Mooretown Flags
went 0 - 2 after Loss to the Wallaceburg
Lakers
Saturday
January 19, 2013
After taking a 5 - 2
loss in Dresden on Friday the Flags ended the
weekend with their second loss against Wallaceburg
with a final score of 8 - 6 in Great Lakes Jr. C
Hockey League action.
The battle between the Flags and Lakers throughout
the season ended in high scoring games. This was the
fourth meeting between the two teams and the series
ended 2 - 2 with Mooretown winning both their
games in Wallaceburg and Wallaceburg winning both
games in Mooretown.
In this back and
forth game both sides were even after the second
period with each team scoring three goals in the
first and two in the second.
In the first period Dan Lumley scored the first goal
of the game on a power play with Jeff Schroeter and
Mike Burns each scoring singles. Scott Lubbers
scored two goals and Sam Jasmin scored a single for
Wallaceburg.
In the second Wallaceburg took the lead with Brennan
Rainey scoring. Following that goal Mooretown added
a pair for the lead with Ryan Jennings tying the
game and Schroeter taking the lead scoring his
second of the night. That lead lasted just
over a minute as Wallaceburg tied the game on a
power play goal by Jake Carter.
In the third
Wallaceburg opened the scoring just :34 seconds into
the period with Justin Whitson scoring.
Schroeter scored his third of the night for the hat
trick for Mooretown at 5:32 and the two sides were
even once again. Jake Carter gave Wallaceburg
the lead at 12:41 and late in the game the Flags
pulled their goalie for the extra man but the
attempt was denied as Sam Jasmin found the opening
and scored the final goal unassisted.
Wallaceburg outshot
Mooretown 45 - 41. Joel Sowinski took the win
with 35 saves, Brandon Johnson took the loss with
37.
Mooretown struggled
again with penalties taking a total of 20 minutes on
10 infractions allowing Wallaceburg eight power play
opportunities. Wallaceburg took a total of 10
minutes on 5 infractions giving Mooretown three
power play opportunities. Both sides scored once on
power plays.
Mooretown is in
seventh spot in the standings with a record of 14 -
17 - 4 - 1 for a total of 33 points.
Wallaceburg is in eighth spot with 11 - 25 - 0 - 2
for 24 points.
Mooretown has four
games remaining in the regular season. They
are back in action on Wednesday January 23 at home
when they host Kingsville at the Moore Sports
Centre. Game time 8:00 pm.
Wallaceburg has two
games remaining both home with the first against
Belle River on Wednesday and Wheatley on the
following Wed on Jan 30.
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