Men's hockey splits key weekend on the road
By Tanya Quaglia
Lance Writer
February 3, 2010
In the final stretch of the season, the Windsor Lancers Men’s Hockey team earned a much-needed win over the UOIT Ridgebacks but fell to the Guelph Gryphons this past weekend.
On Friday night, the Lancers dominated the Ridgebacks and won 6-1. Brett Oliphant was sensational scoring two goals and adding a pair of assists for a four point night. Goalie Jim Watt made 24 saves for the win.
After a scoreless first period, Scott Gillis put the Lancers on the board with a power-play goal a little less than halfway through the second period. Defenseman Kyle Lang earned the assist on the goal.
Windsor kept the 1-0 lead for the remainder of the period. Things heated up between the two teams as the second period came to a close and a handful of roughing penalties were handed out to both the Lancers and the Ridgebacks.
Mark Thorburn opened the scoring in the third period off passes from Brett Vandehogen and Oliphant. Two minutes later Oliphant further extended Windsor’s lead with his first goal of the night.
Kyle Tront and Oliphant each scored an unassisted goal a minute apart to give the Lancers the 5-0 lead.
Oliphant earned his second assist of the night when Thorburn found the back of the net halfway through the final period, extending Windsor’s lead to 6-1.
Unfortunately, the Lancers could not find a way to dominate the Guelph Gryphons on Saturday, another team also in the hunt for a playoff position.
Despite taking an early 2-0 lead, the Lancers could not stop the Gryphons relentless offence and lost 3-2.
Vandehogen gave the Lancers a 1-0 two minutes into the game off a pass from defenseman Scott Todd. Tront gave Windsor the 2-0 at the end of the period. Watt had a sensational first period, stopping all 15 shots he faced.
Windsor held on to the lead until halfway through the final period when Michael Kusy tied the game at 2 for the Gryphons. One minute later, Guelph took the lead and never looked back. Windsor was out shot 36-23 and fell 3-2 to the Gryphons.
Watt had another strong night in net, stopping 33 shots.
The Lancers now return home for a busy week of hockey. On Wednesday night the Lancers host the Western Mustangs and on Friday and Saturday they host the Laurier Golden Hawks. All games start at 7:30 p.m. |
