Box Score
ST. CATHARINES, Ont. - The Brock University men's hockey team (9-9-3 OUA West) dropped a 5-2 decision to the Western Mustangs (14-6-0 OUA West) in front of a capacity crowd at the Seymour-Hannah Centre Friday night.
Brock opened the scoring with under five minutes to go in the opening period as senior
Matt Abercrombie (Sarnia, Ont.) and freshman
Sammy Banga (Windsor, Ont.) setup senior
Kaine Geldart (Kingston, Ont.) for his 8th goal of the season.
The Mustangs would tie it 1-1 on the powerplay with 23 seconds remaining in the first period as Daniel Elrich found Zach Harnden who beat Brock starter
Adrian Volpe (Burlington,Ont.) for his 11th goal of the campaign.
Western would take a 2-1 lead 4:22 into the second period as Harndren setup Kyle De Coste for his 9th goal of the season.
With 3:32 remaining in the second frame, the Badgers would go to work on the powerplay, as Banga and Geldart found  sophomore
Andrew Radjenovic (Hamilton, Ont.) who buried it past Western netminder Josh Unice tying the game 2-2.
In the third period it was all Western as they scored three times on 10 shots, including an empty netter. Scoring for the Mustangs in the third period were Harnden who finished with the hat trick and four-point night and Adam McKee.
In goal Western's Unice recorded 26 saves for his 64th career victory. Volpe registered 31 saves in the loss.
SCORING SUMMARY
1. BRO Geldart, (8) (Abercrombie, Banga), 15:20
1. WES Harnden, (11) (Erlich), 19:37 (PP)
2. WES De Coste, (9) (Harnden), 4:22
2. BRO Radjenovic, (7) (Banga, Geldart), 16:28 (PP)
3. WES McKee, (2) (Erlich, Corrente), 7:16
3. WES Harnden, (12) (McKee), 11:47
3. WES Harnden, (13) (Reese, MacDonald), 18:29
Shots on Goal - Western 18-8-10-36. Brock 10-11-7-28.
Power Play Opportunities - Western 1 / 2; Brock 1 / 4.
Goalies - Western, Unice 10-4-0 (28 shots-26 saves). Brock, Volpe 4-6-0 (36 shots-31 saves).
