Mooretown, ON – Andrew Ganter made 31 saves for the Mooretown Flags in a 5-0 shutout victory over the Kingsville Comets Wednesday night, earning his 7th win of the season and helping the Flags earn their first victory since October 30th.

 

"I think our guys came ready to play tonight," said Flags head coach Bruce Aberhart. "A little more focused right off the start, built on that. We actually played well in all three periods tonight. Something we haven't done in a while."

Jeff Sit opened the scoring midway through the first period as a crowd in front of the net provided the screen for Sit to put a wrist shot by Comet's goalie Marcus Rees to make it a 1-0 game after the first period.

 

The second period opened up the scoring more, as the Flags put 17 shots on net. Josh Teschke received a cross crease pass from Michael Gray for the second of the game, followed up Mike Burns two minutes later getting a pass from Aaron Schieman and made it 3-0 for Mooretown. Spencer Bronzi would round out the third period scoring on a wrap around, as the Flags took a 4-0 lead.

 

Adam Hayes would score the loan goal in the third period on the powerplay, as Ganter earned his first shutout of the season.

 

Mooretown next takes on first place Essex, and will look to continue the good things they established against KIngsville as they move forward into what Aberhart calls the dog days before the Christmas break.

 

"We got to keep our guys focused, to think hockey and play hockey," said Aberhart. "They certainly did that tonight and everybody played well. Andrew more then deserved the shutout."