Box Score LONDON, Ont. – Four assists from Daniel Erlich and two goals from Shaun Furlong powered the Western Mustangs men's hockey team to a come from behind 5-3 victory over the UQTR Patriotes on Saturday afternoon at the Thompson Arena.
 
"We got off to a slow start, but we just calmed down, went back to basics, and we got five unanswered goals and the win. It was good," said Erlich."It's great that we got the win out there and we got four points in the last two games. Obviously it's a strong start for us but we've got to keep it going."
 
The second-year forward had a hand in four of the Mustangs five goals and now has five points this season after only two games. Furlong led all Western scorers with two goals on the day, including the game winner early in the third period.
 
Also adding goals for the Mustangs were Steve Reese, Zach Harnden, and Adam Stoykewych.
 
Josh Unice picked up his second consecutive win in the Mustangs net, stopping 30 of 33 shots. Marc-Antoine Gelinas took the loss for UQTR, but put forth a stellar performance, turning aside 47 of Western's 52 shots.
 
Once again special teams were a major factor for the Mustangs, with two goals coming on the power play while killing off both of UQTR's opportunities with the man advantage.
 
The Patriotes opened the scoring a little over three minutes in as Tommy Tremblay slid a puck past Unice to give UQTR an early lead. After the early goal the two teams traded chances before the Mustangs began to take control midway through the frame, however it was UQTR who were able to score, picking up two goals in the final three minutes to make it 3-0 after the opening period.
 
Things tilted back in the Mustangs favour in the second, starting off with a power play goal from Reese at 7:31 off of a nice passing play by Erlich. The goal provided the purple and white with some much-needed momentum and the team took advantage of it, scoring two highlight reel goals off of the sticks of Furlong and Harnden to tie the game at three heading into the final period.
 
After scoring three goals in the second frame the Mustangs didn't wait long to add more as Furlong netted his second of the game to give Western its first lead of the game four minutes into the third. They'd extend that lead only 54 seconds later as Erlich froze the Patriotes goalie with a fake shot before sending the puck over to Stoykewych for the goal, eventually giving Western a 5-3 victory.
 
Following the game Mustangs head coach Clarke Singer was pleased with the way his team responded after a tough first period.
 
"I think it was a great character test for our guys," said Singer. "When it's 3-0 it can go either way; you can shut down or fight back. I was really happy that our guys chose to fight back. Trois-Rivieres is a very good team. We started slow and just kept chipping away at it, and we had everybody contribute to it. It was a nice finish to the day for sure."
 
The Mustangs have only one game on the schedule next week, heading down the 401 to take on the Toronto Varsity Blues on Friday, October 18. Game time is set for 7:30 p.m.