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Mooretown, ON –
It may have been a preseason game, but the ten goals
the Mooretown Flags put up against the Wallaceburg
Lakers in a 10-3 victory Thursday night showcased
the new fire power of the Flags, as well as some
returning power.
Mooretown
came out firing against the Lakers, throwing shot
after shot on net, but none would trickle passed.
After the Flags took a penalty, the Lakers would
capitalize on a 3-on-2 rush, scoring the games first
goal and take a 1-0 lead. But it didn't take long
for the Flags to respond back, as Cody Schmidt would
dig the puck out from a crowd in front of the net,
and eventually get it passed the Lakers goalie to
tie the game.
The Flags
would then take advantage of their own powerplay, as
Matt Brandon would blast a low point shot into the
net to give the Flags the lead which they never
would look back from, as Mooretown took the early
2-1 lead after the first.
In the
second, Mooretown would play in front of the net,
scoring the majority of their goals with passes into
the slot. Aaron Schieman would pick up a rebound
point shot in the slot and put it in the back of the
net to make it 3-1. Quickly after Ryan Hunt would
find Kyler Constantine in front of the net to make
it 4-1. Michael Gray would add two goals in front of
the goalie, to put the Flags up 6-1 before the
Lakers would finally get one back.
But
Mooretown wasn't finished, as Dan Lumley would fight
for a puck in front of the net, and score the Flags
fifth goal of the period to give them a 7-2 lead
after two periods of play.
In the
third while on a powerplay early, Constantine would
pick up his second of the game off a rebound. After
a Lakers goal, Schmidt would add his second of the
game, and Jeff Schroeter would add one last goal, as
the Flags score ten in the victory.
"I thought
we played well, we definitely moved the puck around
really well," said Mooretown Head Coach Bruce
Aberhart. "For really the second time most of these
kids have been together, it looks like we got
something to build on."
Mooretown
and Wallaceburg met a week earlier in which the
Flags put up nine goals. Wallaceburg was the
division champions last season, but have gone
through shake ups in the front office and on the
ice, resulting in a much younger team.
"I know
Wallaceburg has to go through a few things, and I
don't really think they have shown us their full
line up yet," said Aberhart. "You take things with a
grain of salt at this time of year. We got a good
look at a few kids tonight and it will help us make
up our mind on them.
Mooretown
finished in second behind Wallaceburg last season
and with added talent locally and from across the
river, the Flags could have a good season ahead of
them. But Aberhart cautions about getting ahead this
early, before the season even begins.
"We are
all equal right now. If things progress the way we
normally progress through the season, we get
stronger and stronger as the season goes on, we'll
see around Christmas time where we stand."
Returning
to the Flags was Josh Teschke, Aaron Schieman and
Mike Burns, while new talent includes goalie Seth
Hellinga, who played the first two periods, and
forward Dan Lumley, both of which played together on
the St. Clair Colts LSSAA championship hockey team.
Also new
are American's Kyler Constantine and Cody Schmidt
who the flags hope to sign in the next week before
the regular season begins.
Mooretown
opens their season against the defending Junior C
Champions Belle River on Saturday, September 17th.
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