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13 December 1, 2011 - OTTAWA THIS WEEK - CENTRAL
Small mistakes put smudge on solid Jr. Senators run MATTHEW JAY matthew.jay@metroland.com
While the Ottawa Jr. Senators have managed to put to rest many of the inconsistencies that plagued them over the past six weeks, a series of lapses in an otherwise even game against the Brockville Braves put a blemish on their recent success. After limping through the second half of October and first two weeks of November with only three wins in 12 games, the Jr. Sens have picked up points in their last four games, including a 4-3 loss in overtime to the Braves at the Jim Durrell Complex on Nov. 23 and a 7-4 victory over the 73’s in Kemptville two days later Despite getting out to an early lead through a goal from Ben Robillard only 1:56 into the first period, a careless turnover by forward Devon Rice allowed Braves defenceman Zach Todd to score on an odd-man breakaway midway through the period. Braves leading scorer Ben Blasko made it 2-1 for Brockville with about two minutes left in the first after weaving through several Jr. Senators players and sliding the puck past a sprawling Eddie Zdolshek, who appeared to misjudge his positioning in the Ottawa net. Ottawa looked a better team as they came out for the second, however, and regained their lead before the halfway mark of the period. Deric Boudreau made the most of a Conor Brown pass to even the score at 22 after about five minutes and Drew Anderson caught Brockville goalie Andrew Pikul out of his net on a wrap-around to score his 15th goal of the season and put the home team ahead 3-2. The lead would only last until the 13:08 mark of the third, when centre Hayden Hulton capitalized for the Braves on the power play to knot the score at 3-3. “We didn’t come out to play in the first
period,” said Jr. Sens head coach Rick Dorval after the game. “Instead of being ahead in the first period and continuing to play hard throughout the game, we had to play catch-up in the second and I think we basically tired ourselves out. We didn’t have much juice in the third period.” In overtime, Brockville completed their comeback with less than a minute remaining, with winger Mike DeBello took a quick pass from David Ferreira following a turnover and scored past Zdolshek on the ensuing breakaway. “We came out of a slump and we’re playing some pretty good hockey,” Dorval said. “We deserved those two points tonight. A couple mental lapses and that’s the difference.” Those lapses cropped up again in overtime, according to Dorval. “That overtime winning goal is not acceptable,” he said. “You put some of those guys out there to do the job and they’re the guys that fail you. It seems to be the issue every night here that when things aren’t going well, it’s the guys that are supposed to carry the load here that are letting the rest of these guys down.” On Nov. 25, against Kemptville, the Jr. Sens allowed the 73’s to build up a 41 lead before storming back to win the game 7-4. Jeremie Gauthier scored the game-winning goal for Ottawa. Brown, Anderson, Dylan Giberson, Jonathon Buttitta, Thierry Gibeault and Trevor Packard also scored for the Jr. Sens, who got a first-star performance from captain Liam Burtt, who had three assists. Goaltender Charlie Millen got the win in his first action for the Jr. Sens this season, saving 12 of 16 shots. Despite the loss to Brockville, the recent results have been enough to keep Ottawa in second place in the Central Canada Hockey League’s Yzerman Division with 35 points going into Wednesday’s game against Cumberland, four ahead of
Photo by Matthew Jay
Ottawa forward Drew Anderson slips the puck in Brockville goalie Andrew Pikul’s wideopen net during second period play at the Jim Durrell Complex on Nov. 23. The Braves went on to beat the Jr. Senators 4-3 in overtime. the Pembroke Lumber Kings who have two games in hand. Overall, the Jr. Senators currently occupy fifth position in the league, but
are eight points behind the fourth-place Cornwall Colts and 15 points behind the league and division-leading Nepean Raiders.
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