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Gryphon goalie makes glove safe
Karyn Stepien
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Winner Windsor WSR
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Guelph GPH
Winner
Windsor WSR
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Final
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Guelph GPH
Score By Periods
Team F
Windsor WSR 1 1 1 3
Guelph GPH 0 2 0 2

Game Recap: Hockey - Men |

Gryphons Fall 3-2 to the Lancers


Guelph, Ont. – The Guelph Gryphon men's hockey team came up just short Saturday night losing 3-2 versus the defending OUA champion Windsor Lancers.  The Gryphons fall to 0-3-1 while the Lancers improve to 3-0-0.

Windsor would open the scoring just over two minutes into the game when Blake Blondeel (Tilbury, Ont.) would beat Guelph's rookie goalie Andrew D'Agostini (Scarborough, Ont.) to make it 1-0 Lancers.  Later in the period, the Lancers were called for boarding and tripping just 33 seconds apart, giving the Gryphons a 5-on-3 advantage for nearly a minute and a half.  Unfortunately for the Gryphons, they were not able to capitalize with the two man advantage and would head to the 2nd period trailing 1-0.

The Lancers boast one of the top goalies in the OUA in Parker Van Buskirk (Windsor, Ont.), but in the 2nd, Guelph's top line would find a way to beat him.  Former Gryphon rookie of the year Teal Burns (Victoria, B.C.) would set up last year's leading scorer for the Gryphs, Nicklas Huard (North Bay, Ont.) who would let go a hard shot from the top of the circle to tie things at 1-1.  The Gryphons would then take the lead after first year player Andres Kopstal (Toronto, Ont.) would score for the second straight game to make it 2-1 Guelph.  But the Lancers would get that one back before the end of the period.  Eric Noel (St. Joachim, Ont.) would be sent in all alone for Windsor and he would make no mistake, beating D'Agostini to make it a 2-2 game heading to the 3rd.

In tight games like this, you cannot afford to make mistakes late - but unfortunately for the Gryphons that is exactly what happened.  A costly turnover by the Gryphons allowed Drew Palmer (Tecumseh, Ont.) to pot the winning goal for the Lancers.  It was an evenly fought matchup all night long, reflected by the final shot tally which was 31-31, but in the end was another tough loss for the Gryphons.  The Gryphons will hit the ice again On Thursday October 16th against the Wilfred Laurier Golden Hawks at the Gryphon Centre, with the puck set to drop at 7:30 p.m.

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