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Fifth-year forward Michael Markovic was the overtime hero as the University of Toronto Varsity Blues men's hockey team defeated the Laurier Golden Hawks 4-3 on Saturday night (Nov. 29) at Varsity Arena.

With the win, the Blues improve to 6-8-1 heading into the winter break.

Fourth-year forward Jeff Brown opened the scoring midway through the first frame when he received a nice pass from Paul Van De Velde off the back post and buried the puck into the open net.

The Hawks responded, however, with two goals only a minute apart. Justin Rasmussen scored on the powerplay with a nice shot to the top corner of the net and Erik Pushka gave Laurier the lead, pulling a nice deke in front of the net and backhanding it in.

A scoreless second period saw both teams with chances as Laurier held onto the 2-1 advantage heading into the final frame.

Second-year forward Russell Turner evened the score for Toronto with just over seven minutes to go as he tipped in a Lane Werbowski point shot, notching his fourth point in the past three games.

Under a minute later, fifth-year veteran Michael Markovic received a pass from Dean Klomp and made no mistake, scoring his team-leading seventh goal.

Laurier was able to force overtime, however, as Rasmussen banged the puck in with less than a second remaining in regulation.

Toronto answered back when Markovic potted the game-winner 3:53 into the OT period to seal the win.

Blues goaltender Michael Nishi made 23 saves in the win.

The Varsity Blues return to action in the New Year when they host the Brock Badgers on Sunday, January 4 at Varsity Arena. Game time is set for 2 p.m.

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