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Lambton Shores, ON
– They may need extra time to pick up the extra
point, but the Lambton Shores Predators have opened
the 2011-12 season with two victories on home ice,
after a 6-5 win over the Strathroy Rockets in Greater
Ontario Jr. B hockey Saturday night.
Strathroy
took the original lead in the game, as Jacob
Baribeau started the game off with his second of the
season to give the Rockets a 1-0 lead.
It would
take most of the first period for the Predators to
respond, but Adam Arseneault would pick up his first
of the season with under a minute remaining to tie
the game at 1-1 after the first peirod.
In the
second, Strathroy took over the scoreboard despite
putting the same amount of shots on net as the
Predators did. Davis Brown, the Sarnia Sting's third
round draft pick scored 1:15 into the second period.
Just over a minute later Tyler Coleman made it a two
goal Rocket lead.
The
Predators would get a powerplay chance in the middle
of the period, and Kyle Brothers would pick up his
first of the season to cut the lead back down to
one. But Greg Milner would score two minutes later
to restore the two goal lead, as the Rockets lead
4-2 after the second.
The
Predators came out in the third and dominated the
early scoreboard. Brendon Merritt cut the lead to
one with his third goal of the season, followed by
Brothers getting his second powerplay goal of the
night to tie the game at 4-4. Under a minute later,
the Predators would take their first lead of the
game, as Garrett Heiser scored to make it a 5-4
game.
With the
period coming to a close, the Rockets would pull
their goalie for the extra attacker. With ten
seconds remaining, Greg Milner would beat Brandon
Campbell to send the game into overtime.
The last
home game needed a shootout for the Predators to
earn the victory, but tonight, Adam Arseneault would
end it early, scoring 1:53 into the overtime period,
giving the Predators their second win of the season.
Campbell
made 41 saves in the victory.
Lambton
Shores was 2 for 10 on the powerplay, while
successfully stopping all 10 attempts the Rockets
had on the powerplay.
Lambton
Shores is now 2-1-0 to start the season. On Sunday
they play St. Marys to finish off the weekend,
before heading to London for a game on Wednesday and
heading to Sarnia for a game on Thursday.
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