The Mooreotwn
Flags went 1 and 1 at home over the weekend in Great Lakes Jr. C Hockey
Hockey League action.
On Friday the
Flags hosted the Essex 73's in their second home/home series and went 0 - 2
in the series after taking a 7 - 4 loss.
Essex went up
4 - 0 in the first with Matthew Rosati, Dallas Pereira, Tyler Turner and
Luke Gecse scoring. Mooretown came back and narrow the gap by 2 after
Daytona Harrison and Kyle Smith scored for the Flags. Essex added one
more before the period was over to take a 5 - 2 lead after two periods.
Like the
second Mooretown came back and scored two goals. Joe DeSena and Trevor
Bogaert's shorthanded goal narrowed the gap to one. With Mooretown
still short killing off the penalty Adam Galarin scored on the power play to
widened the 73's lead by two then went on and sealed the deal with an empty
netter.
Nolan Hakr in
his first game in net for the Flags faced 41 shots, with 34 saves.
Essex's Tyler O'Hanley made 28 saves on 32 shots.
Mooretown went
zero for five on the power play, Essex scored one on four.
On Saturday
the Flags were back on the ice and sent Alvinston home after shutting them
out 4 - 0.
Joe DeSena
scored the only goal on a power play in the first period. Second
period the score remained the same and in the third DeSena added his second
of the night at 15:03 then :31 seconds later Kyle Smith scored and less than
a minute later former Lambton AAA Minor Midget Cameron Rannie scored his
first of the season.
Brandon
Johnson earned his first shutout of the season after facing 52 shots.
Cam MacAlpine suffered the loss making 26 saves.
Mooretown went
one for two on power plays, Alvinston was scoreless on three opportunities.
The Flags are
now 2 - 2 for the season and return to action on Friday September 25 for a
road game against Lakeshore then return home on Saturday when they host
Amherstburg. Game time 7:30 at the Moore Recreation Centre.
photo - from facebook Cameron Rannie
