Mooretown Flags Send Wallaceburg to the Basement
Sunday December 7, 2014
It's been a
battle all season for the Flags
but after defeating the
Wallaceburg Lakers 5-4 in a
feisty affair Saturday night
they moved up in the standings
by one point.
In the first
period the Lakers scored first
on a power play goal by Matt
Clark. Two quick goals by
the Flags at 13:31 by Ryan Lyle
and at 13:42 by Caden Fleming
gave the Flags the lead.
However another power play goal
for the Lakers by Jeff Brown
tied the game that held heading
into the second.
Second period
Mooretown scored two power play
goals the first at 1:06 by Sam
Jasmin and the second at 11:37
by Frankie White. Action
continued and the period ended
with Mooretown leading by 2.
Wallaceburg
narrowed the gap early in the
third on a goal scored by
Brendan Ritchie. Joe
DeSena playing in his second
game for the Flags scored his
first goal to give the Flags the
two goal lead.
The game turned nasty when a
fight broke out and after it was
over one Mooretown player was
sent to the dressing room and
two Lakers players were ejected.
In the final minute of play the
Lakers pulled the goalie for the
extra attacker and at 19:45 Matt
Clark scored his second of the
night and the Lakers trailed by
one. With the extra man
still on the ice the Flags held
on and took the win.
Wallaceburg
outshot the Flags 39-38.
Brandon Johnson earned the win
making 35 saves, Joel Sowinski
made 33.
Both sides scored
two power play goals.
Mooretown had a total of five
opportunities, Wallaceburg had
six.
With the win the
Flags are now 6-18-2-0 for a
total of 14 points just one
point ahead of Wallaceburg who's
record is 5-18-0-3.
Next up it will
be another battle between these
two teams as Mooretown heads to
Wallaceburg on Wednesday night.