Box Score
 
Guelph 4, Windsor 2
 
Guelph, Ont. (January 11, 2014) - The Guelph Gryphon men's hockey team defeated the Windsor Lancers with a final score of 4-2 at the Gryphon Centre. The Gryphons move to 9-7-3 and the Lancers drop to 11-7-0.
 
The Gryphons and the Lancers started the first period aggressively with end-to-end action. Windsor started out the shooting with Christian Steingraber (Oregon, OH) slapping one at the chest of Andrew Loverock (Elmvale, Ont.). The Lancers would get the first power play of the game after a tripping call at 5:03 on Nicklas Huard  It looked like the Lancers were going to score after Paul Bezzo (Simcoe, Ont.) chipped the puck over the head of Loverock, but the Gryphon goalie was able to catch the puck and keep the game scoreless.
 
The Gryphons would serve another penalty at 7:54 after a slashing call on John Collins but it would be Guelph player Philip Teri using his speed to break through the neutral zone to score a short-handed goal at 11:30 to make it 1-0 for Guelph, with Cale Jefferies and Steven Strong in the assists. But after a hooking call on Daniel Broussard  the Lancers used their power play to score with a quick shot by Saverio Posa (Grand Blanc, MI) over the head of Loverock to tie it up at 1-1, with Kenny Bradford (St Catherines, Ont.) on the assist.
 
The Gryphons went into the second period aggressively, out shooting the Lancers 14-11. They would get the first power play of the period after a high sticking call on Lancer player Drew Palmer (Tecumseh, Ont.) at 5:12. Huard would end up outskating the Windsor defenders up through the neutral zone, passing across the ice to James Merrett who fed the puck to Kenneth Peroff at the top of the crease, waiting to slap the puck in, making it 2-1 for Guelph. The Lancers would come back with a quick goal by Derek Lanoue (Belle River, Ont.) through the five-hole to tie it up again at 2-2, with Palmer and Bezzo on the assists.
 
The Gryphons continued playing aggressively, but neither team seemed to be capitalizing on puck possession. Nicklas Huard had what seemed to be a goal from inside the crease, which would have made the game 3-2 for the Gryphons, but because the net was dislodged it was a no goal and the game stayed tied. Guelph would redeem themselves though, with a break away goal by Robert De Fulviis at 6:48, with Merrett on the assist. The Gryphons would keep control of the game after a shot from the red line by Nicklas Huard gets past Lancer goalie, Parker Van Buskirk (Windsor, Ont.) to make it 4-2 at 17:35, with Merrett and Teal Burns on the assists (Prince Rupert BC).
 
Although Windsor would outshoot the Gryphons 36-28, the Gryphons would out score the Lancers 4-2.
 
The Guelph Gryphons men's hockey team hits the ice again on January 17^th for their annual Frosty Mug game at the Sleeman Centre against the York Lions with the puck set to drop at 7:15 p.m.