Mooretown Flags Downed in Essex
December 16, 2015
COMMUNITY NEWS
The Mooretown Flags dropped a 5
- 2 decision last night in Essex
in Great Lakes Jr. C Hockey
league action.
After the first period Essex led
3 - 2 but pulled away adding
singles in the second and third.
Joe Desena from Ben Morrison and
Ryan Lyle scored the first Flags
goal and Jakob Reeves added the
second in the final minute of
the period unassisted.
Scoring for Essex were Tyler
Turner, Brett Vorshuk, Michael
Vieira, Cody Schneider and Luke
Gecse.
Essex outshot the Flags 53 - 23.
Nolan Hakr and Brandon Johnson
shared the goaltending duties.
Hakr made 16 saves, Johnson 32.
Things got ugly in the third
when players from both sides got
tossed for fighting and the
Flags bench took a 2 minute
minor.
Mooretown went scoreless on one
power play opportunity, Essex
went zero for three.
The Flags are now 15-11-2-0 and
remain in 4th spot. The
team returns to action tonight
(Wed Dec 16) when they travel to
Wallaceburg. Game time
7:30.
