Windsor Lancers

The nationally ranked men's hockey team brought the action to home ice Saturday night, earning a 6-1 victory over the York Lions, scoring five unanswered goals before allowing York to get on the board in the third period.
 
STATS
Connor MacPherson led the Lancers with four assists, while Shaw managed two goals and two assists. Smith also recorded two goals, and Miller contributed a goal and an assist.
 
Windsor outshot York 39-22, including a 17-8 advantage in the second period.
 
Goaltender Noah Nelson stopped 21 of 22 shots to earn the win, while York's Adam Manji made 33 saves on 39 shots. Neither team converted on the power play, with Windsor going 0-for-3 and York 0-for-2.
 
GAME FLOW
Windsor came out strong in the opening period, with Aaron Shaw opening the scoreboard at 4:44, assisted by Connor MacPherson and Emerson Miller. Tylin Hilbig doubled the lead at 10:07, with assists from Sal Collora and Connor Paronuzzi.
 
The Lancers continued their offensive pressure as Miller made it 3-0 at 12:28, assisted by Logan Linklater and Owen Jones. This marks Miller's first goal as a Lancer. Shaw added his second goal of the night just two minutes later at 14:29, with assists from Trent LeDrew and MacPherson, giving the Lancers a commanding four-goal lead heading into the second period.
 
The first half of the second period remained scoreless, until Windsor's Colton Smith extended Windsors advantage to 5-0 at 15:38, assisted by MacPherson and Shaw.
 
York managed to find the back of the net at 7:29 into the third period with a goal by Ryder Ringor, assisted by Lucas Eagle and David Mabey. However, Windsor responded just under five minutes later as Smith scored his second of the game at 12:22, once again assisted by MacPherson and Shaw, restoring the Lancers' five-goal lead. Windsor managed to keep the five-goal lead and secured the 6-1 victory over York.
 
UP NEXT
The Lancers men's hockey team bring the action back home on Thursday, November 5th to take on the Guelph Gryphon's at 7:30pm.
 
Tickets are available for purchase at goLancers.ca/tickets, or you can watch online at oua.tv.