MONTREAL –  Peter Delmas turned aside 48 shots and Western's power play came to life against one of the OUA's top teams, as the Mustangs battled to a 3-2 victory over the CIS No. 3 McGill Redmen at McConnell Arena.

Western's winning streak is now at five games to bring their record to 15-8-0. The purple and white currently hold down second place in the OUA West standings behind the York Lions.

The powerhouse Redmen remain tied for top spot in the league with UQTR, although the Patriotes have a game in hand. Both teams have 39 points—eight more than the West-leading Lions.

McGill's league-best power play, which has played a big role in their success this season, was all but shut down by the Mustangs on Saturday. The Redmen went just 1-for-7 but still have a 30% success rate on the season.

Western's power play, on the other hand, managed to snap out of its recent funk. Entering the game, the Mustangs had gone just 2-for-18 since the beginning of December but they broke out in a big way, as Stephen Sanza, Andrew Goldberg, and Trent Ouellette each scored with the man advantage.

Ouellette, Goldberg, and Noah Schwartz all finished with a multi-point night while new addition Mike DiPaolo scored his first OUA goal to kick off Western's offence. David Corrente, Robert Polesello, and Spenser Cobbold also added points for the Mustangs.

McGill registered all their offence in a dominant first period, firing 23 shots at Delmas and connecting on two of them. Mathieu Pompei had a power play goal to open the scoring and Christophe Lalonde gave the Redmen back the lead late in the frame after DiPaolo connected with four minutes left.

Western seemed to be rejuvenated in the second period, scoring twice within five minutes near the midway point of the frame. Ouellette added an insurance marker just 33 seconds into the third period and Delmas turned away 16 shots to help break Western's streak of six straight one-goal games.

NOTES: Western's goaltending duo of Delmas and Greg Dodds are now seventh in the league with a .909 team save percentage. They've allowed two or less goals in each of their last five games. Schwartz is on fire right now with three straight multi-point efforts under his belt. The junior forward has seven points on a four game streak…