Oct 01, 2012 | sdenny | 875 views
Minor Bantams take a pair
Minor Bantams take a pair from West Division opponents
Saturday in Stratford, the Lakers defeated Chatham-Kent by the score of 4-2. Tanner Johnson opened the scoring with a shot to the top corner past a screened goaltender. Isaiah Waxman and Brett Denny picked up the assists. After Chatham tied the scored 7 minutes later, Noah Kuno put the Lakers ahead burying a shot from in close. Jacob Rooke, with some great forechecking behind the net, and Johnson picked up assists. 3 minutes into the 2nd period, Johnson converted on a 2 on 1 with a shot to the top corner to make the score 3-1. Kade Landry picked up the assist on the play. After Chatham scored another goal just seconds into the 3rd period, Johnson scored his 3rd goal of the game, with 15 seconds left, redirecting a Waxman pass on the powerplay to seal the game. Will Thibeault picked up an assist as well. Goaltender Justin Hergott was terrific throughout, including making a breakaway save in the last minute of the game, preserving the 3-2 lead at the time.
Sunday, in Sarnia, the Lakers received shutout goaltending from Brock Baier, in a 2-0 win over Lambton. Scoreless after 2 periods in the tight-checking game, Scott Stovel banged in a rebound 30 seconds into the 3rd period. Blair Butchart and Tanner Hertel assisted on the play. With just under 5 minutes remaining, Thibeault scored from outside of the blue line, as his hard dump in deflected off a Lambton defender and into the net to add some much needed breathing room for the Lakers. Butchart was credited with an assist on the goal. The quick game, dominated in puck possesion by the Lakers, had just 8 minutes in penalties.
The Lakers will take the weekend off of regular season games this weekend to participate in the Markham tournament.