Friday night, the Nipissing Lakers men’s hockey team played catch up all night, eventually running out of time and taking a loss at the hands of the Brock Badgers.
Saturday night, the tides changed as the Lakers led from the start and earned a 4-2 victory over the visiting York Lions.
The Lakers scored in each period – including two in the first – on their way home win.
Chad Thibodeau and Brock Morrison each had a goal and an assist to lead the Lakers attack, while Colin Campbell and Erik Robichaud added singles.
Kirk Rafuse made 31 saves for the victory.
Thibodeau was in on the Lakers’ first two goals, opening the scoring on the power play just five minutes into the game and picking up an assist on Robichaud’s goal late in the period.
Nipissing was up 2-1 after the first, the teams traded goals in the second; with Campbell giving the Lakers a 3-1 lead before York cut that in half.
The lone goal of the third game off the stick of Morrison, who tapped home a rebound, to make it 4-2. From there, the Lakers held on.
Jim McDowell added two assists in the win for Nipissing, who now sits in fourth place with an 8-6-1 record, good for 17 points.
The Lakers are back in action on the road next weekend, as they close out the first semester.
