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Wednesday, June 5, 2013
TEKAWENNAKE
Arrows take first loss and a piece of first place By Jim Windle SIX NATIONS
The Six Nations Arrows suffered the bitter taste of a 10-9 nipping at the hands of the Burlington Chiefs Monday night in Burlington for their first loss of the season. They were coming off an impressive 15-4 win over the Barrie Lakeshores registered Sunday night at the ILA. Monday, Burlington showed no signs of intimidation by opening up a 2-0 lead before Randy Staats and Johnny Powless evened the score. But it was the Chiefs’ Tyler Albrecht who ended the period 3-2 with his goal at 16:28. Haodais Maracle tied the game at 3-3 at 2:53 of the second period assisted by Wenster Green, but Burlington replied with three goals in 36 seconds to take a 5-2 lead. Johnny Powless made it 5-3 at 3:57 before Burlington connected on a powerplay to make it 6-3. Powless added two more before the period ended to make it a 7-6 game for Burlington with 20 minutes left. Josh Johnson scored the first two goals of the final frame to take the lead back at 8-7. But Burlington responded with the 8-8 tying goal. Josh Johnson took the lead again at 14 minutes but Derek Searle and Eric Wales scored 17 seconds apart and held on for the 10-9 win and handed the Arrows their first loss of the season. Sunday evening at the ILA the Arrows toyed with the divisional leaders, the Barrie Lakeshores for most of the game like a cat with a mouse. Randy Staats set the pace when he dropped his shoulder and powered a shot past Barrie starter Nicholas Melgs at 5:52. Arrows Express goaltender Warren Hill made
a huge save early with a little support from his defense who scooped the ball up from behind him as it lay dangerously unprotected on in the crease, inches away from the goal line. Shane Simpson showed a burst of speed as he blazed down the right wing boards past Lakeshores defenders, cut in towards the goal and scored shorthanded at the 9 minute mark. Josh Johnson made it 3-0 with a powerplay goal at 10:35. Lakeshores’ Kyle Whitlow scored Toronto’s first goal of the game at 12:42, but Johnny Powless and Seth Oaks closed the period with the Arrows leading 5-1. The highlight reel goal of the game came short handed at the 52 second mark of the second period when Warren Hill drifted a perfect down floor pass to a speeding Kyle Isaacs. Close in, Isaacs’ body english showed high, but he kept his stick low and rolled the ball in behind Melgs to make it 6-1. After Randy Staats and Haodais Maracle scored 17 seconds apart, Melgs was replaced in the Lakeshores goal by Brett Klospfer, but it didn’t change much. Brendan Bomberry made it 9-1with the next shot on goal at 8:09. Austin Murphy scored Barries’ second goal with two Arrows in the penalty box. Seth Oaks scored a powerplay goal at 15:11 from Staats to make it 10-2. Lakeshores added two more when the Arrows started to get a little too cute with the ball, but Bomberry ended the second period at 11-4 with his second of the game. There was nothing left in the Lakeshores’ tank in the third as the Arrows delivered four more scored by Staats, Josh Johnson, Staats again, and Bomberry for this third of the game. The main event on the
Haodais Maracle uses his speed to escape the checking of Lakeshores’ defenders. Maracle scored one and assisted on two more to help his team past the first place Lakeshores. (Photo by Jim Windle) fight card was Tyson Bomberry and Barrie’s Thierry Boislard as they dropped the gloved and doffed their helmets near the end of the game for a good old donnybrook. Both combatants threw bombs, each landing a few in what could be seen as a draw. Staats led the Arrows attack with four goals and five assists. The Arrows are tied for first place with Barrie with 12 points each, but the Lakeshores have played one more game. The Arrows host the Orangeville Northmen Thursday night at 8 pm, and travel to Whitby Friday night in the first leg of a home and home series which will bring the Warriors back to the ILA, Sunday night at 7 pm.
Arrows Express number 66, Seth Oaks finds open space in front of Barrie Lakeshores‘ Andrew Kelly in Sunday’s 15-4 win to move into a first place tie with Barrie. (Photo by Jim Windle)