GUELPH, Ont. – The Gryphons men's hockey team returned to the ice over the weekend as they scored three unanswered goals in the 2nd period in their victory on home ice over the TMU on Saturday night (Jan. 17) but were unable to solve Laurier's goalie Andrew Ness in their loss on the following night (Jan. 18).
Saturday, Jan. 17, 2026 | Three Unanswered 2nd Period Goals Leads Gryphons to Win over Bold
On Saturday night, the Gryphons hosted the OUA West leading TMU Bold at the Gryphon Centre Arena. Guelph would strike first on the power play midway through the opening period on Jack Wismer's 12 goal on the season. After TMU scored twice to take the 2-1 lead in the second, the Gryphons with a quick response 1:31 later on the goal from
Ethan Doyle to tie up. Guelph would seize the momentum of the game minutes later when Nolan DeGurse from behind the net found a crashing
Griffin Wilson who scores his 5th of the season to give his side the lead. It didn't take long for Guelph to add another as
Cole Craft shovels the puck cross-crease to
Justin Barker who deposited it into the open net, 11 seconds after the Doyle goal to make it a 4-2 lead for the host. Barker, the management economics and finance major scored his second goal of the game on a fantastic midair deflection to make it a 5-2 game in third, helping the Gryphons to their 11th win of the season.
Olivier Ciarlo made the start for the Gryphons and made 25 saves to earn his 8th win of the season.
Sunday, Jan. 18, 2026 | Andrew Ness' 50 Save Performance Keeps Gryphons at Bay
The Gryphons were back on the ice in Waterloo on Sunday when they took on the Laurier Golden Hawks. It would be the Golden Hawks who'd get on the board first on the goal from Kai Strothers, midway through the opening period. Guelph would apply plenty of pressure on the Laurier net throughout the game but were unable to beat Andrew Ness. The Golden Hawks would make it a 2-0 game on the power play goal from Thomas Lenart in the third before Max-Antoine Melancon added another one later in the period. The Gryphons would end Ness' shutout bid on the
Anthony Tabak power play goal with 3:12 left in the period but an empty netter from Laurier would seal the 4-1 win for the hosts. Laurier goalie Andrew Ness faced plenty of Gryphon pressure at his net and kept Guelph's scoring at bay, stopping 50 of his 51 shots he saw.
Olivier Ciarlo in the Gryphon net was fantastic despite the loss, making 37 saves.
The Gryphons (11-7-2) will now head to the Sleeman Centre on Thursday night (Jan. 22) to take on the Brock Badgers in a crucial OUA West division showdown in the 16th installment of a sold out Frosty Mug game. Puck drop scheduled for 7pm and can streamed on oua.tv.
