Mooretown Flags Made Comeback but was Denied
Saturday October 19, 2014
The Mooretown
Flags playing under the
direction of new head coach
Blake Morrison lost 4 - 3 at
home against the Alvinston
Flyers.
"Having experienced this for the
first time I certainly observed
some things." Morrison said "A
coach is a teacher and a critic
and in turn I saw things I can
constructively critique. There's
a list so I'll prioritize that
and we'll work on it and we'll
be better."
Both sides were
solid in the first period and it
wasn't until 17:25 when the
Flyers scored the first goal
short handed.
"I'll take responsibility for
that." Morrison said "Because I
left the number one power play
unit on for the draw that led to
the rush. I should have changed
that up."
Karsten Berg
scored the short handed goal
unassisted.
In the second period Ryan Lyle
found the opening for the Flags
with Brett Thompson and Sam
Jasmin earning the assist.
Mooretown then ran into
penalties and the Flyers scored
two power play goals to take a 3
- 1 lead after two periods of
play. Karsten Berg and
Hunter Bryce scored the power
play goals for the Flyers.
"This is a game
of passion but you got to
harness that emotion." Morrison
said "I never ever want them to
play without it. If you
got high energy players that are
playing on the edge I expect
penalties for sure. To be more
discipline, yes, you have to be
to win. I mean, two power play
goals...so often it's the
special teams that determine the
game."
Jeremy Van Deven
closed the door tighter scoring
the fourth goal for the Flyers
at 4:34. As the game was
heading into the final minutes
and with Alvinston leading 4 -
1, the Flags fought back and at
18:59 Ryan Lyle scored his
second of the game assisted by
Sam Jasmin and Brett Thompson.
Time out was
called by Morrison and the
excitement level climbed. Ten
seconds after the previous goal
Sam Jasmin slap one in from the
far side to narrow the lead to
one. Thompson and Lyle
picked up the assists on the
play.
Flags pulled
their goalie but time ran out
and Alvinston took a sigh of
relief finishing with the win.
"Every coach
brings a different set of
priorities and for me one of the
things that I think is key to
success in this game is
turnovers. You can't turn the
puck over particularly in the
neutral zone blue line and we
were not really good at that
tonight."
Alvinston outshot
Mooretown 34 - 30. Brandon
Johnson made some huge saves in
the game for Mooretown with a
total of 30 in the game.
Brett Avery made 27 for
Alvinston.
"They're goalie
played well but our goalie
played extremely well. He is a
player and I was very happy with
what I saw there."
Morrison said
Mooretown was
zero for four on power play
opportunities Alvinston scored
twice on seven.
The Flags record
stands at 2 - 7 - 1 . The
team is on the road for the next
two games with the first in
Wheatley on Saturday October 25
and then on Wednesday October 29
they are in Wallaceburg.
Next home game is set for
Saturday November 1.