The
Sarnia Pacers came up with two
big wins at home this weekend in
Ontario Jr B Lacrosse action.
"They played hard, they're not
quitting and not giving up."
said Coach Kevin Huggett as the
Pacers are now 3 and 12
for the season.
The
first game the Pacers hosted
Hamilton and won with a final
score of 12 - 9. In this
back and forth game, Hamilton
led 4 - 3 after the first, then
Sarnia took a one goal lead
after the second (9 - 8) and
finished it off in the third
with 3 goals to Hamilton's
single.
Hamilton opened the scoring with
three goals before Sarnia's Liam
Wright broke the streak.
Hamilton added another and
Sarnia went on and scored two
more with Liam Wright scoring
his second and Kevin Conroy
scoring the third goal.
In
the second TJ Mara scored on the
power play to tie things up only
to have Hamilton take the lead
:23 seconds later. Conner
Smith scored to tie things up
once again. Midway in the
period Hamilton would regain the
lead and Dan Charlton of Sarnia
scored shortly after to even
things. Blair McFarlane
scored for Sarnia to take the
lead for the first time.
Hamilton went on and scored two
goals the first on power p and
the second shorthanded to take
the short lead as Sarnia came
back and scored back to back
goals just :05 seconds apart at
the end of the second period.
In
the third Hamilton scored first
to tie the game for the final
time then Sarnia went on and
scored three goals. Dan
Charlton scored what turned out
to be the game winner and Dan
Gawne and Kevin Hussey each
added singles.
Justin Matthews earned the win
in net for the Pacers.
In
the second game of the weekend
Sarnia hosted Niagara in a close
match and won with a final score
10 - 9. Sarnia led 4 - 2
after the first period and
Niagara came back and tied
things up in the second as the
period ended with both sides
even with a total of 5 goals
each. In the third Sarnia
took a two goal lead then the
two sides would share a pair of
goals which left Sarnia still
leading by two. Sarnia added
their final goal for the 3 goal
lead and Niagara would claw back
and score twice. In the
final minutes Niagara would add
the extra player but Sarnia held
them off giving Sarnia their
second win of the weekend.
"They gave the ball away too
many times that makes it harder
on themselves" said Huggett "
however they played a strong
third period and didn't quit.
The big thing is House [nickname
for goalie Justin Matthews]
played great last night and
tonight who kept us in the game
and stopped a lot of rubber "
Niagara outshout Sarnia 58 - 36
and went 1 for 4 in power play
opportunities and Sarnia went 2
for 4.