OUA roundup: No. 3 Mustangs put on offensive display against No. 10 Thunderwolves

LONDON, Ont. - Western Mustangs forward Keaton Turkiewicz (Brantford, Ont.) scored two goals in an 8-3 victory over the No. 10 Lakehead Thunderwolves on Saturday, the second game of a back-to-back series at Thompson Arena for the Rock the Rink event with 2,347 fans in attendance.

The remaining goals for the No. 3 Mustangs were netted by Geoff Killing (Embro, Ont.), Matt Piva (Maple, Ont.), Patrick Lee (Sharon, Ont.), Joe McCann (Essex, Ont.), Kevin Baker (Georgetown, Ont.) and Aaron Snow (Windsor, Ont.). Thunderwolves goals were scored by Scott Dobben, Ryan McDonald and Andrew Wilkins.

Killing put the first point on the scoreboard for Western after a shot down low ripped past Lakehead's Alex Dupuis (Thunder Bay, Ont.). Turkiewicz scored his first goal of the game less than one minute later on the power play after Snow cycled the puck deep in the offensive zone and hit Turkiewicz with a pass out front.

Piva finished the first frame with Western's third goal piling a loose rebound into the net after Dupuis stopped Mustangs defender Scott Aarssen's (London, Ont.) initial shot.

Lakehead's Dobben notched their first goal on the power play from the bottom of the circle on a sharp shot past netminder Keyvan Hunt (Coquitlam, B.C.). Hunt turned aside 29 shots for the win.

Head coach Clarke Singer said he was very impressed with Hunt's role in this weekend's games.

"In both games he outplayed their goaltending and goaltending is the most important part," Singer said.

Turkiewicz's second goal came after he released a quick shot past Dupuis off a pass across the crease from Snow. Turkiewicz's goal followed shortly after two other Mustangs goals and Dupuis was replaced by Kyle Moir (Calgary).

In the last minute of play in the second period, Baker broke away on a short handed opportunity and streaked past a Thunderwolves defender to put the first goal past Moir and increase the Mustangs lead 7-1 heading into the final frame.

Snow claimed Western's final goal on the power play wiring a shot past Moir. The Mustangs went 4-of-13 on the power play.

Lakehead capitalized on two of Western's defensive mishaps to finish the contest at 8-3.

Singer said these two wins will, "hopefully springboard us forward and I'm pretty happy with the effort overall."

Western leads OUA with a 16-2-0 record. Lakehead is now 11-5-2 on the season.

MCGILL 3, RMC 2

At RMC, the No. 5 McGill Redmen edged the host Paladins 3-2 on Sunday.

The Redmen built a 3-0 lead before a pair of third period goals brought the Paladins within striking distance.

Andrew Wright scored two goals for McGill, his fifth and sixth goals of the OUA season. Glenn Tindle added a single tally for the Redmen.

RMC's Paul Whalen earned his ninth goal of the season, while teammate Shawn Cox scored his second.

McGill improved to 14-2-0 on the season, while RMC dropped to 4-11-3.

WINDSOR 5, WATERLOO 4

At Windsor, Chris Ray earned a hat trick, but it wasn't enough for the visiting Waterloo Warriors (12-6-1) as they succumbed to the host Lancers 5-4 on Saturday.

Josh Gaynor scored a pair of goals for the Lancers (7-8-3). Also contributing to Windsor's scoresheet were Scott Todd, Kyle Tront and Scott Gillis.

Kurt Thorner scored Waterloo's other goal.

TORONTO 6, NIPISSING 4

At Nipissing, six different players scored for the Toronto Varsity Blues in a 6-4 road win over the Nipissing Lakers on Saturday.

Kyle Paige, Byron Elliott, Joe Rand, Robert Kay, Ed Snetsinger and Brendan Sherrard all scored for the Varsity Blues. For Elliott, it was his 12th goal of the season.

Marcus Pryde scored a pair of goals for the Lakers. Also contributing for Nipissing markers were Matt Lahey and Andrew Marcoux.

The Varsity Blues improved to 8-7-3 on the season, while the Lakers drop to 7-10-1 in their first OUA campaign.

QUEEN'S 4, RYERSON 2

At Ryerson, Jordan Mirwaldt scored the game-winning goal in the third period to lead the Queen's Gaels to a 4-2 win over the host Rams on Saturday.

