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The Wallaceburg Lakers snapped their two game home
losing streak with a 5-4 shootout win over the
Dresden Jr. Kings.
Dresden
had the early lead, as Jim Rouse made it 1-0 with
his 10th goal of the season. Wallaceburg would
respond as Garrett Heiser tied it at one with his
2nd of the season. Three minutes later, Wallaceburh
took the lead when Joe Jacobs put in is 1st of the
season to give the Lakers a 2-1 lead heading into
the second.
In the
second both teams had their chances but could not
solve the goalies. The Lakers had 16 shots in the
period, but Brent Paxton stood strong stopping them
all. Josh Beatty would tie the game on the powerplay
for Dresden, sending the game in the third tied at
two.
Dresden
would take their second lead of the game early when
Dylan Mertz scored 2:10 into the third. The Lakers
would respond quickly as Rob Pollock tied it back up
at three. The Lakers would then take their second
lead of the game when Nash Lozon scored a powerplay
goal to make it 4-3. But the Kings only took
thirty-six seconds to respond and tie the game at
four. Neither team could get the go ahead goal and
overtime solved nothing so a shootout was needed.
Mertz and
Tyson Isaac each couldn't score on their first
shots, but each team got goals in the second round
as Jesse Ferguson and Tyler Lewis made it 1-1. The
next five shooters would be turned away, until Rob
Pollock would score for the Lakers to give them the
victory.
Wallaceburg has already clinched the first place
spot in the North Division. Dresden moves one point
ahead of Blenheim for the final spot in the
playoffs.
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