The York University Lions men's hockey team suffered a narrow 4-3 loss to the Waterloo Warriors at Columbia Ice Fields on Friday night.
 
It was an action packed first period that featured four goals overall with 10 different players registering points. The Lions got off to an early lead with back-to-back goals in the first half of the opening frame. Dylan Riley got the visitors going early with an early goal assisted by Morgan Messenger and David D'Agostino. 9:55 into the frame, Braydon Buziak doubled their lead thanks to quick passes from D'Agostino and Riley.
 
The Warriors answered back with two goals in the span of two minutes, with the second coming just thirty seconds shy of the intermission to knot the score at 2-2.
 
Midway through the second, the Lions capitalized on tripping call with 12:54 left in the period. Lions forward Nik Malenica scored his second goal of the season on the power-play thanks to Messenger's second and assist, and a pass from Xavier Pouliot to give the visitors the lead heading into the third.
 
The Warriors evened the score yet again only three minutes into the final period. After a slashing penalty gave them an extra attacker, the Warriors made sure to take the lead for the first time in the game, scoring the fourth and final goal of the game.
 
The Lions are now 5-11-1-0 on the season, and have wrapped up their fall schedule giving them the month of December off.
 
The team will return to action in the new year when they take on the No. 4 nationally ranked Toronto Varsity Blues in the second edition of the Mark Cross Memorial Game at Canlan Ice Sports. Puck drop is scheduled for 7pm.