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THE OFFICIAL HOME OF TMU Bold
THE OFFICIAL HOME OF THE TMU Bold HOME OF THE TMU Bold
MHKY Evan Tanos Jan 2023
Josh Kim
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TMU TMU
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Winner Western WES
TMU TMU
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Final
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Western WES
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 0 F
TMU TMU 0 1 0 1
Western WES 2 1 1 4

Game Recap: Hockey (M) | | Mario Russo

Bold fall 4-1 to Mustangs

LONDON, Ont. -- A sluggish start bites the Toronto Metropolitan University (TMU) Bold men's hockey team for a second-straight night, falling 4-1 on the road to the Western Mustangs. 

Netminder Dylan Myskiw slammed the door shut on TMU's attack throughout the duration of the contest, steering aside 38 shots to pick up his sixth win of the season. Shane Bulitka sealed the deal in the dying minutes of the game, slipping his second tally of the afternoon into the Bold's empty cage. 

Since returning from the winter break, the Bold have struggled to land the initial blow on their opposition, surrendering the game's opening tally in seven of their last nine games. 

That treacherous streak continued to grow in the opening minutes of the team's matinee affair with the Mustangs earlier today. 

Forward Brett Jacklin punctuated his team's aggressive start by sliding home his second of the season to take the early edge over TMU. The tally would come less than three minutes into the match and mark the fifth-consecutive game in which the blue and gold found themselves behind the eight ball. 

Unable to deliver a response, the Mustangs took matters into their own hands and doubled their one-goal lead with just under four minutes remaining in the initial stanza. 

Bulitka became the lonesome goalscorer on the Mustang's man-advantage late in the frame, lighting the lamp for the sixth time this season and enlarging his 2023 point total over the Bold to three. 

The third-year forward wasted no time in admonishing his dominance over the Toronto side, and would contribute a primary assist on the Mustangs third-unanswered tally as well. 

In the early stages of the middle frame, leading point scorer Jake Gravell found himself the beneficiary of a crisp pass from Bulitka. With an assist already to his name, Gravell unleashed a rocket past goaltender Kai Edmonds to strengthen his team's grip on a sedated TMU side. 

Aleks Dimovski and the Bold relived some of the blow a little later on in the middle stanza, with the sophomore forward tinting the twine for the second time in as many games over the Mustangs to cut down the Bold's deficit to a pair of goals.

The response - albeit in peak demand - never seemed to knock the Mustangs off their high horse however, as the home side successfully defended their multi-goal lead throughout the latter half of the game to pick up a crucial set of points over the Bold. 

The loss lengthened TMU's losing streak to three-consecutive games - with the group paying the price of their sluggish starts in each of those marginal defeats. With one final tune-up remaining on the calendar for the Bold, cleaning up their play on both sides of the puck will be a priority for head coach Johnny Duco as the first round of the playoffs looms. 

The group will close out their 2022-23 regular season next Saturday when they face off against the Waterloo Warriors. Puck drop from CIF Arena is set for 7 p.m. 
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