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The
Wallaceburg Lakers sent a message to the Blenheim
Blades Monday night, as the Lakers pounded the net
with shots and took a 4-1 victory against their
playoff opponent in the final game of the regular
season.
It only
took the Lakers 1:10 to get the scoring going as Sam
Jasmin made it 1-0 with his 10th of the season.
Blenheim would score their only goal of the game ten
minutes later as Thomas Innes scored his 29th of the
season to tie the game at 1-1 after one period of
play.
In the
seconds the Lakers outshot the Blades 17-12 and in
those shots Kody Ryan round the back of the net for
the 5th time this year and made it a 2-1 game after
two periods of play.
In the
third the Lakers again took to unloading on the
Blades goalie, putting 16 shots on net to the Blades
6. Rob Pollock and Norm Leger scored for the Lakers
as they took it 4-1.
Reid
Rankin got his 5th win of the season and made 25
saves in the victory, while Brandon Cowell made 30
saves on 33 shots in the loss, and Taylor Speed made
8 saves on 9 shots in his twenty minutes of play.
Game one
of their playoff series will go Wednesday February
9th in Wallaceburg.
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