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Flyers split pair of games By C. Scott Holland LEAMINGTON — It was definitely a physically draining 24 hours for the Leamington Flyers last week as they played two of the top four teams in that time span. On Wednesday, they traveled to London where they fell behind 2-0 by the end of the first and then 3-0 within the opening minutes of the second frame. But despite the Nats tabbing several screen shot goals on starter Ryan Polidori, the Flyers battled hard and notched two goals to narrow the margin. Gavin Grundner drilled Leamington’s first tally at 13:20 and Connor MacPherson potted his 11th marker of the season at 18:13. During the final period, the Flyers had a number of good opportunities to tie the contest but just couldn’t put the puck past Nats’ netminder Aiden Berry. On Thursday night at home, the Flyers faced rival Chatham Maroons
in a quick game that featured hard hitting and fabulous goaltending. The game went into three-on-three overtime and was eventually decided in a shootout. The Flyers won the game 3-2 thanks to two shootout tallies. “I thought we came out pretty good Thursday after having a tough battle against London the previous night,”said head coach Dale Mitchell. “Our second period was a bit sloppy and we made some mistakes that were uncharacteristic of how we played.” “Grundner got us a big goal late in the period to tie the game and in the third period some guys stepped up when the game was on the line,” Mitchell added.”We let them tie it late but it was a learning lesson for some of our young guys.” The first period set the game’s tone as both teams surged back and forth and had a number of good scoring chances but
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Flyers’ netminder Ryan Polidori and Chatham’s Luka Dobrich kept the slate clean. In the second stanza, both teams took one minor penalty and scored one goal apiece. At 6:52 Chatham’s Craig Spence opened the scoring. The tension reached a boiling point and Flyer newcomer Noah Prudhomme and Chatham’s Matthew Cunningham gave the fans a taste of personal combat action as they traded five-finger pies and were subsequently ejected with fighting majors at 13: 57. It was during the last minute of the second that the Flyers got the break they needed. Gavin Grundner drove into the Maroons’ zone and unleashed a bullet that eluded Dobrich and suddenly the contest was knotted. In the third, Wyatt O’Neil set up Colton O’Brien who blasted a shot on net from just inside the blueline to give the Flyers a 2-1 lead. However, the Maroons pressed and got the equalizer at 16:38 when Lucas Fancy cashed in. The seven minute, threeon-three overtime was as exciting as they get as both teams tried to plant the game-winner. In the shootout, Leamington got goals from Grundner and O’Neil. Chatham did not score. Schedule: Thurs. Nov. 11 - vs Komoka 7:10 pm Sat. Nov. 13 - at Sarnia 7 pm
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The U12 Ravens defeated the Welland Tigers to win the Woodstock Silver Stick Tournament this past weekend. Team members are, front left to right: Trent Chevalier, Kevin Ondic, Maxim Pyne. Middle row: Brayden Foster, Isaiah Georges, Ben Liebrock, AJ Youssef, Lucas O’Neil, Owen Derksen, Derek Dunn, Jonathan Recker, Coach Ryan Derksen. Back row: Austin Goudie, head coach Tony Youssef, Joseph ‘JoJo’ McLeod, Kayden Cook, Nash Fuerth, Nathan Mariuz, Tyler Thomas, trainer Kevin Cook. Submitted photo
U12 Ravens win Silver Stick in Woodstock The Essex-Southpoint Ravens U12 hockey team hit the road this past weekend to compete in the Woodstock Silver Stick Hockey Tournament. The Ravens team breezed through the round robin portion, defeating the Milton Winterhawks 6-1, the London Jr. Mustangs 8-0, and the Brantford 99ers 5-0. On Sunday morning it was the St. Thomas Stars that Essex faced in the semis. Five minutes in, Austin Goudie found Derek Dunn in the circle
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who slid his pass to Nash Fuerth, who buried his chance to open the scoring. With a few to go in the first, Goudie found the rebound from a Jonathan Recker shot from the point and slid a beautiful cross crease pass across to Dunn, who tapped it into the open cage. In the middle frame, Youssef won the draw to O’Neil who passed across to Cook. Cook’s hard wrist shot from the point snuck through the fivehole to go up by three. The Stars scored on a power play but immediately after, on the ensuing face off, Austin Goudie grabbed the puck , weaved his way in past the D and buried his shot low glove. A Ravens giveaway allowed the Stars to sneak a little closer by scoring, but with 3:51 remaining and the Stars goalie pulled for a six-on-four advantage, Nash Feurth intercepted a pass and found the open net to seal the 5-2 win. Kevin Ondic made some timely saves to backstop his team to the win. The Welland Tigers were the only team left standing in the Ravens’ way on the road to the championship. In a back and forth first period, nothing was decided as the score remained at zero.
With three to go in the second, on an Essex giveaway, the Tigers were able to break the ice and take the lead. With their team facing some adversity for the first time, the Ravens came out in the final frame a determined bunch. Two minutes in Lucas O’Neil dug the puck out of the corner to Derek Dunn who found Nash Feurth in the slot. He wired his shot top shelf to get back even. Midway through the final frame, Kayden Cook chipped the puck to Dunn at centre who was at full speed and he dipsy doodled through the defense, finishing by rifling his shot low glove to take the lead. With 4:43 remaining, Youssef tapped the puck to Fuerth, who promptly skated in and snapped his shot over the glove to increase the lead. Finally, with 13 seconds to go, O’Neil found a loose puck and fired it down the length of the ice into an empty net to seal the hard fought 4-1 victory. Trent Chevalier made some stellar saves to seal the deal for the Ravens as they were crowned Silver Stick Champions. This tournament win qualified the team to participate in the International Silver Stick Finals tournament in Newmarket January 6-9.
