Box Score The Waterloo Warriors looked like a brand new team in the first 15 minutes of their game against the Toronto Varsity Blues on Friday night. But in the final 45 minutes, they looked all too much like a team on their way to their fifth straight loss.

The Blues scored four unanswered goals to erase an early two-goal deficit, defeating the Warriors 4-2 at the Columbia Icefield Arena Friday night.  

Christian Finch and Russell Turner each had two assists for Toronto, who pushes their record to 4-5-0 on the season. The Warriors got goals from Joel Hoekstra (Kitchener) and Joe Underwood (Canton), but they dropped their fifth straight decision to fall to 4-5-1.

The Blues, who started Waterloo's winless streak on October 24, ruined a solid performance by Chris Hurry (Summerland) in the Waterloo net. Hurry made 37 saves in the loss, while Michael Nishi stopped 37 of his own to pick up the win for Toronto.

The Warriors came out of the gates looking like they'd end their losing streak, and they struck less than 5 minutes into the game when Hoekstra converted a beautiful feed from Mitch Elliot (Prince George) for his first career CIS goal and a 1-0 Waterloo lead.

Just over ten minutes later, a streaking Underwood took a cross-seam pass in stride and beat Nishi to make it 2-0 for the Warriors, but the two-goal bulge wouldn't last long. Just 1:05 later, Corey Jackson scored for the Blues to cut the lead to 2-1 after 20 minutes.

The second period was a back-and-forth affair, and the Warriors held onto the slim advantage through most of the middle frame. But with a power play in its waning seconds, Dylan Heide put one past Hurry to knot the game at 2-2 with under five minutes to play in the period.

The backbreaker for the Warriors came just moments later, when Toronto's Jeff Brown gave the Blues their first lead of the game with only 56 seconds remaining in the second period. Instead of heading to the dressing room tied at 2, the Warriors found themselves down a goal after 40 minutes.

The hosts had their chances to draw even in the third period, but Nishi met all challenges. With just over 6 minutes to play, the Blues salted away the victory when Casey Knight scored to put Toronto in front 4-2.

The Warriors will get another chance to snap their skid on Saturday night, when they welcome the York Lions to town. Puck drop at the Columbia Icefield Arena is slated for 6:30pm.

Notes: The Warriors went 0-for-4 on the power play, while the Blues went 1-for-4…Elliot's first-period assist was his first career CIS point…Underwood now has 9 points, tops among Warriors defencemen.