Mooretown Flags Fall to Lakeshore in OT
Saturday January 16, 2016
COMMUNITY NEWS
The Mooretown
Flags were in Belle River at the
Atlas Centre Friday night and
suffered a 4 - 3 loss in over
time against the Lakeshore
Canadiens in Great Lakes Jr. C
league action.
Lakeshore took a
3 - 0 lead with a first period
goal by Hunter Corp then they
went on and scored two back to
back shorthanded goals with the
first in the first by Colin
Sartor at 18:30 and in the
second at 5:07 by Zack Bedard.
The Flags battled
back and and narrowed the gap to
3 - 2 in the second with Jakob
Reeves from Joe DeSena scoring
the first goal at 8:08 then at
18:18 Colton Osborne from Mike
Kindrachuk added the second
goal.
Cameron Rannie
scored an unassisted goal at
5:34 in the third to tie the
game and the score remained the
same after regulation time
sending the game in over time.
It took just :13
seconds in the over time period
for Lakeshore's Michael Long to
score and take the win.
Shots on goal
were 36 - 35 in Mooretown's
favour. Brandon Johnson
took the loss with 31 saves,
Nick Seguin was given the win
sharing the duties with Tyler
Ryan. Ryan made 21 saves,
Seguin made 12.
The Flags
continue to struggle in their
power play after being denied in
seven opportunities.
Lakeshore also went scoreless in
three opportunities.
The Flags remain
in fourth place, three points
ahead of Lakeshore with a record
of 19-12-2-2.
Tonight (Saturday Jan 16) at
home the Flags can tie things up
with Amherstburg for third spot.
The two teams have met four
times so far this season with
Mooretown leading the series 3 -
1.
Tonight's game
begins at 7:30 pm at the Moore
Sports and Recreation Centre.
