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Sarnia, ON -
Josh Moore scored twice in a 3-2 victory for the
LCCVI Lancers over the Northern Vikings in LSSAA
boys hockey from Wednesday afternoon.
Both teams
are very familiar with each other, as Northern and
LCCVI have met in the finals nine of the last 10
seasons except for last season.
Moore
started the scoring in the game on the powerplay,
sending a low shot on net that beat Vikings goalie
Brandon Johnson for the early 1-0 lead. But the
Vikings would find the equalizer in the period, as a
shot from the point would find the back of the net,
with Brandon Basso picking up the goal and tying the
game.
In the
second, Northern would take their first lead in the
game, as Justin Moore would steal the puck at the
Lancers blue line and walk in alone, beating Lancers
goalie Spencer Krall with a deke for a 2-1 Northern
lead.
But Josh
Moore would score his second of the game, picking up
a pass in the slot, and firing a wrist shot into the
back of the net to square the game 2-2 after two
periods of play.
In the
third, both teams would have numerous shots go off
the post and going just wide. Frank White would
score what would be the gamer winner, after a shot
on net gets through the pads of Johnson, and sat in
the crease behind him, allowing White to have the
easy put in, as the Lancers take it 3-2.
"I thought
we did a real good job of forechecking. That's a
strong point of our game," said Lancers coach Bob
Gould. "If you play in their end of the rink they
have trouble getting chances. All and all it was a
good high school hockey game."
Both teams
were missing players from their line up due to other
LSSAA sports still going on. LCCVI is started the
season 2-0 after a victory over St. Clair to start
the year. The Colts eliminated the Lancers last year
to reach the finals and eventually win the Lambton
Cup. This season, the Lancers look to get back to
the finals.
"Right
now, everyone is still trying to find out what their
team is like," said Gould. "I don't think their is a
clear favourite. With only five teams, you don't
have too many times you can take a night off."
Northern
starts the season 0-1 and will be back in action
Monday against SCITS. Northern is still in the
process of building their team and getting their
lines together.
"We are
still in the process of developing and picking our
team," said Vikings coach Joe Bronzi. "We want to
battle hard and have a good hard work ethic. Once we
get our team situated we will be good to go and get
a game system going."
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