The Lake Forest College men's hockey team won its first-ever meeting with Northland College Friday night (January 22) by the score of 4-2. The Foresters are now 6-8-1 overall this season and 6-4-1 in Midwest Collegiate Hockey Association play. The visiting LumberJacks fell to 2-14-0 overall and 2-9-0 in conference play.

Northland started the scoring at the 7:58 mark of the opening period and led 1-0 despite being out-shot 16-5 in the first 20 minutes of play.

Both teams scored a power play goal in a second period that saw the Foresters put 17 shots on goal and the LumberJacks 16. Lake Forest senior Justin Taylor (Sun Valley, Idaho/Walpole Stars) scored his eighth goal of the year at 16:35 with freshman Thomas Bark (Toronto, Ontario/Streetsville Derbys) and sophomore Chad Thompson (Rockwood, Ontario/Listowel Cyclones) each earning an assist. The visitors, however, regained the lead with just 1:17 remaining in the period.

Lake Forest scored 10 third period goals in two games last weekend and netted three while out-shooting Northland 18-8 in the final stanza on Friday. Senior Sean Farley (Park Ridge, Ill./Utica College) tied the game at the 12:24 mark on off assists from Thompson and junior Anthony Ventura (Pleasant Prairie, Wis./Lebanon Valley College). Sophomore Ben Finney (Pontypool, Ontario/Robert Morris University) then scored the official game-winner, his first goal as a Forester, during a 4-on-3 power play opportunity at 17:58. Thompson and senior Peter Pfeffer (Farmington Hills, Mich./Walpole Stars) were each credited with an assist. Finally, Farley lit the lamp again with 25 seconds left to secure the victory. His second goal of the period and fourth this season was assisted by Thompson and freshman Zak Borowski (Gloucester, Ma./Granite City Lumberjacks).

Forester freshman goaltender Mike McDonald (Whitby, Ontario/Orangeville Crushers) stopped 27 of 29 LumberJack shots on goal for his first career victory.

The Foresters will host Northland again tomorrow afternoon at 2:30.