ST. CATHARINES – Goals have been in abundance for the Guelph Gryphons men's hockey team. The red-hot Gryphons filled the net again Saturday night at the Seymour-Hannah Centre, defeating the Brock Badgers 4-2, while extending their win streak to six games.
 
Guelph went down a goal but managed to score three straight, then ice the game with an empty-netter to keep its great run going. The Gryphons have outscored opponents 27-12 over the consecutive win streak that began on Nov. 2 with a 4-1 victory over Toronto on Aggies Night.
 
Head coach Shawn Camp said it was another total team effort, with his offence getting a boost from depth and good movement from the blueline corps.
 
"We've got a real balanced offensive attack right now," he said. "We're getting production and scoring opportunities from all four lines. And the D is great in transition.
 
"We dominated chunks of the game tonight, had good puck possession. We had to grind down a hard-working team."
 
Todd Winder, Marc Stevens, Josh McFadden, and Cody Thompson each scored a goal, while captain Scott Simmonds, who played for the Gryphons' rugby team in the national championship tournament during the day, added two assists. Goaltender Jason Da Silva was solid again, stopping 18 of Brock's 20 shots.
 
After the Badgers' Chris Maniccia opened the scoring at 17:59 of the first period, Guelph took control. Winder scored his seventh of the year at 14:13 of the second period before Stevens added a power-play marker 51 seconds into the third. McFadden scored another about five minutes later and though Brock's Ayden MacDonald got one back for the hosts midway through the period, Thompson wrapped it up with his sixth of the year into the empty Brock net with 10 seconds remaining.
 
The Gryphons fired 40 shots at Brock goalie Clint Windsor, 20 coming in the second period alone.
 
Camp mentioned that Simmonds "did a double" (playing both sports on the same day) for the second weekend in a row. The fourth-year Uxbridge, ON native didn't travel with the team but had a ride to St. Catharines arranged. Camp said when he arrived in the room, there was a roar from his teammates.
 
"He's an incredible athlete," Camp said, adding that some players will be at Sunday's national bronze medal rugby match at Alumni Stadium to support their captain. "To play two sports that are so different and be excellent at both is amazing."
 
Guelph gets back at it Friday, Nov. 24 when the Laurentian Voyageurs come to the Gryphon Centre Arena. The puck drops at 7:30 pm.