ST. CATHARINES, Ont. - The Brock University men's hockey team skated to an 8-1 victory over the Laurentian Voyageurs Saturday afternoon at the Seymour-Hannah Centre.

The Badgers opened the scoring midway through the first period on a power play goal from Josh Timpano (Orillia, Ont.). Andrew Coupland (Cambridge, Ont.) and Sammy Banga (Windsor, Ont.) added the assists.

Brock would add two more goals with the man advantage in the opening period. At 15:28, Banga setup Mitch Nardi (Hamiton, Ont.) for his third goal of the year. Less than two minutes later, Nardi and Jamie Kendra (Markham, Ont.) found Jake Cardwell (Niagara Fall, Ont.) who beat Laurentian's Alain Valiquette for his second of the campaign.

The Badgers offense continued to roll, adding four more goals in the second period to take a commanding 7-0 lead. Scoring for Brock in the second were Brody Silk (Iroquois Fall, Ont.), Chris Maniccia (St. Catharines, Ont.), Banga and Coupland.

Timpano rounded out the Brock scoring in the third period, adding his second goal of the game.

Banga had a strong game finishing with a four points, adding a goal and three assists. Timpano (2G), Cardwell (1G, 1A), Coupland (1G, 1A), Nardi (1G, 1A), Jeffrey Corbett (2A) and Skylar Pacheco (2A) all chipped in with two points each.

In goal, Brock starter Clint Windsor (Hamilton, Ont.) recorded 40 saves for his second straight victory.

The Badger went 5-for-8 on the power play, while Laurentian was 1-for-7.