The York University Lions men's hockey team picked up its second victory of the weekend on Saturday night with a 3-0 win over the Brock Badgers at Canlan Ice Sports.
 
The win was a crucial one for the Lions, giving them a 14-8-1 record for 29 points and moving them back into second place in the OUA West standings. They also created a three-point cushion on the Badgers, who are now at 11-7-4 and in fifth place.
 
Goaltender Mack Shields showed the form that earned him OUA West rookie of the year and U SPORTS all-Canadian honours last year, picking up his second shutout of the season with a 27-save performance.
 
The score was close throughout, but the Lions controlled play for much of the game. The Badgers outshot the Lions 14-12 in a scoreless first period, but after that it was all the Lions. They outshot the Badgers 40-27 in the game, including 28-13 over the final two periods, and were finally rewarded for their efforts in the middle of the second period on a power play goal by Kyle Campbell that made the score 1-0.
 
Six minutes later they added to the lead when team goal-scoring leader Josh LaFrance scored his 10^th of the season for a 2-0 advantage for the home team.
 
That was more than enough for Shields, who shut the door in the third period. Trevor Petersen added an empty netter with time winding down to round out the scoring.
 
Brock goaltender Clint Windsor was strong in net despite the loss, making 37 saves on the 39 shots he faced.
 
The Lions will put their two-game winning streak on the line with their furthest road trip of the season next weekend as the squad heads to Thunder Bay, Ont., to face the Lakehead Thunderwolves at Fort William Gardens for back-to-back games on Friday and Saturday. Puck drop in both contests is set for 7pm.