Mooretown Flags Down by Two
THURSDAY FEBRUARY 25, 2016
COMMUNITY NEWS
In Mooretown last
night the Essex 73's took a 2 -
0 lead after defeating the Flags
4 - 1 in the semi final round of
the Great Lakes Jr. C hockey
playoffs.
"A little lack of
energy at the start the game
after a pretty tough game last
night" Head Coach Doug Slipacoff
said
"Essex plays every shift as hard
as they can. If your not
ready to play every shift you
can get in a lot of trouble and
they can wear you down really
quickly and I think we saw that
tonight. They play the right way
they play hard they play fast
they play to the whistle
there're impressive."
Essex scored a single goal in
the first period then added two
in the second and one more in
the third. William Stadder
score two of the 73's goals and
Michael Vieira added a single.
Scoring for the
Flags Rookie Cameron Rannie
scored in the second with Jeff
Brown and Colton Osborne
assisting.
"We didn't quit
we kept trying but it's the
little things." said Slipacoff
"It's having your stick on the
ice and being ready, bearing
down on it."
Slipacoff added "They play like
men and they play hard and
sometimes we don't. We're
a little reactionary instead of
aggressive to go get the puck
and read the play. We wait for
it to come to us instead of
rather go get it. Instead
they go get it and they take it
right to you and if you sit back
they'll pin you in your zone for
two straight minutes."
Essex outshot the
Flags 43 - 31.
Flags netminder Brandon Johnson
played two periods but didn't
return to start the third.
In the second period Johnson
went down after being hit in the
upper body but manage to finish
the period. Johnson faced 28
shots and made 25 saves.
Nolan Hakr made his first
appearance in the playoffs and
played solid after going in
cold. Hakr faced 15
shots and made 14 saves.
Both sides went scoreless on the
power play. Mooretown had
three chances and Essex had
five.
The two teams are
back in action on Saturday
returning to Essex for a 7:00 pm
puck drop.
"I told the guys
we've been here before we know
what this situation is like and
that it's not time to get down
on ourselves. We need to rally
together and make sure our only
focus is Saturday."
