OUA Men's Hockey: Windsor defeated UOIT 6-4 OSHAWA, Ont. – In the opening game of their OUA men's hockey weekend doubleheader, the Windsor Lancers scored four third period goals to come back and beat UOIT 6-4.
The rematch between the No. 5 ranked Lancers and Ridgebacks will take place at the Campus Ice Centre on Sunday at 3:30 p.m. Windsor is 12-1-0 on the year while UOIT slips to 6-7-1.
Saturday's game was a seesaw battle with the team's trading goals for the majority of the game. Matt Beaudoin would eventually score the game winner at 11:11 of the third period, as he circled in front of the net untouched and buried a wrist shot by UOIT starting goalie
Jesse Raymond (Woodstock, Ont.). Beaudoin would add an empty net goal for Windsor, giving the third year forward nine goals on the year.
Trailing 2-1 after twenty minutes, UOIT turned things around in the second period as they outshot Windsor 15-6 and scored twice to take a 3-2 lead into the break.
Colt Kennedy (Ajax, Ont.) and
James Woodcroft (Milton, Ont.) were the goal scorers in the period.
UOIT would also score single goals in the first and third periods, with
Jordan Ramsay (Pickering, Ont.) and
Kevin George (Uxbridge, Ont.) lighting the lamp. George and Kennedy would each end up with a goal and an assist while
Cameron Yuill (Wellington, Ont.) had two helpers for the second straight game. George and Yuill are one-two in team scoring with 12 and 11 points respectively.
Julian Luciani was the main playmaker for Windsor as he finished the night with three assists while OUA leading scorer Spencer Pommells had two. Pommells has 28 points in 13 games, with nine being multi-point nights.
Making his second straight start in goal, Raymond ended up with 26 saves. Across the ice, Parker Van Buskirk stopped 29 Ridgeback shots for his tenth win of the year.
Windsor's power play was 1-for-4 with UOIT going 1-for-3.
The Lancers are 7-0-0 away from home this season and are averaging 4.85 goals per game.
A QUICK LOOK AT THE RIDGEBACKSOverall Record: 7-9-2
Conference Record: 6-7-1
Next Game: Sun. Nov. 23 vs. Windsor