The Guelph Gryphons battled the University of Notre Dame in a tightly contested game in South Bend, Indiana Sunday with Notre Dame winning 5-3.  

The Gryphons played catch-up most of the day after spotting the Irish a 2-0 lead on goals by David Gerths and a powerplay marker by Mike Voran.  The Gryphons worked back into the game with a last second goal in the period by J.T. Macdonald (Niagara Falls) on an assist from Matt Lyall (Richmond Hill).  Guelph outshot Notre Dame 13-11 in the first.

Guelph tied the game on a dazzling rush on the powerplay by Ken Peroff (Astorville).  Notre Dame grabbed the lead late in the period on a goal by Calle Ridderwall and the Irish led 3-2 after two.

On the first shift of the third period Guelph got the equalizer while shorthanded on a smart passing play by Ed Gale (Keswick) to set up Thomas Kiriakou (Richmond Hill) who deked Mike Johnson to slide it in the empty net.  Jeff Costello scored the eventual game winner for Notre Dame almost midway through the third and sealed the deal when Anders Lee scored after Guelph was pressing for the equalizer late in the game.  

Guelph outshot Notre Dame 13-8 in the third period and the Irish held the upper hand in total shots in the game over Guelph 37-32. 

Guelph went 1/2 on the powerplay while the Fighting Irish were 1/5 with the manpower advantage.  Andrew Loverock went the distance in net for the Gryphons.

Guelph finishes the pre-season at 3-2-1 and will finally come home to open the regular season Thurs. Oct. 7 @ 7:30 P.M. when they host the University of Western Ontario Mustangs.