Box Score
Guelph, ON: Three unanswered goals in the third period and a frantic finish sees a four game winning streak snapped for the Gryphon's men's hockey team as they fall 4-3 to the UOIT Ridgebacks at the Gryphon Centre, Saturday afternoon.A controversial goal and a difficult 10 minute stretch in the third period saw a 2-0 Gryphons lead evaporate into a 4-2 Ridgebacks lead but the hosts had a chance late to mount a comeback as Dylan Gilbert made it a 4-3 game with 10.1 seconds left in regulation.  It looked like the hosts tied it up but Branden O'Neill's left pad held steady on the post to keep the puck out with less than a second left as the Ridgebacks held on.

It was a slow start for the Gryphons and the Ridgebacks as they were feeling each other out as both teams weren't giving much to either side defensively and doing a great job at closing down on the puck carrier. Both goalies weren't busy for the first 10 minutes of the period as they barely faced any rubber with both defenses thwarting the attack of the opposition and not allowing pucks to get to the net but as the period went on, the shot total started to rise. The Gryphs started to break through the UOIT defense getting pucks to the net and they were rewarded with a little help as the iron was very kind to Cody Thompson as his wrister found the woodwork and in at 15:50 in the first as the Gryphs took the lead. The Ridgebacks started to apply more pressure on Andrew D'Agostini as he stood tall stopping all eight shots he saw in the period.

The Gryphons continued the momentum into the second period as Kyle Neuber from the top of the right faceoff circle capitalized on a 2 on 1 from a pretty pass from Thompson as the low shot snuck past Brendan O'Neill's right pad and tucked it inside the post to double the lead for the Gryphons at 3:35 in the period. However, the fortunes would change for Guelph at the 9:42 mark after it appeared that a Ridgeback player played the puck with a broken stick that went undetected by the officials and UOIT converted as Alex Derlis goes around the net on a wraparound and buries it into the open net.

Both teams continued their strong defensive play forcing the opposition into low percentage shots as there wasn't a lot of space to work with. U of G got a bit undisciplined at the end taking two penalties that would give UOIT a 5 on 3 for 53 seconds to end the second. To start the third period, the Gryphons would kill the remainder of the penalties and hold the Ridgebacks only allowing one shot on net. But just as Guelph seized momentum on the penalty kill, the Ridgebacks would strike back.James Woodcroft would sneak in behind the Gryphons defense all alone after a bad neutral zone giveaway as he makes a move to his forehand to backhand and finds the top of the net to beat D'Agostini to tie the game up at 2:53. Four minutes later, UOIT would take the lead off a harmless point shot from Loren Ulett from the top of the blueline that was tipped off of Luke vanMoerkerke's stick, off D'Agostini's glove and the back of the net to give the Ridgebacks a 3-2 lead. Penalties would come back to haunt the Gryphons as the Ridgebacks would get another 5 on 3 for 56 seconds and they would convert as Ben Blasko buries one from between the top of the faceoff circles with the two man advantage to make it 4-2.  Four unanswered goals for UOIT and it was enough for the visitors to hang on in the end.

Penalties and neutral zone giveaways did in the Gryphons as the Ridgeback capitalized on the opportunities given to them despite a very strong game from Guelph.
Thompson had himself a two point afternoon and D'Agostini stopped 20 of 24 shots in a tough loss. The Gryphons are now 7-6 on the season and play in Ottawa on Friday, November 27 as they face the Carleton Ravens.