Box Score The University of Toronto Varsity Blues men's hockey team fell 7-5 to the Ryerson Rams on Thursday, January 11 at Mattamy Athletic Centre.
 
With the loss, the Blues drop to 5-13-1, while the Rams improve to 13-4-2 and remain in second place in the OUA West division.
 
The Rams opened the scoring 4:06 into the contest as John Carpino redirected an Aaron Armstrong shot into the net. Ryerson extended their lead nine minutes later as Erick DeLaurentis made good on a partial breakaway.
 
Toronto got on the board 6:20 into the second frame when Hunter Atchison netted his team-leading eighth goal of the season, finishing off a 2-on-1 with fellow rookie Scott Kirton. Ryerson restored the two-goal advantage, however, as Armstrong scored midway through the period.
 
The Blues cut the deficit to one again, scoring on their first powerplay opportunity of the game. Fifth-year defenceman Corey Jackson sent a hard wrist shot past the glove of Rams goalie Taylor Dupuis for his second goal of the season.
 
U of T evened the score in the final minute of the second period. Fifth-year forward Dean Klomp sent a nice pass to Willy Paul in front of the net. The sophomore defenceman made no mistake, one-timing the puck past Dupuis for his second goal of 2017-18.
 
Toronto and Ryerson were deadlocked at 3-3 after 40 minutes of action.
 
The Rams jumped ahead with two quick goals in the opening four minutes of the third period. U of T answered right back though as Paul notched his second of the night as his centering pass went off a Ryerson defenceman and in.
 
The home team sealed the victory though as Carpino tallied his second of the game on the powerplay and Marcus Hinds added an empty-netter in the final five minutes.
 
Fifth-year Blues veteran Casey Knight scored with 21 seconds remaining to round out the scoring.
 
Rookie netminder Frederic Foulem made 22 saves in the loss.
 
The Varsity Blues return to action this Sunday, January 14 as they host the Brock Badgers at Varsity Arena. The puck drops at 2 p.m.

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