Written by Ron Pryce
Last Tuesday against the Elgin Middlesex Chiefs, the Lakers jumped out to a 2-0 lead. After some great work down low, Zac McCann passed to Tyler Hotson who hit Blake Wideman in front of the net with Wideman burying the shot to go ahead 1—0. Then Connor Aarts steeling the puck in the neutral zone, made a nice pass to Sheldon Pryce who sent Eric Roes into Chiefs territory who then passed to Blake Boreham in front of the net scoring to give the Lakers a 2-0 lead. The team would see their lead diminish as penalties interfered with the flow of 5 on 5 hockey.
The Chiefs would come back to tie the game then eventually take the lead and hold on to it for the remainder of the game. In the 3rd period with the Lakers down 4-2, Zac McCann would find the twine to get within 1 but the Chiefs would add another and an empty netter to end the game 6-3.
The boys would then head to tomato country to face off against the Windsor Jr. Spitfires and the Sun County Panthers. The Lakers would start out with a lead against Windsor, controlling the play in the Spitfires end, Sheldon Pryce passed the puck back to Jack Robinson on the point who fired a nice low shot on net and Boreham put home the rebound. In the 2nd, Pryce, keeping the puck in the Windsor end, to Kaden Hoggart, fired a shot on net with Boreham in front scoring on the rebound to go ahead 2-0. Penalty trouble again as Windsor would battle back to tie the game at 2. With only 1:30 left in the game, Windsor would take a 3-2 lead. With the Laker goalie pulled, the Spitfires would add an empty net goal and 1 more in the final minute to end the game at 5-2.
Off to Essex to face the Panthers where the Lakers would fall behind 2-0 in the 1st period before McCann would score assisted by Hotson. The Panthers would answer back with 2 goals taking a 4-1 lead into the 3rd. Roes, taking the puck in deep getting it to Boreham who passed back to Dakota Coultes on the point taking a nice shot on net as Pryce would grab the rebound and score to make the score 4-2. Sun County would would answer making it 5-2. Connor Aarts would then keep the puck in the offensive zone to McCann finding Hotson who scored to get within 2 once again. The Panthers would score an empty netter ending the game 6-3.
The Lakers will look ahead to next weekend where they hope to rebound against Kitchener and Hamilton.