KINGSTON, Ont. – Connor Chartier broke a 3-3 tie just under 11 minutes into the third period and Western added two more late in the third to defeat RMC 6-3 in Kingston Friday night.

Ray Huether led the Mustangs with a game-high three points, followed by Andrew Goldberg with a pair of goals. Greg Dodds picked up the win, his sixth in eight appearances this season.

Two goals from RMC's Owen Gill helped the Paladins, who entered the game with a 1-11-3 record, head into the third period in a 2-2 deadlock with the purple and white. Andrew Goldberg and Gill traded markers in the first before Cole Benson and Gill did the same in the middle frame.

Gill's first goal came with three seconds left in the first period, just 4:30 after Goldberg opened the scoring for the Mustangs. It was the last of seven shots on the period for the Paladins, who faced 10 in return from Western. They finished the game with just 23 shots on Dodds. 

Huether registered the only assist on Goldberg's opener while Gill's first was unassisted. The next time Gill got on the scoresheet, this time early in the second to give RMC a 2-1 lead, it would be with help from Scott Domenico and Aidan Orbinski. But Western quickly responded to tie the game back up, as Benson netted his fifth of the year with assists from Trevor Warnaar and Spenser Cobbold.

After giving up 18 shots on backstop Simon-Pier Chamberland in the second, RMC tightened up their defence in the third with the game on the line to allow just 10 shots. They also forced Western into taking two penalties, one five minutes in and another with just 44 seconds left in the game.

But in the end Western was too strong. Huether scored unassisted just 58 seconds into the final frame, and Chartier quelled RMC's comeback attempt mid-way through the third 33 seconds after the Paladins scored. Luke Karaim and Goldberg added extra insurance markers to put the game out of reach.

All nine of the goals on Friday were scored at even strength, continuing a recent trend for the Mustangs. But it's hard to fault either team for not scoring on the man advantage on a night that saw both teams combine for just three infractions, only one of which was assessed to RMC.

Tomorrow night sees the Mustangs take to the ice in Ottawa for a game against the Carleton Ravens. The Ravens are coming off of a 2-0 shutout loss at the hands of the Guelph Gryphons that broke their five-game win streak, and will be looking to get back on the winning track against the Mustangs.

NOTES: Western's win snapped a two-game losing streak for the purple and white, the longest of the season so far. Huether's three-point night moves him into second in team scoring with 16 points through 14 appearances. It's safe to say he's hot with nine points in his last five.