It may not have been the prettiest win the Nipissing Lakers men's hockey team has picked up this year, but no matter how it happened, it's their fifth straight.

The Lakers needed double overtime to end their game Friday night against the Concordia Stingers, but after tying the game up in the third period, Colin Campbell rifled a shot to the top corner to give the Lakers the 3-2 win and the extra point over the Stingers.

Nipissing erased two one-goal deficits and backed by a very impressive goaltending effort by veteran Kirk Rafuse, picked up another win to improve their record to 7-3-3 and stay tied for third place with UOIT.

Thanks to a lot of time on the power play, the Stingers opened up the scoring and controlled much of the first part of the game.

Less than three minutes into the game, the Lakers found themselves down 1-0 and in some penalty trouble.

About five minutes later, Mitch Deacon finished off a nice passing play with Jacob Conrad to tie the game at one, but that lead didn't last long.

Less than a minute later, the Stingers took the lead once again and held the one goal advantage until the third period.

After putting on pressure for much of the first 10 minutes, the Lakers finally broke through to even the game up at two as Mackenzie Keirstead continued his strong season, scoring on the power play.

Dylan Staples chipped the puck back to the defenceman who fired a shot to the top corner of the net to knot things up.

The score would stay that way until halfway through the second overtime period when Campbell kept the puck on a partial 2-on-1 and snapped a shot to the back of the net to give Nipissing the victory.

The Lakers last loss came on Halloween to Western and since then, they have surrendered only 12 goals and have found their offensive stride, scoring 19 times.

Rafuse was very good in net, especially early in the game, and finished with 32 saves for the win.

Nipissing will look to keep their hot streak going Saturday night when they face the always tough UQTR Patriotes, who sit in second place in the East Division, just behind fellow Quebec based McGill.

Game time is set for 7 p.m. at Memorial Gardens.