CIS men's hockey Thursday roundup

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Western 5, York 1 Final Boxscore

TORONTO - The York University Lions men's hockey team could not recover from an early three-goal deficit and went on to lose to the No. 7 nationally ranked Western Mustangs by a score of 5-1 Thursday night (Oct. 27) at Canlan Ice Sports.
 
David Blair (Ajax, Ont.) made 28 saves in the loss, including several key saves in the third period that kept the Lions alive; however, it was all for naught as his teammates could not solve Western netminder Alain Valiquette, who picked up 20 saves for his second win of the season.   
 
With the loss, the Lions fall to 1-3-3 on the season and remain fifth in the OUA West with five points, while the Mustangs improve to 4-0-1 and take over top spot in the West with nine points. The Lions have yet to record a win on home ice this season.
 
The Mustangs, after a slow start to the game, would heat up in the latter stages of the first period, eventually outshooting the Lions 11-5 and recording a pair of goals. 
 
They opened the scoring at 10:56 when Chris Corbeil (Oakville, Ont.) moseyed his way around the back of the Lions' goal untouched and slid a pass out front to a waiting Jason Furlong (London, Ont.), who made no mistake, tapping a soft shot through Blair's wickets. 
 
Corbeil then went back to work at 17:12, delivering a nice cross ice feed to Yashar Farmanara (West Vancouver, B.C.), who roofed a shot over the glove of a sprawling Blair for the early insurance marker.
 
In the early stages of the second period, the Mustangs went up 3-0 when Steve Reese (Dorchester, Ont.) found himself on the receiving end of a fortuitous bounce out front of Blair's goal that resulted in an easy tap in.        
 
The Lions would not roll over, however. Just over a minute after the Reese tally, rookie centreman Troy Barss (Barrie, Ont.) cut the deficit to 3-1 on his first goal of the season, a pretty little wraparound that fooled Valiquette.  
 
Unfortunately, before the Lions could finish celebrating Barss's goal and begin another one of their infamous comebacks, the Mustangs restored their three-goal lead on a howitzer by Tyler Peters (Sarnia, Ont.) from the right sideboards that beat Blair upstairs.
 
Not to be outdone, Matt Ashman (London, Ont.) put the Mustangs up 5-1 moments later with a point blast from almost the same spot as Peters. Blair had little chance on the play, thanks in no small part to his defenders, who failed to adequately challenge and pressure the Mustangs' point man.
 
That is how things would stay for the remainder of regulation as neither team would find the scoreboard again. The Mustangs played some great shutdown defence in the final period, limiting the Lions to just seven shots, en route to victory.
 
The Lions will be in action again on Friday (Oct. 28) when they visit the Windsor Lancers (2-4-0) for another night cap. Puck drops at 7:30pm.
 
By Cody Powell, York sport writing assistant

Guelph 5, Brock 0 Final Boxscore

GUELPH, Ont. - The Guelph Gryphons men’s team took on the Brock Badgers tonight (Oct. 27th) in Guelph at the Gryphon Center. The Badgers struggled to cut off the confident Gryphon attacks and the game ended 5-0 in Guelph’s favour.
 
The Gryphons move to 2-4-0 on the season, while the Badgers fall to 3-4-0.
 
The Gryphons got their first goal of the game at 9:02 in the first period when Andrew Merrett (Vernon, B.C) and Nathan Martine (Port Colborne, ON) set up Matthew Lyall (Richmond Hill, ON) out front of the Badger net on a power-play. Lyall lifted the puck straight over Brock’s goalie Kurt Jory (Brandon, MB) and sent it to the back of the net. The Badgers had many opportunities on Guelph’s net, but Gryphon goalie Andrew Loverock (Elmvale, ON) played a great game, saving 10 shots in the first period alone.
 
In the second period the Gryphons added their second goal onto the board. During another power-play, Ben Clarke (Halifax, NS) and Lyall crossed to defenseman Patrick Campbell (Sauble Beach, ON) who fired the shot from inside the blue line. The puck went right through Jory’s legs, securing the Gryphons’ lead. The rest of the period saw a lot of shots on net by both teams, but with no success for either.
 
The Gryphons capitalized from the Badgers’ weaknesses in the third period. At only 2:53 Edward Gale (Keswick, ON) set up Campbell who fired his second goal of the game into the Badgers’ net. This was soon followed at 10:06 with the Gryphons’ fourth goal of the game from rookie Philip Teri (Elora, ON) who was assisted by Barrett Brock (Leduc, AB) and Michael McInerney (Toronto, ON). Teri came flying down the left wing undeterred by Brock defense and shot it right through Jory.
 
The fifth and final goal of the game came unassisted from Cameron Odam (Stittsville, ON) after a breakaway down the rink gave him full advantage. Brock fought hard in the last minutes trying to repair the damage but couldn’t break through the Gryphon lines. Guelph finished 5-0 and added a much-needed win onto their standings tonight.
 
The Gryphons next play on Oct. 29th against the Western Mustangs in London. The game begins at 7:30 pm.

Source: Guelph Sports Info