The No. 10 nationally-ranked York University Lions men's hockey team allowed an early goal to the Lakehead Thunderwolves but then settled in and came back to win in double overtime by a score of 2-1 at Memorial Gardens in Thunder Bay, Ont.
 
The winning tally came off the stick of Dexter Bricker (Saskatoon, Sask.), who scored at 2:07 of the second extra frame to secure the important second point in the OUA West standings. The Lions are comfortably in second place in the division with a record of 16-6-2 for 34 points, while the Thunderwolves remain in seventh place at 10-10-2.
 
After being held to just a single point through the first two thirds of the season, Bricker is now riding a three-game points streak and has four points in that stretch, including a pair of goals.
 
Just over eight minutes into the game, Billy Jenkins scored to give the Thunderwolves a quick 1-0 lead. The Lions outshot Lakehead 18-11 but could not beat goaltender Devin Green.
 
The Lions continued to dominate the game and fired 14 shots at Green compared to just eight on York goaltender Mack Shields (Saskatoon, Sask.) in the second period, but both goalies stood tall.
 
It only took 42 seconds into the third period for the Lions to finally solve Green, as team leading scorer Trevor Petersen (Thornhill, Ont.) found the back of the net on the power play to level the game at 1-1. Once again the Lions dominated play, but Green continued his strong play between the pipes and the game went to overtime.
 
After the first extra frame solved nothing, the Lions were finally rewarded for all of their shots with Bricker's goal.
 
Green finished the game with 46 saves on 48 shots faced, while Shields stopped 33 shots and allowed just the one goal. The Lions have allowed just one goal per game in four of their last five outings.
 
The Lions and Thunderwolves will renew their rivalry again on Saturday night when the two teams return to the ice for another match-up beginning at 7pm.