Mooretown Flags Move in Second Place
December 6, 2015
COMMUNITY NEWS
The Mooretown
Flags Jr C hockey team leapt
into second place last night
before the home crowd after
defeating the Amherstburg
Admirals 5 - 2.
"Great effort by all four lines
and great 60 minute game top to
bottom from BJ (Brandon Johnson)
out to the D to Forwards." Head
Coach Doug Slipacoff said after
the game. "Very happy to be in
second place that's a great
accomplishment for the team."
Going into the
game the Admirals shared second
with Blenheim by a single point
in the Great Lakes Jr. C Hockey
league.
Special teams
were a factor in this game as
the first three goals were
scored on power plays and one
shorthanded goal.
"It’s
funny because last night I was
giving it to them for special
teams." said Slipacoff
"Currently we are supporting the
worse power play in the league
and we have the third worst
penalty kill in the league and
yet we are in second place."
"So tonight they contributed and
that’s why we won 5 – 2 instead
of 3-2 or 2-2. Special teams
make a big difference. Short
handed goal, two power play
goals = 5 – 2 game there you go
Bingo."
In the first
period Alec Segers fired one in
on a power play after a series
of plays from Colton Osborne and
Matt Brandon. Jakob Reeves
found himself at the side of the
net and banged it into the back
door to score the second power
play goal. Osborne and
Ryan Lyle assisted on the play.
Less than a minute later Blake
Rutckyj scored the first goal
for Amherstburg and the first
period ended with the Flags
leading 2 - 1.
Second period
action saw the Flags on a
penalty kill and Cameron Rannie
pick up the pass from Jakob
Reeves and skated in to score
the third goal shorthanded at
3:27. Action continued and
at 17:33 Parker Gilhuly from
Trevor Bogaert and Matt Brandon
gave the Flags the 4 - 1 lead
heading into the third.
In the third
period both sides went end
to end and in a desperate
attempt to tighten the score
Amherstburg pulled their goalie
at 17:39 for the extra attacker
which paid off as Curtis Prymack
scored. However Prymack took a
slashing penalty less than a
minute later giving the Flags
another power play opportunity
but the two sides remained even
as the Admiral goalie remained
out of their net and Ryan Lyle
finished the game scoring into
the empty net.
In total the
Flags scored three goals on six
power play opportunities.
Amherstburg was scoreless on
five opportunities.
Brandon Johnson
earned the win turning away 30
shots. Daniel Tonietto
took the loss with 27 saves.
The Flags are now
15-8-2 for the season and one
point ahead of Blenheim who are
in action tonight (Sunday)
against the league leaders Essex
73's.
"It’s got to be 10 years since
they were in second place at
this time of the season."
Slipacoff added, and his guess
was correct as the last time the
Flags were in second was in
2005-06 season.
"It’s exciting especially for
the kids who came back and BJ
being our only vet you always
love to see a kid in his last
year stepping up to the
challenge. He’s the best goalie
in the league and half the
reason we are in second place so
it’s good to see."
The Flags are
back in action next weekend with
a Friday night game in Belle
River against Lakeshore and a
home game against Blenheim on
Saturday.
"We haven’t been there
(Lakeshore) since the start of
the season so I expect that to
be a very tough game." Slipacoff
said "They lost Friday night so
I anticipate they will be pretty
ready when we go in there."
Mooretown and
Lakeshore have met twice so far
this season with each sharing
home games. The Flags won
both games in over time with the
same score of 4 - 3.
Lakeshore is currently in 6th
place with a record of
10-10-2-3.
