Box Score The University of Toronto Varsity Blues men's hockey team snapped a three-game losing streak with a big 5-0 win over the Laurier Golden Hawks on Saturday night (Feb. 1) at Varsity Arena.

With the win, the Blues improve to 12-10-2 and are tied for seventh place with the Guelph Gryphons, while the Hawks drop to 9-13-2 and sit 10th in the OUA West division.

Fourth-year forward and Blues leading scorer Michael Markovic opened the scoring 2:41 into the game when he wired a rebound from the slot past Laurier netminder Vinny Merante. U of T struck again less than two minutes later when Tyler Liukkonen fed Christian Finch the puck, who one-timed it into the back of the net.

Markovic notched his second of the game midway through the first on the man advantage, receiving a pass from Paul Van De Velde behind the net before slotting it past Hawks back-up goalie Duncan Long.

Rookie Dean Klomp kept the offence rolling, scoring his first goal as a Varsity Blue when he wired the puck top shelf over Long. Toronto held a 4-0 lead after 20 minutes of action.

Assistant captain Jeff Brown rounded out the win 6:11 into the second frame when he picked off a Laurier defender and slotted the puck into the bottom right corner of the net for the short-handed marker.

 Brett Willows posted 26 saves in his first shut out win of the season.

The Varsity Blues return to action next Saturday, February 8 when they travel to Windsor to take on the Lancers. Game time is 7:30 p.m.

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