The York University Lions men's hockey team was defeated by the Laurentian Voyageurs 7-5 on Friday (Nov. 21) in Sudbury, Ont.
 
The Voyageurs opened up the scoring in the first period with a power play goal by Adam Glynn at 13:37. The Lions followed the lead and scored their own power play goal at 16:45 from Connor Hale (Whitby, Ont.) to even the score at 1-1.
 
The Lions then took their first lead of the game at 17:17 with a goal by Trevor Petersen (Thornhill, Ont.), changing the score 2-1, but just 19 seconds later a goal from Michael MacDonald tied game again heading into the first intermission.
 
The Voyageurs took the lead for good in the second period, scoring two goals in the frame – one at 11:11 by Nick Esposto and the other at 12:36 by Gary Horic – to build a 4-2 lead.
 
With the start of the third, the Voyageurs smacked another goal in the net at 1:29 from Bradley MacDonald, giving them a three-goal advantage.
 
At 6:54 Michael Santini (Woodbridge, Ont. ) gave the Lions hope after a power play goal cut the deficit to two goals, but less than two minutes later Laurentian's big lead was restored again on MacDonald's second of the night.
 
Mark Cross (Strasbourg, Sask.) picked up the puck at 9:16, sending it soaring down the ice to Petersen who smacked the puck to the back of the net to score his second of the game. Cross got involved in another assist at 11:41 when Derek Sheppard (Ajax, Ont.) added another goal to the scoreboard for the Lions to close the gap to just one.
 
However, they were unable to find the equalizer and with goaltender Chris Perugini (King City, Ont.) pulled for the extra attacker, Michael MacDonald netted his second of the night into the empty net.
 
Perugini made a total of 29 saves out of 35 shots, while Voyageurs goalie Alain Valiquette saved a total of 25 saves out of 30 shots.
 
The Lions are now in sixth place in the OUA West standings with a record of 5-8-1, while the Voyageurs sit in fourth place in the East with a record of 8-5-1.
 
Up next for the Lions is a game against the Nipissing Lakers in North Bay Ont. on Saturday (Nov. 22). Puck drop is set for 7pm.