GUELPH, Ont. – The Gryphons men's hockey team were on the road for a pair of games over the weekend as they rebounded from their loss to the Windsor Lancers on Friday night (Jan. 30) to defeat the Waterloo Warriors on Saturday (Jan. 31) for their 13th win of the season.
Friday, Jan. 30, 2025 | Gryphons Fall in Road Matchup with Lancers
On Friday night, the Gryphons were in Windsor to take on the Lancers as the defeated the Gryphs 6-1 in their final matchup of the regular season. Windsor took the 1-0 lead late in the 1st on the power play as they'd take the momentum into the 2nd, scoring three times to take a four goal lead. Gio Biondi scored his 5th goal of the season with a minute left in the game to end Max Donoso's shutout bid. The win moved Windsor into a three-way tie for top spot in the OUA West Division with 31 points as they improve their record to 14-6-3 on the season.
Saturday, Jan. 31, 2025 | Gryphons Rebound to Win 13th Game of the Season against Warriors
The Gryphons returned to the ice on Saturday afternoon to take on the Waterloo Warriors looking for a bounce back performance. The visitors got out to the early lead 6:19 into the game as
Dylan Hudon blocked the point shot and started the Gryphs on the 2-on-1 as he passed it off the
Kaeden Johnston who went forehand to his backhand and into the back of the net for the 1-0 lead. Guelph would add on to that lead later in the period when
Anthony Tabak tipped home the
Nathan Allensen point shot on the power play goal. After the Warriors scored on the man advantage midway through the 3rd,
Ethan Casper would come through for Guelph as he scored his first career OUA goal on the man advantage to restore his team's two goal advantage. The Warriors would score to trim the deficit down to 3-2 but
Ethan Doyle would put an end to the Waterloo comeback effort as he scores his 4th of the season into the empty net to seal the 4-2 victory for Guelph.
Cal Schell with the start for the Gryphons made 22 saves to pick up his 4th win of the season.
The Gryphons with the weekend split will remain in the 5th place in the OUA West Division standings with 29 points as their regular season improves to 13-8-3. Guelph returns to the ice on Thursday night (Feb. 5) when they host the TMU Bold from the Gryphon Centre in our Aggies Night game.
