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Wednesday,
November 12, 2008
Flags Pick Up
Two Big Points Against the Comets
Final Score:
Kingsville - 5 Mooretown - 6
by Deb Lawrence
It was a small
crowd of 115 that took in this game of the
5-11-1 Kingsville Comets who play out of the
South Division and the 8-4-1 home town Flags.
The crowd may have been small but there were
some vocal pockets to be found if one wandered
around the rink. Also in attendance was a siren
that went off as the Flags took to the ice at
the beginning of each period as well as for each
goal and some nifty saves by winning goaltender
Mason Kalus. Taking the loss for the
Comets was Mike Touma.
In the first period the Flags got early
possession of the puck and took advantage of the
Comets having a shortened bench by one as Alex
McFadden of Kingsville was assessed a 10 minute
misconduct to begin the game. Mooretown got on
the board first with a goal off the stick of
Mike Berry who picked up a big rebound and
fired it home. Picking up assists were
Spencer Lightfoot and Cody Chute at
the 8:41 mark. A high sticking penalty sent
Ryan Rodger of the Comets to the sin bin and the
Flags took all of 19 seconds in taking a two
goal lead. Notching the marker was Cody
Chute with helpers from Jeff Paulley
and Adam Teschke. Heading to the showers
early for a checking from behind minor (and a
game misconduct) was Jeff Paulley of the Flags
so his minor was served by team mate Spencer
Lightfoot. Mooretown had a couple of
short-handed chances during this penalty which
took place with 2:13 remaining but on one
attempt Adam Teschke elected to just dump the
puck in and head to the bench for fresh legs.
Shots on goal: Kingsville - 12 Mooretown -
19. The Comets were 0 for 1 with the man
advantage and the Flags were 1 for 1 on the
power play this period.
In the second frame there was a short delay as
the ice required a bit of maintenance by the
officials who then pronounced the surface as
good to go. The Flags went on the power play
again when Dave Cimino took a hooking minor at
the 3:48 mark and the teams played four a side
for a short while until Aaron Schieman completed
serving his high sticking minor which ended at
the 4:34 mark. Just 36 seconds later Adam
Little potted the third Mooretown goal with
assists picked up by Aaron Schieman and
Cody Chute. The play began with the puck
behind the Flags own goal, a quick couple of
passes and a save made on the initial shot on
goal before Little let it go from the slot.
Then the Comets began to chip away at the three
goal lead the Flags had built. It began with a
high sticking minor at 5:48 that put Jordan
Pennesi in the sin bin. Adam Teschke had a
great chance at a short-handed marker when he
took a pass at center ice but couldn't put a
handle on it as he skated over the blue line and
coughed up the puck. With two seconds left on
the PP, Dave Cimino opened the scoring
for the Comets with an assist to Ryan Knell.
Trimming the Flag's lead down to one at 13:22
was Kenny Gerard from Alan Beausoliel.
Mooretown got a bit of a scare while their team
was on the PP as the Comets had a 2 on 1
short-handed breakaway but the shot went high.
It also appeared that the Flags had scored on
the same man advantage but the whistle finally
went to signal the net off but not before the
Comets goaltender took a puck off the mask, lost
his stick and still managed to come up with a
couple of big saves. With 40 seconds remaining
in the period Aaron Schieman of Mooretown was
called for hooking so the Comets began the third
period with the man advantage. Shots on goal:
Kingsville - 14/26 Mooretown - 11/30. The
Comets were 1 for 2 with the man advantage (and
one still to enjoy in the 3rd) and Mooretown was
1 for 4 on the power play this period.
The third period
saw the lead change hands a couple of times and
the Flags spending more time in their defensive
end. The Comets made good on the PP that
carried over from the second period taking 34
seconds to tie the game at three each. Scoring
the goal was Adam Hughes from Ryan
Rodger. Just under three minutes later the
Comets took the lead for the first time in the
game on a Ryan Knell marker with an
assist to Kenny Gerard. The Flags
responded with one on an unassisted goal at 4:46
by Donny Bowling and the game was notched
at four apiece. The Flags regained the lead at
7:09 as Donny Bowling lit the lamp red
for the home town fans. Picking up assists were
Steve Mercier and Jordan Pennesi.
Not to be outdone the Comets tied the game once
again a Troy Hill marker at 11:33 with
assists going to Ryan Rodger and Ryan
Knell. Kingsville had a great chance to
take the lead as Ryan Rodger stepped out of the
sin bin at the 15:43 mark and accepted the puck
that had been chipped up to him from a team mate
in their own end. He went in alone on goal by
Kalus came out and made a successful poke check
to clear the puck to the boards. As frequently
happens, when a goalie makes a good/great save
at one end his team then goes down to the other
end and frequently something happens and in this
case it did. Scoring what proved to be the game
winner at the 16:13 mark was Tyler Fraser
with assists to Cody Chute and Adam
Teschke. A couple of tilts took place
during the final two minutes of the game with
the first as a result of some scrum in the
crease of the Flags' goaltender. With 1:15
remaining the Comets took a time out with the
faceoff deep in their own end. Once play
resumed, the Touma was back in net but not for
long as he was pulled from net for an extra
attacker once the Comets had possession of the
puck in their offensive end and with about 50
seconds remaining in the period. While
attempting to clear the puck out of their own
end, the Flags once again iced the puck and with
36.3 a crucial face off took place in
Mooretown's end, just to the right of Kalus.
Shortly after the faceoff, Adam Teschke got
possession of the puck and got off a shot as he
fell to the ice - the shot missed wide on the
long side. The second tilt came with 1.3
seconds remaining and since the Kingsville
player was called for instigator, Mooretown had
a very brief power play chance to finish the
game. Shots on goal: Kingsville - 15/41
Mooretown - 13/43. The Comets were 1 for 2 with
the man advantage this period and were 2 for 5
in the game. The Flags were 0 for 2 on the
power play this period and were 2 for 7 in the
game.
Three Stars:
1st - Cody
Chute (MRT) -- 1g 3a
2nd - Mason
Kalus (MRT) -- 36 saves, 5GA
3rd - Ryan
Rodger (KIN) -- 2a
The Flags
are on the road for the next two game to finish
up this week.
On Friday
the 14th they travel to Alvinston to take on the
Flyers for an 8:00 game.
On Saturday
the 15th they take on these same Comets in
Kingsville. It's a 7:30 start.
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