Tme to Look Ahead  --  Junior B Hockey

Although the season is over much earlier than was ever hoped for the future does look good for the Lambton Shores Predators Junior B hockey team.
 

 "I would like to thanks our fans, volunteers, players, coaches, training staff and the arena staff for

all their support and assistance this season, says Roop Chanderdat, Co-owner, President and General Manager. As an organization we hoped to have done a lot better on the ice and our goal was to make the playoffs. However we are excited by our future, since all of our core players are young and have a few years of Junior Hockey eligibility remaining. These players have gained valuable Jr. B experience this year and this should help them and our team next year and in the future."

The team finished the season off with three games last week. On Tuesday night they were in Strathroy and dropped that decision 7 – 2. They were playing them tough after being down 3 – 0 in the first period and the shots were even after two periods. By the mid way point of the second they had closed the gap to 4 – 2.  Matt Melo scored earlier in the period with assists going to Adam Arseneault and Brandon Stewart. Then Adam Arseneault scored on a power play when Ben Woodley and Matt Melo  assisted. Unfortunately penalties for the Predators allowed the Rockets to dominate the play in the third and they made the final 7 – 2.

On Friday the Predators traveled to Chatham to make up a game that had been postponed earlier in the season. It was a hard fought close game, which saw very few penalties assessed. Samir Joma opened the scoring just 32 seconds after the puck dropped to start the game. Coy Kulich earned an assist on that goal. Then at 8:53 Cody Curts and Brandon Eithier assisted on a goal by Duncan McSorley. Unfortunately the lead didn’t hold up when the Maroons scored 3 in the second half of the period to take a 3 – 2 lead. The second period was scoreless. In the third Chatham managed a short handed goal earlier in the frame. The Predators did not quit and managed to close the gap to as the Maroons were returning to full strength. It was Kalvin Thornton scoring from Duncan McSorley. There was no other scoring which made the final 4 – 3 in favour of the Maroons.

Saturday night was Kinwood night at the Shores Recreation Centre and 340 fans turned up to watch what would be the last game for the Predators this season. They were hosting the Sarnia Legionnaires and got off to a good start when Kalvin Thornton scored the first goal on a power play. Duncan McSorley and Cody Curts assisted. Sarnia then managed to score the next 6 goals in the game before the Predators were able to answer back with another power play goal at 12:33 of the third period. Coy Kulich scored with Brent Andriash assisting.  The final was 6 – 2 for the Legionnaires.