Admirals drop pair of games over the past week

By Ron Giofu

The Amherstburg Admirals had two games over the past week but the most recent result was a close one.

The Admirals hosted the Wheatley Sharks Sunday night at the Libro Centre with the Sharks skating away with a 6-4 victory. Amherstburg didn’t give up on the night, even though they didn’t lead at any point in the game, as they consistently rallied to within one goal on three occasions.

Stefan Djordjevic and Kyle Bleau each scored twice for the Admirals. Trent Amaro scored twice for Wheatley with Aidan Hill, Josh Chauvin, Kyle Greene and Matt Carvalho also scoring, the latter being an empty net goal.

Amherstburg outshot Wheatley 35-31 on the night but the Sharks got two goals in each of the three periods while Amherstburg got one in each of the first and second periods and two in the third period.

“We didn’t quit,” said Admirals interim co-coach Marc Crevier. “They capitalized on some turnovers we had. We did score four goals, which is a good thing.”

Crevier said they didn’t play poorly against Wheatley but the Sharks took advantage of some of the Admirals’ defensive breakdowns.

“We’ve got to keep our compete level high,” he said. “We had a pretty good effort from everyone.”

Crevier credited Wheatley for being a good team but noted the Admirals created a lot of chances but didn’t capitalize on enough of them. He added they are preparing for the playoffs, with the Sharks being a possible opponent.

“We didn’t give up. We didn’t quit,” he emphasized. “We can build off of this game.”

The Admirals were in Mooretown last Wednesday night and lost a 6-1 decision to the Flags, in what was a rematch of last Sunday’s game in Amherstburg.

Mooretown built a 4-0 lead after two periods before Mitchell Demelo scored for Amherstburg. Crevier said they had their chances against the Flags but, again, couldn’t capitalize.

“It was a special teams game,” said Crevier. “We hit a few posts and missed on a couple of breakaways.”

When the Admirals got behind against Mooretown, they started chasing the puck, he added, but believed things could have been different had the Admirals scored on their chances.

The game Sunday night versus Wheatley was one of only two home games in February for Amherstburg, the next being Feb. 19 against Wallaceburg. They are in Wallaceburg tonight (Feb. 8) and in Dresden this Friday.

“We have to win games,” said Crevier. “It doesn’t matter where we play.”

The Admirals are now 10-22-0-2 on the season with 22 points and in sixth place in the PJHL West Stobbs Division. There are eight regular season games left, with six on the road.

Tournament champions!

Congratulations to the Amherstburg Stars U9MD team for going undefeated, 5-0, in the BelleRiver U9 Full Ice Championship, which was held January 20-22. This was the team’s first tournament of the season and they couldn’t have asked for a better weekend. As a team, the players showed determination in each of their games, the strength of sportsmanship and worked together to both, earn their way into and win the gold medal game, taking the title for the Tatomir Snipers division in the tournament.

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