KINGSTON, Ont. – The Mustangs rode a three-goal first period Saturday night to a big 4-1 win over the Queen's Gaels at Kingston Memorial Centre, in the process snapping their six-game losing streak.
 
Just 24 hours after dropping a heartbreaking 5-4 overtime loss against the RMC Paladins Friday night, the Mustangs got back in the win column Saturday, and it came against a strong opponent. The Gaels entered the game with a 7-3-3 record, putting them in the middle of the pack in a tough OUA East Divison. With the win, Western improved to 4-8-2 and moved up the standings of the OUA West Division.
 
It took less than two minutes for the Mustangs to open the scoring Saturday night, as Steven Beyers notched his third goal of the season, unassisted, at the 1:54 mark. The Gaels responded four minutes later, as Warren Steele drilled home a power play marker at 5:53. Assists went to Ryan Bloom and Slater Doggett.
 
Fresh off a two-goal game Friday night, Trevor Warnaar continued his scoring ways with his seventh of the year, on the power play, at the 8:49 mark of the first period (Beyers and Matt Watson were credited with assists). The fourth-year Engineering student then scored again with just over a minute left – again on the power play (with helpers from Beyers and Cordell James). And despite being outshot 16-8, Western took a 3-1 lead into the intermission.
 
The story for much of the rest of the game was the strong play of Western goaltender Brendan McGlynn, who made 39 saves on the night, as he turned away chance after chance by the Gaels in the second and third periods.
 
Western's 3-1 lead held up all the way until the waning moments of the game. Then, with Queen's goaltender Jacob Brennan pulled in the late-going, Warnaar earned a hat trick with an empty-netter (his ninth goal of the year) to give Western the 4-1 win with assists going to James and Chris Corbeil.
 
Queen's outshot Western 40-25 overall, including 14-9 in the final period. But McGlynn was too much for the home team, as he snapped the Gaels' three-game win streak and dropped the team's record to 7-4-3.
 
The Mustangs will hope to build on Saturday's win when they return to action on Thursday, November 30 for a home game against the Ryerson Rams at Thompson Arena at 7:00 p.m.