Box Score Waterloo, Ont. - The Brock University men's hockey team (5-6-3 OUA) dropped a 5-2 decision to the Laurier Golden Hawks (5-7-0) Saturday night at the Sun Life Arena.

Brock opened the scoring 2:51 into the opening period as Chris Maniccis (St. Catharines, Ont.) setup Mitch Nardi (Hamilton, Ont.) for his eighth goal of the season.

Just over thirty seconds later, the Golden Hawks would tie the game 1-1 on a goal from Mackenzie Braid. Matthew Franczyk and Kyle Morrison added the assists.

Laurier would take a 2-1 lead with 3:25 left in the first period as Greg Cerilli added a power play marker.

In the second period, the Golden Hawks took a 3-1 lead just 11 seconds in, as Eric Pushka beat Brock goaltender Clint Windsor (Hamilton, Ont.) for his first goal of the season. Brock would cut the lead to one at 1:56, as Jake Cardwell (Niagara Falls, Ont.) found Brody Silk (Iroquois Falls, Ont.) who put it past Laurier starter Colin Furlong for his third of the campaign.

In the final five minutes of the second period, Laurier would get goals from Cerilli, his second of the game, and Derek Schoenmakers, to take a 5-2 lead after 40 minutes.

In goal, Windsor suffered the loss allowing three goals on 10 shots. Real Cormier (Trenton, Ont.) played the final 40 minutes registering 17 saves. Laurier's Furlong turned aside 34 of 36 shots he faced for the victory.

The Badgers return to action next weekend when they are on the road against Concordia and UQTR.