Badgers routed by No.9 Golden Hawks 4-2

ST. CATHARINES, Ont. - The Brock University men's hockey team (8-10-0-0) were overwhelmed by the CIS 9th ranked Wilfrid Laurier Golden Hawks (13-4-2-0) by the score of 4-2 in their first regular season game of 2010.

In a game which was very physically tentative for the majority, ended with a melee behind the Laurier net compiling a combined 46 minutes and a game misconduct for each team. Brock had lost their last meeting with Laurier by a score of 3-2 on November 27, 2009.

The Badgers surrendered the game’s first goal at 8:50 of the first period on the powerplay off of a deflection by Bonneville. Bonneville also scored Laurier’s second goal on the powerplay at 2:48 of the second period. The Hawks went ahead by three goals on an open-net two-on-one play by Peacock.

Laurier exploited Brock’s poor defensive coverage one more time as Williams scored a shorthanded breakaway goal at 8:15 of the second period.

Brock began to battle back at 16:10 of the second period, as Ryan Allen (Fort McMurray, AB) shovelled in a rebound from an Eric Toonders (Winchester, ON) point shot to put Brock on the board. At 0:54 into the third period, Steve Mullin (Guelph, ON) scored on an open-net after a wide Adam Schwark (Saskatoon, SK) wraparound attempt.

The Badgers could not muster any more offense against a strong Laurier Golden Hawks team, making the final score 4-2 Laurier.

Brock’s next regular season home game will take place on January 9, 2010 against the Guelph Gryphons, 7:35 pm at the Seymour-Hannah Centre

Scoring Summary

First Period

8:50 Laurier – Bonneville (Magistrale, Borrows) PP

Second Period

2:48 Laurier – Bonneville (Pettapiece, Borrows) PP
3:58 Laurier – Peacock (Good, Williams)
8:15 Laurier – Williams (Bellows, Van De Bospoort) SH
16:10 Brock – Allen (Toonders, Brochu) PP

Third Period

0:54 Brock – Mullin (Schwark)