Playing the second of two road games within a 24-hour span, the Waterloo Warriors played a near-perfect third period on Saturday afternoon against the nationally-ranked UOIT Ridgebacks. Unfortunately for the visitors, the game was decided in the first 40 minutes.

Connor Jarvis scored two second-period goals, and Tyson Teichmann made 35 saves as the fifth-ranked Ridgebacks climbed to 7-1-0 with a 3-1 victory over the Warriors in a matinee affair at the Campus Ice Centre in Oshawa.

Stephen Silas (Georgetown) scored the lone marker for Waterloo, who fall to 2-3-2 on the young season. Chris Hurry (Summerland) made his first start of the season for the black and gold, turning aside 27 shots in defeat.

The Ridgebacks sprung out of the gates quickly, as Mitch Bennett scored the game's opening goal just 1:56 into the first period. UOIT continued pressuring throughout the first frame, but Hurry kept his team in touch despite being outshot 15-5 in the opening 20 minutes.

The Warriors bounced back strong in the second period, outshooting the Ridgebacks 16-5 in the middle stanza. But it was UOIT's Jarvis that did all the scoring – first, he rifled a wrister from the right wing past Hurry to make it 2-0, and then eight minutes later, he tucked one past a sliding Hurry on a partial breakaway to extend the UOIT lead to 3-0.

Despite the three-goal deficit, the Warriors continued to pressure in the third, and Silas was rewarded just prior to the 5-minute mark of the final period. The defenceman jumped into a rush led by Michael Morgan (Scarborough) and Joey Champigny (East Angus), picked up the loose puck behind the net, and banked it in off the back of Teichmann's leg to put Waterloo on the board.

The final 15 minutes was all Warriors, but Teichmann kept Waterloo off the board to preserve the 3-1 win.

The Warriors will now return home for five straight home games, beginning with the Battle of Waterloo game at the Kitchener Memorial Auditorium on November 2. Puck drop between the Warriors and Laurier Golden Hawks is slated for 7:15 pm.