The York University men's hockey team lost their final game of the season to the Toronto Varsity Blues 3-2 in overtime during a home game on Saturday (Feb. 7) at Canlan Ice Sports.
 
The most action erupted in the last five minutes of the second period after the Varsity Blues broke the deadlock at 15:19. The Lions defence split up and spread out, giving Dylan Heide an excellent chance to skate through the middle and launch the puck behind Chris Perugini (King City, Ont.).
 
Heide forced his way through the Lions again on a power play as he exploded a sniper shot at 16:49 that landed under the top bar of the net, putting the Blues ahead 2-0.
 
One minute later, at 18:12, Michael Santini (Woodbridge, Ont.) cut off the Blue's defence as he skated around the net and passed the puck to Jordan Forfar (Sutton, Ont.) who smashed in a power play goal for the Lions. Santini makes his tenth assist of the year with a big play from a big player.
 
The Lions smacked a total of 10 shots in the second, while the Blues had 11.
 
In the third period the Lions created many chances, making the Blues stand on the back of their heels. However, only one of the Lions shots hit the net, while the Blues did not take a single shot on the Lions net.
 
At 5:26, Santini and Shayne Rover (Newmarket, Ont.) created great lines of passing as they assisted the puck to Louis-Joseph Sawyer (Montreal, Que.) who had a solid vision and made no mistake as he buried the puck in the back of the net. Sawyer tied the score at 2-2, forcing the game into overtime.
 
With only two minutes into overtime Heide chipped the puck over to Marcus Yolevski who passed the puck to Tyler Liukkonen who sent the puck roaring behind Perugini to end the game with a final score of 3-2, with the Blues taking the win.
 
Both goalies, Perugini and the Blue's Garrett Sheehan, saved a total of 20 shots this game.
 
The Lions finish the season at the bottom of the OUA West standings with 20 points and a record of 9-15-2, while the Blues finish in fifth with 25 points and a record of 12-13-1. They will take on Ryerson in the first round of the playoffs. 
 
Unfortunately the Lions men's hockey team will not advance to playoffs this year, and will test their luck again on the ice next season.