Men’s hockey dropped Waterloo 5-4 on Feb. 7
In what is now a playoff preview, the Guelph Gryphons men’s hockey team grabbed their final victory of the 2014-15 regular season at home on Feb. 7, defeating the Waterloo Warriors 5-4.
The Warriors took an early 2-0 lead in the opening frame, but it would be the Gryphons flipping the script in the second period to change the course of the match-up. Just under two minutes into the period, Robert De Fulviis put the home squad on the board. De Fulviis would go on to score his second on the game later in the frame, knotting the contest up at two-a-piece. The Toronto, Ontario native compiled a total of five goals in his last two games played after registering a hat trick in a 5-2 win over the Western Mustangs on Feb. 5.
Kyle Neuber (pictured above) registered one goal and two assists in the Guelph Gryphons’ final regular season game on Feb. 7, a contest that saw the Gryphons top the Waterloo Warriors 5-4.
It wasn’t just goal scoring for Guelph, however, as rookie netminder Andrew D’Agostini turned away Waterloo’s Brett Mackie with a huge save. With just under four minutes remaining in the second, Mackie would come down on a two-on-one rush, but D’Agostini stretched across to make an incredible pad save to keep the game tied at two.
Kyle Neuber would give the Gryphons their first lead of the contest before the end of the second, one-timing his eighth of the season. Neuber would conclude the game with three points, registering a goal and two assists.
Not wasting much time in the final frame, the Warriors knotted up the scoreboard just 31 seconds in. The final 20 minutes would only be getting started, however, as Jordan Mock put the Gryphons up 4-3, only to have Waterloo respond a mere 62 seconds later to tie the game up at four.
It would be Carlos Amestoy who would score the eventual game winner, solidifying the 5-4 victory for the Gryphons at the halfway point of the period. Amestoy totaled for four points on the night, with one goal and three assists.
The Warriors didn’t close out the game without a fight, putting anything on the Gryphons’ D’Agostini, who would backstop Guelph to their 11th win of the 2014-15 regular season. D’Agostini made 26 saves on the night.
Finishing the game with two goals and an assist, De Fulviis would total for 14 goals in 26 games for the Gryphons, standing as Guelph’s leading scorer.
The Gryphons concluded the season with an 11-13-3 record, finishing sixth in the Ontario University Athletics (OUA) West Division. The Warriors compiled a 17-8-2 record on the season, finishing third in the West Division, setting the stage for the opening round of the OUA playoffs.
Game Two of the series will be played on Feb. 12 at 7:30 p.m., while Game Three (if necessary) is set for 6:30 p.m. on Feb. 15 in Waterloo.