LONDON, Ont. -  Kyle Lamb scored the game-winning goal as the Western men’s hockey team defeated the Windsor Lancers 4-3 on Friday Feb. 4 at Thompson Arena.

Josh McQuade, Jason Furlong and Steve Reese added the remaining goals for Western while Tom Craig, Matt McCready and Mike Lombardi scored for the Lancers.

Last weekend’s contest evidently still lingered as both teams hit the ice hard to start the first period. Western handed the Lancers a 3-1 loss in Windsor last Saturday night.

Windsor scored the first goal of the evening on the powerplay as Craig took a shot from the point that beat a screened Josh Unice.

Less than three minutes later, the Mustangs countered the Lancer’s point with a powerplay goal of their own. Nemeth threaded a pass across the blueline to Matt Paltridge who hit McQuade with a pass at the top of the slot. McQuade walked down low and wristed a shot past Frank Dayus’ left pad.

Reese started the play for Western’s second goal as he banked a pass off the boards to linemate Furlong. Furlong kicked the pass up onto his stick and stepped around the Windsor defender, firing a shot on Dayus who stopped the initial shot. Furlong grabbed his own and put the Mustangs up 2-1.

The Lancers capitalized as a high shot deflected off the glass behind the net and bounced out in front of Western’s net. McCready slipped the loose puck in behind Unice for a 2-2 tie.

Reese scored Western’s go-ahead goal late in the first period as he tipped Nemeth’s shot into the bottom right hand corner of the net. The shots finished at 23-12 in favour of the Mustangs.

Despite a high-scoring first period, the second period yielded back-and-forth play with both goalies holding their ground. With just over five minutes remaining in the second, Unice headed to the bench with an equipment malfunction. Goaltender Jared Richmond made his first appearance as a Mustang and made three key saves, but the Lancers found the back of the net with 43 seconds left on the clock as Western got caught on a bad line change. Unice returned to goal to finish the rest of the game.

The Mustangs regained the lead with less than five minutes left in the game with a perfect tic-tac-toe play. Adam Mckee battled the puck loose and made a cross-ice pass to McQuade. McQuade set Lamb up right in front of the net who he one-timed the puck past Dayus for a 4-3 lead.

Western went 1/6 on powerplay opportunities and failed to capitalize on two 5-on-3 advantages. The Mustangs outshot Windsor 52-37 and held on for the win.

Western plays host to UOIT tomorrow Feb. 5 at Thompson Arena. The puck drops at 7:30 p.m.