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No. 10 Warriors Down Wolves

Fri Oct 19, 2007
Written by Mike Aylward
Photo by James Mirabelli

The Lakehead Thunderwolves mens hockey lost to the No. 10 Waterloo Warriors 7-3 Friday night at the Fort William Gardens in Thunder Bay. Lakehead now has a 2-1 OUA mark (3-4 overall) while Waterloo is 3-1 in OUA play and 4-3-1 overall.

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Lakehead came out fast; building an early 2-0 lead in the first and went into the first intermission leading 3-2. However, the Warriors scored five unanswered goals; three in the second and two in the third to get the victory. Lakehead outshot Waterloo 38-22 on the night.

Waterloo freshman netminder Jhase Sniderman played a solid game for the Warriors and made a number of key stops to ensure the win. Lakehead freshman netminder Kyle Moir had a tough night; allowing six goals.

It was a hard hitting game with few penalties but the Warriors made the powerplay opportunities count; going 2-4 on the powerplay while the Wolves went 0-3.

Brock McPherson led the Wolves with a pair of goals and Dan Speer added a single. Speer also added an assist and Jordan C. Smith had a pair of helpers.

Waterloos Sean Roche paced the Warriors; scoring a natural hat trick and singles were notched by Doug Spooner, Jordan Brenner, Chris Ray and Cody Fraser.

The two teams hit the ice again Saturday night at 7:30 pm and the game will be videowebcast live with ordering info available at www.thunderwolveshockey.com by clicking on the Broadcast section of the main page.

Shots on Goal:

Lakehead: 15 10 13 38
Waterloo: 11 12 9 32

Goals By Period:

Lakehead: 3 0 0 3
Waterloo: 2 3 2 7

The Molson's Three Stars, as chosen by Leith Dunick of Thunder Bay's Source, were:
1) Sean Roche: Waterloo
2) Dave Philpott: Waterloo
3) Brock McPherson: Lakehead