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The University of Toronto Varsity Blues men's hockey team dropped a 6-5 decision to the No. 4 and undefeated Windsor Lancers on Saturday night (Nov. 8) at Varsity Arena.

With the loss, the Blues drop to 4-6-0, while the Lancers improve to 11-0-0 in the OUA West division.

Down 4-2 heading into the third period, the OUA defending champion Lancers came back with a vengeance, scoring four goals in the third period to seal the come back win.

Third-year Lancers forward Ryan Green of Essex, Ont., opened the scoring as he received a stretch pass for a partial break away and wired a shot into the bottom corner of the net. Windsor led 1-0 after the first 20 minutes of action.

Christian Finch got the Blues on the board 58 seconds into the second frame as he received a cross crease pass and one-timed it into the top corner of the net.
51 seconds later, fifth-year forward and assistant captain Michael Markovic caught Lancers netminder Parker Van Buskirk off guard and buried the go-ahead goal.

Second-year forward Casey Knight notched his third goal of the season banging the puck in during a scramble in front of the net midway through the second period.

The Lancers cut the deficit to one with just over six minutes remaining in the frame when rookie forward Dylan Seguin fired the puck under Blues goalie Michael Nishi's blocker; however, Toronto restored their two-goal cushion before the second intermission as fourth-year defenceman Marcus Yolevski received a centering pass in front and one-timed it in.

Windsor's Matt Beaudoin scored 1:49 into the third period to bring the Lancers back within one.

Two minutes later, Nishi came up with a big save on a Spencer Pommells breakaway and the Blues went up again as Brown scored Toronto's third powerplay marker of the game.

The back and forth battle ensued when third-year Lancers defenceman Kenny Bradford scored on a 5-on-3 opportunity to bring it back within reach (5-4) with 10 minutes to go in the third.

Second-year Lancers forward Eric Noel evened the score with 7:34 to go in the game and Dylan Denomme put Windsor up for good with 3:32 remaining in the game.

Nish posted 16 saves in the loss.

The Varsity Blues return to the ice next Friday, November 14 as they host the UOIT Ridgebacks at Varsity Arena. Game time is set for 7:30 p.m. 

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