The Waterloo Warriors men's hockey team debuted their new gold uniform kit on Friday night in Sudbury. But for as good as they looked in the mirror, they looked even better on the ice.

The Warriors used a four-goal outburst in the first period and 31 saves for Mike Morrison (Hamilton/) to earn a 6-3 win over the Laurentian Voyageurs in their first road game of 2017-18.

Daniel Perigo (Truro/) scored twice for the Warriors, while Joey Champigny (East Angus/) added a goal and an assist and Michael Siddall (St. Mary's/) chipped in with a pair of helpers. Waterloo also got goals from Cole Murphy (Cole Harbour/), Ryan Hanes (Kanata/) and Mitch Elliot (Prince George/), pushing their record to 2-1-0 on the young season.

Meanwhile, the Voyageurs' third-period comeback attempt came up short, as the hosts fought back from two four-goal deficits to cut the Waterloo lead to 5-3 late in the game. Richard Therrien, Blake Forslund, and Caleb Apperson scored for Laurentian, while Joel Vienneau took the loss in goal, allowing three goals on 30 shots in relief of Gunner Rivers.

The Voyageurs carried the play in the game's opening moments, but momentum shifted drastically once Hanes' wrister from the blue line found its way through to give Waterloo the early lead. The goal snapped a 109-game scoring drought for the stay-at-home fifth-year defenceman, who currently has an ironman streak of 113 consecutive games played for the black and gold.

Hanes' goal ignited Waterloo's offense, as the visitors would use it as the catalyst for a four-goal outburst over the next 8 minutes and 30 seconds. First, just 57 seconds after the Hanes marker, it was Champigny who cut in over the line and let a wicked wrister go that beat Rivers to the glove side, doubling the Warriors lead and chasing Rivers from the Laurentian net.

Then, off an offensive zone faceoff, forward-turned-defenceman Elliot scored on a seeing-eye shot from the point to make it 3-0. Then, with under three minutes to play in the opening frame, Murphy went bar-down to stake the Warriors to a 4-0 lead after 20 minutes.

The Voyageurs were a different club in the second period, outshooting the Warriors 15-8. But other than Therrien's goal on a four-on-four sequence, Morrison was up to the task – the veteran Warriors netminder frustrated Laurentian shooters at every turn, maintaining a 4-1 Waterloo advantage heading into the final stanza.

In the third, Perigo extended the lead to 5-1 on a nifty odd-man rush with Mitchell Smith (Plainfield/). The Voyageurs' Forsland responded with a tip-in 28 seconds later, and Apperson drew the Vees to within two goals with a power-play marker at 14:53, but that's as close as the hosts would get. With Vienneau pulled for the extra attacker, Morrison and the Warriors' defensive zone play kept Laurentian at bay long enough for Perigo to score into the empty net, salting away a victory for Waterloo.

The Warriors will now look to claim the second half of their early season northern road trip, as they face the Nipissing Lakers on Saturday, October 21. Puck drop from North Bay is slated for 7:30pm, and the game will be available live on oua.tv.