The Waterloo Warriors are heating up at the right time.

Riley Sonnenburg (Cambridge) scored twice and Mike Morrison (Hamilton) earned his second shutout of the season as the Warriors toppled the Brock Badgers 5-0 on Friday night in St. Catharine's.

The Warriors have now earned points in four straight (3-0-1), and they push their record to 15-11-1 with one game left in the regular season. The win also clinches a top-four spot in the OUA's West division, ensuring the Warriors will have home ice advantage when round one of the playoffs starts next week.

Mike Moffat (Waterloo), Cam Wind, and Phillip Fife (Oromocto) also scored for the Warriors, while Chris Chappell (Pickering) added a pair of helpers. Morrison turned away 35 shots for the clean sheet in the Waterloo net.

For the Badgers, it was a disappointing end to a nightmare second half. In the thick of the playoff hunt at the Christmas break, the Badgers recorded a 1-7-3 record in 2016 to miss the playoffs. Their loss to Waterloo on Friday was Brock's tenth straight defeat to close out their season. Real Cormier made 28 saves in a losing cause.

After a scoreless first, the Warriors seized control of the game in a dominating second period. Sonnenburg opened the scoring at 4:42 of the middle frame, before Wind scored his first as a Warrior just past the midway point of the period. Sonnenburg added another tally – his fifth in the last three games – to make it 3-0 Waterloo after 40 minutes.

Moffat made it 4-0 on the power play early in the third, before Fife rounded out the scoring for the Warriors in the third.

Waterloo will now look to finish their regular season on a winning note on Saturday when they take on the Western Mustangs on Saturday afternoon at 4pm. Waterloo will then open up the playoffs next week at home, with the schedule and opponent still to be determined.