lakehead 34-27. Lancer goaltender
Max Donoso made 22 saves while Thunderbirds goaltender Carson Cherepak recorded 30 saves.
Colton Smith and
Owen Jones each recorded a goal and an assist for Windsor, while Austin Peters led Lakehead with a goal and two assists.
Lakehead's Kye Benoche opened the scoring in the first period when he found the back of the net on an eight-minute mark power play, with assists from Austin Peters and Caden Drury.
Windsor responded less than a minute later when
Owen Jones scored on the power play, assisted by
Colton Smith and
Matt Jovanovic. Lakehead took the lead late into the first period when Quincey Supprien scored with a player advantage to make it 2-1.
Midway through the second period saw the Thunderwolves extend their lead to 3-1 when Drury score, assisted by Peters and Supprien. Windsor cut the deficit to one with Smith finding the back of the net off an assist from Jones late in the period.
The third period saw some action with the Lancers coming out strong, with
Alex Cunningham tying the game early off assists from
Ty Toews and Jovanovic.
Sal Collora put Windsor ahead 4-3 at the 14-minute mark, assisted by
Logan Linklater. Less than three minutes later Lakehead's Will Murphy scored forcing overtime for the teams. Peters secured the 5-4 victory for the Thunderwolves with the game-winning goal just over six minutes into the extra period.
SATURDAY
On Saturday, Lakehead recorded 29 shots on goal compared to Windsor's 25. Donoso made 25 saves on 29 shots, while Cherepak stopped 22 of 25 shots. Jones led Windsor with two assists, while Cunningham, Shaw and Smith each scored a goal. For Lakehead, Stojkov and Hasselgren each recorded a goal and an assist.
Lakehead took control early in Saturday's game, scoring twice in the first period. Marko Stojkov opened the scoring at the 11-minute mark, assisted by Malte Hasselgren and Brody Beauchemin. Hasselgreen added another goal just over three minutes later, with assist from Luke Janus and Jayden Wiens, giving Lakehead a 2-0 lead.
The Lancers looked to take the lead early in the second period when Cunningham scored off an assist from Jones at the three-minute mark. The Lancers tied the game late in the frame, with 10 seconds left, when
Aaron Shaw converted on the power play, assisted by Jovanovic and
Connor Paronuzzi.
Lakehead regained the lead once again in the third period when Riley Sharun scored at the 10-minute mark, assisted by Josh Lehto and Stojkov. Windsor answered with a goal at 15:15 from Smith, assisted by Jones tying the game 3-3 and forcing overtime for the second consecutive night. Drury ultimately secured Lakehead's 4-3 victory with the game-winning goal just over six minutes into overtime.
UP NEXT
The Lancers remain on the road for their next contest, traveling to Waterloo on Friday, October 30th to face the Waterloo Warriors. Puck drop is set for 7:00pm.
Windsor returns home on Halloween to take on the York Lions at 7:30pm. Both games can be seen live at oua.tv.
