Box Score
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 Ryerson 3, Guelph 2 – OT 
 
Guelph, Ont. (January 9, 2014) – The Guelph Gryphon men's hockey team opened their 2014 schedule at the Gryphon Centre Thursday night and came out on the short end as the CIS No. 10 Ryerson Rams left Guelph with a 3-2 overtime victory.
 
The Gryphons made a late charge with two third period goals to tie the game and send it to overtime but it was the Rams Jamie Wise to score the winner.
  The Gryphons started out strong taking control of the puck for the first few minutes of the first period, but an attempted shot by a Guelph player caused a turnover and Ryerson took control of the puck. Both teams were evenly matched, with both teams successfully boxing out the opposing offenses. Gryphon player Leonard Fabbri (Mississauga, Ont.) would come close to scoring for Guelph, but Ryerson's goalie Troy Passingham (Mississauga, Ont.) would ultimately keep the game scoreless. The Rams were able to take advantage of the Guelph turnovers, setting up scoring frequent scoring opportunities. Domenic Alberga (Maple, Ont.) was able to break through the Gryphon defensemen into Guelph territory, but was unable to beat Gryphon goalie, Andrew Loverock (Elmvale, Ont.).
 
Ryerson got the first power play of the game after a charging call on Guelph player Kyle Neuber at 6:03. The Gryphons would successfully kill the penalty and the first period would remain scoreless.
 
The Rams started the second period with a scoring opportunity early on with an across the ice pass to Jamie Wise (Stouffville, Ont.), who was unable to beat Loverock. The Gryphons would get a power play after a hooking call on Ryerson player Daniel Lombardi (Richmond Hill, Ont.) at 2:45. Brett Appio (Bolton, Ont.) would come close to making a play, with Robert De Fulviis (Toronto, Ont.) chipping the puck over just over the net shortly after.
 
The Gryphons upped the intensity later on in the period, passing the Rams in shots on goal with Ryerson goalie, Troy Passingham saving 11 shots in the second half of the second period. Despite the Gryphons outshooting the Rams in the second period, it would be Ryerson who would get on the board first with Lucas Froese (Grunthal, MB) making it 1-0 in the last minute of the second period, with Victor Terreri (Mississauga, Ont.) and Daniel Lombardi on the assists.
 
The Gryphons started the third period with penalties early on after a checking to the head call on Brett Appio at 1:28 that included a 10 minute misconduct and a tripping call on Nicklas Huard (North Bay, Ont.) shortly after, at the 2:00 minute mark. Ryerson player Michael Fine (Toronto, Ont.) would use the two man-advantage to score the Ram's second goal of the game at 2:38 in the power play from the top of the crease, with Alberga and Wise on the assists.
 
The Gryphons would not go scoreless however with Thomas Kohler (St. Thomas, Ont.) scoring Guelph's first goal of the night in a scrum in front of the net at 15:23 in the third period, with Appio and Michael Hasson (Ariss, Ont.) on the assists making it 2-1. Nicklas Huard would score from the red line to tie it up 2-2 against the Rams in the last two minutes of play, with Kenneth Peroff (Astorville, Ont.) on the assist sending the game into overtime.
 
The Gryphons would put up a fight, but ultimately it would be the Rams who scored in overtime. Ryerson player Jamie Wise would score the game-winning goal for the Rams with Kent McPherson (Stratford, Ont.) on the assist. It would be a final score of 3-2 in favour of the Rams.
 
Despite being out scored, the Gryphons out shot the Rams with a total of 28-23 for Guelph.
 
The Gryphons hit the ice again on Saturday, January 11^th against the Windsor Lancers at the Gryphon Centre with the puck set to drop at 7:30 p.m.