The No. 8 nationally-ranked York University Lions men's hockey team fell to the No. 7 UQTR Patriotes on Friday night (Nov. 27) in Trois-Rivières, Que., by a score of 5-2.
Mark Cross (Strasbourg, Sask.) finished Friday's game with a goal and an assist in the loss, and now has seven points on the season.
Cross opened the scoring at the 8:56 mark of the first period with assists going
Reid Jackman (Etobicoke, Ont.) and
Corey Scott (Calgary). The Lions lead would be short-lived, however, as the Patriotes came marching back and tied the game up at ones, on a goal coming from Guillaume Asselin.
Four minutes after the Partiotes' tying goal, Pierre-Olivier Morin gave his squad the lead at 2-1, which they took into the second period.
In the second frame the Patriotes were once again on the attack and scored twice in under a minute, the first tally coming from Marc-Olivier Mimar on the power play at 15:21 and the second from Carl-Antoine Delisle at 16:09 of the second period.
The Patriotes secured their 4-1 lead up until the 10:49 mark of the third period, when
Shayne Rover (Newmarket, Ont.) scored on the power play to rejuvenate the Lions. But late in the game, with the Lions net empty, Tommy Giroux sealed the match for the Patriotes with an empty netter.
York's record now stands at 8-3-3 on the season and the Lions will look to get back in the win column on Saturday afternoon (Nov. 28) when they take on the Concordia Stingers in Montreal. Puck drop is set for 2pm.
