Box Score The Waterloo Warriors got back in the win column to snap a 3 game losing streak scoring 3 goals in 2:01 of the third period to skate past the Royal Military College 6-2 on Friday night at the CIF arena.

Brett Mackie (Whitby/) scored two goals and Joe Underwood (Canton/) contributed three assists as the Warriors snapped a three-game losing streak with a decisive 6-2 victory over the RMC Paladins at the Columbia Icefield Arena on Friday night.

The win pushes the Warriors to within a game of the .500 mark, at 6-7-1. Meanwhile, the long season for the Paladins got longer – their record fell to 0-14-1 as they search for their first victory. Mike Morrison (Hamilton/) made 16 saves in the win for Waterloo, while RMC keeper Paul Dorsey, under siege all evening, turned aside 45 shots in the loss.

The Warriors controlled play from the drop of the puck in the first period, outshooting the Paladins 18-8 in the opening frame – although, with some fortune and some solid play from Dorsey, the game remained scoreless through nearly 19 minutes of play. But with the period winding down, Mackie jumped on a rebound and chipped it over the outstretched left leg of a sprawling Dorsey to give the Warriors a 1-0 lead after the first.

The Warriors rode that momentum to a pair of quick goals to open up the second, as Riley Sonnenburg (Cambridge/) and Justin Larson (Buckhorn/) each struck with wristers off the rush before the period was four minutes old. Chris Chappell (Pickering/) went top shelf on the man advantage to extend the Waterloo lead to four before Paladins forward Colin Cook finally got the visitors on the board with a backhand move in tight to make the score 4-1 through 40 minutes.

The third period lacked much of the action the second featured, and play often seemed stuck in the neutral zone. Lynes finally broke through with a gorgeous end-to-end individual effort on the power play late in the frame, followed by Mackie's own highlight-reel backhander to put the Warriors up five. Paladins rookie Mitchell Hewson rounded out the scoring at the 19-minute mark, making the final 6-2.

The Warriors will now look to close out 2013 on a winning note when they welcome the Carleton Ravens to the Columbia Icefield Arena tomorrow night. Puck drop for the last game before the exam and holiday break is slated for 6:30pm.

Notes: The Warriors went 2-for-3 on the power play, while the Paladins went 0-for-1…Morrison earned an assist on Lynes' third period goal…Kain Allicock (Markham/) added a pair of helpers for the Warriors.