The Times Advocate, 2007-11-07, Page 18THIS WEEK IN SPORTS
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Wednesday, November 7, 2007
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Irish edge Central Elgin 4-3
Through the legs — Lucan Irish player Logan Whithers (right) tries to slide the puck past Mt. Brydges
Bulldog Jordan Bradley Oct. 3 I in Lucan.The Bulldogs blanked the Irish 7-0. (photo/Pat Bolen)
LUCAN — The Lucan Irish split
two games last week as they were
blanked 7-0 at home Oct. 31 by the
Mt. Brydges Bulldogs before edging
the Central Elgin Express 4-3
Friday.
Mt. Brydges has a record of 14-1-
0 for first overall in the league and
in Lucan Oct. 31, the visiting
Bulldogs showed why.
The Bulldogs took control in the
first period with three goals and
never looked back as they cruised
to the 7-0 win with four power play
goals.
Lucan was outshot 29-23 by the
visitors and went zero for nine with
the man advantage.
The Irish visited the Express
Friday night and were down 2-1
after one period with Tyler Medd
getting the lone goal for Lucan on a
power play.
Two more Lucan power play
goals from Nick Engel and Drew
Henry in the second was the only
scoring in a 3-2 Irish lead going
into the third.
The Express tied it at 13:49 but
Engel's second goal of the night at
18:12 proved to be the winner for
Lucan.
The win gives Lucan a 6-6-0
record as they host West Lorne
tonight (Wednesday) at 7:45 p.m.
before visiting Lambeth Sunday,
also at 7:45 p.m.
Hawks drop two
EXETER — Five minutes were the difference for the
Exeter Hawks Friday night in Thamesford as the
Trojans scored three goals in the last five minutes to
tie the score before winning 7-6 in a shootout.
In Central Elgin Saturday night the Hawks suffered a
6-2 loss, despite outshooting the Express by a 50-39
margin.
Hawks coach Deryk Howard said going into the
game against the Trojans, who have a 10-3-0 record,
he would have been happy with a point. "But seeing
how well we played for 55 minutes...it was disappoint-
ing to come out with a loss."
The Trojans drew first blood against the Hawks
Friday night with Jamie Jongsma getting the only goal
of the period before a wide open second period that
saw the teams combine for six goals.
The Hawks climbed to a 3-1 lead in the second with
three goals in three minutes from Scott Muirhead,
Jake Jeffrey and Troy Elder but the Trojans responded
with a pair of their own to even the score at three.
Muirhead's second of the period gave the Hawks a 4-
3 lead going into the third period and Jeffrey extended
the lead with two more in the third for a 6-3 Exeter
lead with five minutes left in the game.
But the Trojans roared back with three goals just
over a minute apart, including two more from
Jongsma to even the score at six and send the game to
overtime.
"They started to play more physical," said Howard.
"And they generated a few penalties and they put their
power play to work."
After a scoreless extra period, the teams went to the
shootout which saw the Hawks and Trojans each score
twice in 10 chances before the Hawks missed their
eleventh shot and Adam Mueller finally put the game
away for Thamesford.
"We wanted to improve the second time around
against them and we did," said Howard.
But he added that Saturday's game in Central Elgin
was a disappointment. "We got outplayed."
Although the Hawks were short players with injuries
from the Thamesford game, Howard said the Hawks
will have to rebound from its losses better.
The Express took a 2-0 lead in the first which includ-
ed a power play goal before extending their lead to 4-0
in the second which included a shorthanded marker.
Jacob Schmidt finally got the Hawks on the board at
8:28 but the Express made it 5-1 before the period was
over.
Central Elgin extended their lead to 6-1 with another
power play goal before Schmidt added his second of
the game at 10:55 to finish the scoring at 6-2 for the
Express.
The Hawks outshot Central Elgin 50-39 but went
zero for seven with the man advantage.
The Hawks are on the road again this weekend when
they visit Mitchell Friday night at 8:30 p.m. and Mt.
Brydges Sunday at 6:30 p.m.
"They (the Hawks) looked like they were ready to
break out of their shell coming into the weekend," said
Howard. "Hopefully, it's just one week postponed."
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hosts where they took the tournament in a two sets to one final. Corey Smith was the team's MVP for the
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