Mooretown Flags Defeats Wallaceburg Lakers!
January 26, 2008

 

Notes before the game:
Coaches’ Corner with Head Coach Bruce Aberhart
 

The Flags are started to fly high. We’ve been playing well lately as the team is coming together. The team is on the threshold of picking it up a notch in preparation of as the playoffs. In the last three games we’ve gone with 2 wins and a tie. A couple of weeks ago we doubled the Blenheim Blades by a score of 6 – 3.  Joe Guenther led the way with 2 goals and 2 assists. Jordan Pennesi netted a goal and 2 assists. Adam Teschke and Elliott Lewis were the other goal scorers. Mike Burns chipped in with 2 assists while Kyle Truan-Olsen and Steve Mercier each had an assist. Justin Belanger got the win, turning away 24 shots, while the Blades’ Mike Touma made 41 saves. We followed up with a 5 –5 tie against the Wheatley Sharks. Adam Teschke scored twice. Joe Guenther had a goal and 3 assists and Mike Burns had a goal and an assist. Raymond Martin scored the other tally. Jordan Pennesi contributed with 3 assists, Elliott Lewis had 2 assists and Cody Chute got an assist. Flags’ Jeff Steadman made 28 saves while the Sharks’ Greg Krstic and John Dow combined to make 18 saves. Last Wednesday we edged the Kingsville Comets by a score of 4 – 3 at home. Matt Beer scored twice and picked up an assist. Jordan Pennesi and Cody Chute scored the other tallies. Adam Teschke had 2 assists Elliott Lewis, Taylor Andali and Raymond Martin also got an assist. Our Justin Belanger came up big making 42 saves while the Comets’ Dustin Reeves made 24 stops.

Tonight we face off against the North Division Leaders the Wallaceburg Lakers.  The next four games we are playing teams that we could possibly meet in the playoffs. The games are coming at a good so that we can prepare for the playoffs. These games will be a good test for us to see how we stack up against these teams and to see how we will progress in the playoffs.

Mooretown vs Wallaceburg
 

Mike Burns

The Mooretown Flags brought down their rivals from Wallaceburg on home ice Saturday at the Moore Complex Centre.  The Flags took a 3 - 0 lead after the first period of play with the first goal being scored on the powerplay by Joe Guenther assisted by Lee Bartley. The Flags second goal was a shorthanded goal scored by Mike Burns assisted by Joe Guenther. With just :59 seconds left in the period Guenther earned his 3rd point of the night when he assisted on the 3rd goal on back to back goals by Mike Burns.

In the second period the Lakers rebounded and narrowed the lead to 1 after scoring 2 goals the first by ex Lambton AAA player Norm Leger and the second by Shawn Lubbers.

In the third period things got tense as the Lakers scored a powerplay goal with 5:41 left on the clock to tie things up.  Norm Leger scored the goal for the Lakers.  The Flags fought back and shortly thereafter at 4:13 regained their lead when Jordan Pennesi scored assisted by Steve Mercier and Matt Harkins. As the game was winding down Wallaceburg pulled their goal for the extra man and with :53 seconds left on the clock the puck fell at the stick of Mike Burns who dumped it in unassisted giving him his 3rd goal of the night for the hat trick.  After the final goal the Lakers retaliated and a couple of fights broke out adding some energy to the night.  However the final goal secured the win for the Flags as Wallaceburg couldn't claw their way back and the Flags remained on top to take the 5 - 3 win over.

Jeff Steadman was in net for the Flags and Steve Noyle was in the Wallaceburg end.  The Flags went 1 for 8 on the powerplay with Wallaceburg going 1 for 6.

The Flags have 3 games remaining in their regular league season with the first game on the road on Feb 1 in Alvinston then their last 2 games at home the first on Feb 2 against Essex's then the following week on Feb 9 against Belle River.  Both games begin at 7:30 pm.