Legionnaires Lost in Lambton Shores
sunday december 21, 2014
By Dan McCaffery
The Lambton Shores Predators
embarrassed the Sarnia
Legionnaires 5-2 Saturday in a
Western Jr. 'B' hockey game
played at Forest.
"That was our worst game of the
year, we stunk from start to
finish,” head coach Dan Rose
said afterward.
It was the first of five
consecutive road games for the
Legionnaires.
The Sarnians, who were outshot
48-29, now have a 22-9 won-lost
record. They are in second place
in the standings, five points
ahead of third ranked Chatham.
Davis Boyer was one of the few
Legionnaires who played a good
game, scoring twice to bring his
total for the campaign up to 23.
Ryan Trottier drew assists on
both tallies. On the first, he
won a battle for puck possession
at the blueline before sending a
cross-ice pass to Boyer, who
tapped it home.
Ryan Vendramin almost made it
2-0 before the first period was
over, ringing a hard drive off
the goal post.
In the second period, with the
score tied at one apiece,
Trottier sent a passout from
behind the Preds net to Boyer,
who scored from the slot on a
low backhander.
Cody Trowell also had an assist
on the play.
But it was all Lambton Shores
after that.
Colin Burns, Ethan Safati, Brett
Corrigan, Andrew Kim and Drew
Marlatt were the marksmen for
the winners.
Sarnia took a number of needless
penalties. In fact, the home
team had seven power-play
opportunities, compared to just
two for the visitors.
Predators Goalie Andrew
Harriman-Duke got the win.
Hunter Johnson and Cornel Felder
split the Legionnaires
goaltending duites, with Johnson
being tagged with the loss.
Sarnia returns to action Sunday
when they travel to Leamington
to face they first place Flyers.
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