After a fantastic first half with a winning streak of 11 games before taking a pair of losses the Squires began 2009 with a 7 - 4 win over Thedford. 

In the first period the Squires took an early lead with just :47 seconds off the clock when Jason Polera from Adam Abrahamson scored.  Thedford answered back to even the score 15:56 when Scott Campbell scored assisted by Brent Degroot and Steve Campbell.

At the start of the second period with just :23 seconds off the clock Jason Polera scored his second goal with Greg Bailey assisting.  Just under 2 minutes later Thedford came back and fired in 3 quick goals the first at 2:03 then at 3:11 and 3:54.
T.J. VanEngelen scored the first unassisted, Jake Bruce from Brent Degroot and Stevel Campbell scored the second and Brent Buntler scored the third unassisted to take a 4 - 2 lead.  At the midway point Petrolia answered back to narrow the lead when Steve Barraclough scored assisted by Chris McPhail, then at 14:15 Lee Cole tied things up with Jeff Gould and Chris McPhail assisting.  The period ended with both sides even with 4 each.

In the third it was all Petrolia as they scored 3 unanswered goals.  The first goal and what turned out to be the game winner was scored at 5:59 by Ryan Chapman from Danny Larocque.  Polera scored his 3rd of the game at 12:35 on a powerplay with James Edgar and Jeff Gould assisting.  The final goal was also on the powerplay at 14:50 with Adam Abrahamson scoring assisted by Chris McPhail and Lee Goal.

Scott Bricker was in net for Thedford making a total of 35 saves.  Darryl Foster was in net for the win for Petrolia with 16 saves.

The win puts the Squires back in the top spot in the South Division standings race.

Next game is on Saturday January 10 in Milverton.  The annual All Star Game is on Sunday Jan 11 in Thedford and the Squires next home game is on Friday Jan 23 with an 8:00 pm game start.