Legionnaires Going to Game Seven After Controversial Loss
SATURDAY MARCH 12, 2016
COMMUNITY NEWS
By Dan McCaffery
winning goal that
was denied
The LaSalle Vipers were credited
with a highly controversial
victory Saturday that tied their
best-of-seven series with the
Sarnia Legionnaires at three
games apiece.
The Legionnaires appeared to win
the game in sudden death
overtime but the goal was
disallowed, with the referee
ruling the puck had been kicked
into the net.
"We won the game,” a fuming
Sarnia head coach Mark Davis
said afterward. “There was no
kicking, nothing. We won the
game. It's sad when a ref
dictates a game.”
Moments after the goal was
disallowed, Sarnia's Ryan
Trottier was assessed a roughing
penalty for a play in which
Davis felt LaSalle goalie Paolo
Battisti had taken a dive.
The Vipers scored the winner on
the ensuing power-play.
Earlier in the game, to add
insult to injury, a Sarnia goal
was disallowed after Battisti
appeared to kick the net off its
moorings. The cage behind
Battisti came off several times
during the contest.
Captain Hunter Tyczynski had two
goals for the Legionnaires,
including a power-play marker
and a shorthanded tally.
Defenceman Eric Marsh and rookie
forward Alec DeKoning had the
other markers for the home team.
Daniel Beaudoin had two goals
for the winners, including the
overtime tally. Singles were
credited to Tyler Russell, Owen
Lalonde and Liam MacDougall.
Both teams went
one for eight on the power play.
Shane Battler
suffered the loss making 37
saves.
Attendance at the Brock Street
barn was just under 2,000. Game
Seven goes tonight (Sunday,
March 13) in LaSalle at 5:00 pm.
