Mooretown Flags Defeat Lakeshore in Round One
SUNDAY FEBRUARY 21, 2016
COMMUNITY NEWS
The Mooretown Flags defeated the
Lakeshore Canadiens in a solid 8
- 3 win before 500 hometown
hockey fans to take their first
series in game seven in the
Great Lakes Jr. C Hockey League
playoffs.
"I'm really happy it was us who
came out ahead and I'm just
really proud of the perseverance
of our team throughout the
series." said Head Coach Doug
Slipacoff "The ups and
downs, just sticking with it and
believing in each other. we
deserve this and I'm glad we got
it."
The Flags stunned the Canadiens
in the first period going up 4 -
0 after Ben Morrison scored the
first goal unassisted at 8:11
then the Flags went on and
scored three short handed goals,
the last two on the same
penalty.
"That's the funny thing about a
game seven is you never know."
said Slipacoff "There's
always quirky games but to score
three short handed goals in the
first period alone I can
definitely say never in a
million years I would have guess
that outcome."
Ryan Lyle from Joe DeSena, Jakob
Reeves from Mike Kindrachuck and
DeSena from Lyle scored the
three short handed goals.
In the second Matt Brandon's
unassisted goal widened the lead
to 5 - 0 at the 5:00 minute mark
but :18 seconds later the shut
out was denied when Brenden
Crundwell scored on a power
play.
Jakob Reeves scored his second
of the night at 12:55 with Kyle
Smith and Landon Wilson
assisting and Ryan Lyle scored
his second at 15:26 with DeSena
and brother Christian Lyle
assisting. The second
period ended with the Flags
leading 8 - 1.
In the third the intensity of
the game lessoned but three
goals were scored in the period
the first by Lakeshore on a
power play at 11:00 by Parker
Boyle. Joe DeSena picked
up his second goal of the night
and his 4th point in the game
scoring unassisted at 15:13 and
with 1:05 left in the game
Brenden Crundwell scored the
final goal for Lakeshore.
"After last night's game (4 - 3
loss in Lakeshore) I didn't
really say a lot, I just
went in and told them we don't
have time to feel sorry for
ourselves. This morning I
sent an email saying keep
believing and be ready to play
tonight and they took it to
heart."
Despite losing the Canadiens
outshot the Flags 43 - 39.
Flags Netminder Brandon Johnson
in his final year earned his
fourth win of the series making
40 saves.
"BJ (Brandon) was here at 5:00
pm for a game at 7:30 sitting in
his stall. He knew it
could have been his last game if
we didn't do it and he played
phenomenal. I told him
he's MVP of the first series for
sure." Slipacoff said
Colin Lauzon made 14 saves in
the game and was pulled in the
second after the 5th goal and
replaced by Colin Tetreault who
made 17 saves.
Both sides had five power play
opportunities where Mooretown
scored only once and Lakeshore
scored twice.
The Flags move on to round two
where they will have their work
cut out as they take on the
league leaders Essex 73's who
defeated the Alvinston Flyers in
four straight in their first
series. The 73's have been
sitting idle since February 12th
waiting for the outcome of this
series.
"We haven't had a whole lot of
luck in Essex this year so the
way I see it we are due for a
better game there." said
Slipacoff on their upcoming
opponent. "They'll be a handful
but were excited to get on to
round two."
The series is expected to begin
this Tuesday in Essex.
Full schedule to be announce
shortly.