It was Ryerson's Kevin Day who put his team ahead 1-0 less than two minutes after the opening face-off. The score remained that way until the second period, when Queen's pulled ahead 2-1 on goals by Payton Liske and Scott Kenway.

But before the end of the period, Andrew Buck knotted the score at 2-2 with his sixth goal of the OUA season.

Mirwaldt scored a shorthanded goal early in the third to put Queen's out in front for good. Jeffrey Johnstone added an insurance marker in the final minute.

Queen's now has a 10-8-1 record on the OUA season, compared to Ryerson's 7-10-2 mark.

GUELPH 7, BROCK 1

At Brock, Kris Belan scored two goals to help the Guelph Gryphons get past the host Badgers 7-1 on Saturday.

Matt Lyall, Geoff Guimond, Zach Lillie, Patrick Campbell and Michael Kusy also scored for the Gryphons (8-9-2).

Vince Scott scored Brock's lone tally, assisted by Derek Brochu and Eric Toonders. Brock is now 8-11-0 on the season.

MCGILL 3, OTTAWA 1

At McGill, the No. 5 Redmen defeated the Ottawa Gee-Gees 3-1 on Saturday.

Marc-Andre Dorion put McGill ahead 1-0 in the opening period, but the Gee-Gees responded in the middle period on a Simren Sandhu goal.

It remained deadlocked at 1-1 until, with 3:02 remaining in regulation, Francis Verreault-Paul scored the game-winner for his 16th goal of the OUA season. Simon Marcotte-Legare added another for McGill less than a minute later.

The Gee-Gees fell to 4-14-1 on the season.

WESTERN 7, LAKEHEAD 2

At Western, the No. 3 Mustangs took the first game of a doubleheader against the No. 10 Lakehead Thunderwolves, winning 7-2 on Friday night.

Yashar Farmanara scored a pair of goals for the Mustangs, his sixth and seventh of the season, with single tallies coming from Kevin Baker, Patrick Lee, Jason Furlong, Patrick Ouellet and Matt Piva.

Scoring for Lakehead were Mitch Maunu and Ryan McDonald.

LAURIER 4, BROCK 2

At Brock, the No. 9 Wilfrid Laurier Golden Hawks defeated the host Badgers on Friday night.

Laurier built a 4-0 lead on the strength of a pair of power play goals by Jordan Bonneville. Also contributing goals for the Golden Hawks were Nathan Peacock and Colin Williams. Laurier improved to 13-4-2 on the season.

Scoring for Brock were Ryan Allen and Steve Mullin.

TORONTO 7, QUEEN'S 3

At Queens, Byron Elliott recorded a hat trick to lead the Toronto Varsity Blues to a 7-3 road win over the Gaels on Friday.

For Elliott is was his ninth, 10th and 11th goals of the OUA season.

Teammate Joe Rand also had a multi-goal game with two markers. Bryden Teich and Paul Dupont also contributed single goals for the Varsity Blues.

Ben Munroe, David Fitzpatrick and Jonathon Lawrance scored for the Gaels.

CARLETON 4, OTTAWA 2

At Carleton, the Ravens won in another chapter of the Battle of Ottawa, defeating the Gee-Gees 4-2 on Friday.

Joey Manley and Mike Byrd scored a pair of goals each for the Ravens (10-6-2), who rallied from a 2-0 deficit with four unanswered goals. Byrd has 11 goals on the OUA season.

Lucas Bini and Matthieu Methot both scored for the Gee-Gees.

NIPISSING 6, RMC 3

At RMC, Andrew Marcoux earned a hat trick to lead the Nipissing Lakers to a 6-3 road victory over the Paladins on Friday.

Also scoring for the Lakers were Ryan Maunu, Sam Hopewell and Nathan Hewitt.

RMC countered with goals from Kurt Matthewson, Mitchell Smith and Richard Lim.

GUELPH 5, UOIT 1

At UOIT, the Guelph Gryphons got goals from five players in a 5-1 win over the UOIT Ridgebacks (6-11-1) on Friday.

Matt Lyall, Jake Lalonde, Derek Knowles, Edward Gale and Alex Magera all scored for the Gryphons.

UOIT's lone goal was netted by Tony Rizzi.

Source: Western Mustangs with files from OUA Communications