The Lakehead Thunderwolves mens hockey team earned an away split as they defeated the Windsor Lancers 5-3 Saturday night in Windsor. It was turnabout was fair play as Saturday was Lakeheads turn to come back from a 3-1 deficit to get the win as the Lancers did on their Friday night OT win. The Wolves are now 11-4-2-1 in OUA play, 14-11-2-1 overall. Windsor goes to 8-9 in OUA action and 8-12 overall.
The Wolves were paced by a hat trick from freshman sensation Mark Soares. Dan Speer had a strong game with a goal and two assists while Lakeheads other goal came from Richard Molenaar. Defenseman Steve Rawski contributed a pair of helpers.
Jordie Preston continued his stellar season for the Lancers with 2 goals and an assist while Scott Gibson notched the other Windsor goal.
Shots on goal were 62-57 for Lakehead on the night. Chris Whitley (9-3-2) earned the win for the Wolves while Reese Kalleitner (8-8) was given the loss in the Windsor goal; though both goaltenders had a very busy night.
Lakehead returns home to the Fort William Gardens next weekend when it will welcome the No. 5 and OUA Far West Division leading Waterloo Warriors for a crucial two-game divisional series.
GOALS BY PERIOD:
Per1 2 3 Total
Windsor 1 2 0 3
Lakehead 1 2 2 5
SHOTS BY PERIOD:
1 2 3 Total
Windsor 16 25 16 57
Lakehead 19 24 19 62
Scoring Summary:
Period #1
Lakehead - Soares (Speer, Rawski) - PP 08:13
Windsor - Preston (White, Snihur) - PP 16:54
Period #2
Windsor - Preston (Mahon, Raymond) - SH 02:20
Windsor - Gibson (Preston, White) - 12:25
Lakehead - Speer (Jacques, Whelan) - PP 13:50
Lakehead - Soares (Speer, Wehrstedt) - PP 19:23
Period #3
Lakehead - Molenaar (McPherson, Kivell) - 04:55
Lakehead - Soares (Speer, Rawski) - PP 05:31