London, ON- In their second home game of the weekend, the Mustangs won 3-1 against the Waterloo Warriors in front of a large hometown crowd. Mustangs had a strong showing in both ends, killing off 5 penalties and capitalizing on 2/3 powerplays. Dylan Myskiw had another strong showing, holding Waterloo to 1 goal on 29 shots.

Western came out with a strong start prepared to face the Warriors for their second home game of the weekend. After a scoreless first half, 11 minutes into the first, Kyle Langdon won an offensive faceoff back towards Jake Gravelle. Gravelle slid the puck over to defenseman Eric Van Impe who walked in and beat the goalie low. Van Impe's sixth of the season put the Mustangs first on the board.

Van Impe commented, "It was off of one of the faceoff plays that we run and I was lucky enough to have time and space to take it through."

With just three and a half minutes remaining, defenseman Sam Willits crosschecked a Waterloo player into the board, giving the Warriors a man advantage late in the first. The Mustangs were able to kill off the penalty, and secure their 1 goal lead heading into the first intermission.

Waterloo came out fast in the second period, looking to get their first of the game. However, six minutes into the second after a close Western scoring play, Waterloo defenceman Simon Rose took a holding penalty, giving the Mustangs their first powerplay of the game. With only 16 seconds remaining on the Warriors powerplay, Pettit played to puck back to York, who slid it over to defense partner Jack Tucker. With Pettit screening Waterloo goaltender Dan Murphy, Tucker was able to score from the point. Tucker's fourth of the year would give the Mustangs an insurance goal.

Just following the momentum of a two goal lead, Kyle Langdon took a high sticking penalty to put the Mustangs on the defensive. A minute into the penalty kill, Boushy took a boarding penalty, putting the Mustangs down 5-on-3 halfway through the second. Mustangs were able to successfully kill off both the 5-on-3 and the rest of Boushy's penalty. The even play would not last, with Montgomery taking an interference penalty just 30 seconds after Boushy came out. Mustangs were able to kill off their third penalty kill in just a five minute span to protect their 2-0 lead.

The third began in Western's favour, with the Warriors taking a slashing penalty just 40 seconds into the period. With thirty seconds remaining in the penalty, Western's man advantage was equalized as Western goaltender Myskiw took a double minor for head contact.  With a minute remaining on the 4 minute penalty, Waterloo was able to capitalize off an offensive draw won back to Dan Walker, who beat Myskiw five hole to make this a 1 goal game.

Just a minute later, the game shifted in Western's favour with Waterloo heading back to the box  on a head contact penalty. With 20 seconds remaining on the Mustangs man advantage, Van Impe slid it down low for Sproviero, drawing in the Waterloo defenders before passing it up to an open Sean Montgomery in the high slot. Montgomery one-timed it far side to get his 13th of the season and bring this back to a 2 goal game. 

With three minutes left, Waterloo pulled their goalie, putting Western down a man for the 5th time in this game. Mustangs players held strong helping out in front of Myskiw. They were able to kill off the remainder of the game, with Van Impe scoring an empty netter off a late faceoff to make it 4-1. Final shots were 30-29 in favour of Western.

Following the game, goalscorer Sean Montgomery noted "I think we were solid defensively. We got some timely goals and really good goaltending from Myskiw so that really helped."

Assistant Coach Patrick Ouellet gave a shoutout to Western goalie saying"I thought the huge 5-on-3 kill was huge for us, that was a momentum sweep for sure for us. When your goalie is the best killer that makes all the difference."

Western is back at home again this Thursday January 19th against Toronto Metropolitan University for their second matchup of the year. Come out to support your Mustangs as they continue to fight for a playoff spot. Puck-drop is at 7pm at Thompson Arena.