Box Score For the second straight game, the Lancer women's hockey game was decided in a shoot-out. However, unlike last week's result, Windsor was unable to capitalize on their scoring opportunities and fell 4-3 to the Guelph Gryphons on Friday night at South Windsor Arena.
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With the loss, the Lancers are now 7-2-2 heading into Saturday's game against the Brock Badgers. The puck is set to drop at 7:30pm at South Windsor Arena and can be seen live at
www.oua.tv.
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Guelph was sent to the power play early in the first period and capitalized on the opportunity as Noreen Averi put one past Windsor goaltender
Marissa Kozovski. The Lancers fought back and
Candace Kourounis placed one over the shoulder of Guelph goaltender Stephanie Nehring to tie the score at 1-1 heading into the second period.
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Midway through the middle frame
Natalie Barrette fired a shot from the point that got through the traffic in front of the net and into the back of the net, putting the Lancers up 2-1 going into the third.
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Windsor built a two goal lead as
Erinn Noseworthy scored on the power play five minutes into the third period, with assists from
Jenny MacKnight and
Natalie Barrette.
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From there, the Gryphons stormed back and scored a pair of goals from Leigh Shilton and Kaitlin Lowy to tie the game at three with just under eight minutes remaining in regulation.
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Both the Lancers and Gryphons had many chances in overtime but the defense on both sides was strong and forced a shootout.
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In the shootout, Guelph's third shooter Jessica Penkerton beat Kozovski to score the only goal in the shootout and take the win.
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Kozovski finished with 24 saves while Guelph's Nehring had 32 saves in the win. Offensively, Windsor was led by Barrette with a goal and two assists.Â