Box Score ST. CATHARINES, Ont. - The Brock University men's hockey team (3-3-1 OUA) dropped a 4-3 decision in overtime to the Guelph Gryphons Wednesday night at the Seymour-Hannah Centre.

Guelph opened the scoring 2:50 into the opening period as Teal Burns beat Brock starter Dalton McGrath (Toronto, Ont.) for his first goal of the season. The Gryphons Robert Lepine would add his first of the campaign at 7:36 to take a 2-0 lead. 

Brock would cut the lead in half with just over a minute left in the first period. Thomas Stajan (Mississauga, Ont.) and Ryan Purvis (Orillia, Ont.) setup Kevin Christmas (Hamilton, Ont.) who buried a shot past Guelph rookie Chris McDougall making it 2-1.

Less than a minute later at 19:30, McGrath would get caught out of his net as Brett Appio added his fifth goal of the season to give the Gryphons a 3-1 lead after 20 minutes.

Brock head coach Murray Nystrom would make a goalie change to start the second period replacing McGrath with Adrian Volpe. 

In the second period, Brock's Andrew Radjenovic (Hamilton, Ont.) would make it 3-2 with 6:28 left in the period recording his first goal of the season. Johnson Andrews (NOTL, Ont.) and Mike McGurk (Hamilton, Ont.) added the assists.

Just under three minutes into the third period, the Badgers would tie the game 3-3 as Daniel Zweep (Richmond Hill, Ont.) and  Matt Abercrombie (Sarnia, Ont.) setup Kaine Geldart (Kingston, Ont.) who beat McDougall for his third goal of the season. 

After a scoreless final 17 minutes of regulation this game would go to overtime. With just 14 seconds left in OT, the Gryphons would finally solve Volpe as James Merrett added the game winner.

In goal, Volpe record 17 of 18 shots he faced. McGrath allowed three goals on 10 shots. Guelph's McDougall registered a game-high 40 saves for his first career victory.

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