Jeff Richards scored unassisted with 24 seconds left in OT to give the Lakehead Thunderwolves mens hockey team a hard-fought 3-2 victory over a very tough Brock Badgers team Friday night in St. Catherines. Lakehead came back twice from one goal deficits before scoring the OT win. The Wolves outshot the Badgers 36-28 on the night.
Lakeheads other goals came from Brad Priestlay and Jason Lange while Mike Jacobsen added two assists for the Wolves. Ryan Del Monte and Dallas Beaton scored for the Badgers. Unfortunately for the Wolves; big defenseman Steve Rawski hit the boards at the end of the third period and was injured and may be out for some time.
The Thunderwolves are now 12-7-2 in OUA play (16-13-4 overall) while Brock goes to 7-12-2 in OUA action (10-17-2 overall). The win guarantees Lakehead a playoff spot while Brock is now two points behind Windsor for the final OUA West playoff spot as Windsor won Friday night 4-0.
The two teams take to the ice again Saturday night and it can be heard live on 580 CKPR AM radio in Thunder Bay and online around the world on www.ckpr.com with Bryan Wyatt calling all the action beginning at 7:15 pm EST.
Game Summary:
GOALS BY PERIOD
1 234Total
Brock 0 1 1 0 2
Lakehead 0 1 1 1 3
SHOTS BY PERIOD
1 2 3 4 Total
Brock 7 9 11 1 28
Lakehead 13 6 12 5 36
PENALTIES SUMMARY
Period #1
Brock - Chris McLean (Interference) , 2 min , 02:02
Lakehead - Steve Rawski (Hooking) , 2 min , 05:19
Brock - Shane Smith (Hooking) , 2 min , 10:57
Lakehead - Andrew Brown (Slashing) , 2 min , 15:19
Period #2
Lakehead - Hugo Lehoux (Holding) , 2 min , 02:53
Brock - Mike MacIntyre (Hooking) , 2 min , 06:31
Brock - Chris McLean (Interference) , 2 min , 13:33
Lakehead - Andrew Brown (Roughing) , 2 min , 13:33
Lakehead - Andrew Brown (Roughing) , 2 min , 13:33
Lakehead - Jeff Richards (Cross-checking) , 2 min , 14:56
Lakehead - Andrew Brown (Holding) , 2 min , 19:51
Period #3
Brock - Chris Knighton (Charging) , 2 min , 00:30
Lakehead - Murray Magill (Goaltender Interfere) , 2 min , 09:13
Lakehead - Jeff Richards (Hooking) , 2 min , 09:52
Brock - Chris McLean (Interference) , 2 min , 13:25
Brock - Ryan Del Monte (Slashing) , 2 min , 13:56
Lakehead - Mike Jacobsen (Cross-checking) , 2 min , 17:06
SCORING SUMMARY
Period #2
Brock - Ryan Del Monte (Shawn Doucet, Jonathon Labelle) - EV 11:36
Lakehead - Jason Lange (Mike Jacobsen ) - EV 13:17
Period #3
Brock - Dallas Beaton (Jason Harshaw, John J Martin) - EV 11:54
Lakehead - Brad Priestlay (Joel Scherban, Mike Jacobsen) - PP 14:25
Overtime
Lakehead - Jeff Richards ( ) - EV 04:36