St. Catharines vs. Welland (1/17)

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St. Catharines Jr. Falcons vs. Welland Front Row Sports Tigers (Major Midget AAA)

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The Welland Front Row Sports Tigers came out on top 8-6 in a back-and-forth, penalty-filled affair against the visiting St. Catharines Jr. Falcons at the Welland Main Arena Thursday night in SCTA Major Midget AAA action.

#77 Brandon Daniel paced the home side with two goals to improve the team to 6-16-3 on the season. #96 Jamie Tyminski with a goal and an assist, #88 Matt Goch and #18 Jordan Daradick with two assists apiece, each recorded multi-point games for the Tigers to go along with single tallies from #10 Dylan Braun, #14 Josh Daradick, #17 Walter Lumsden, #15 Cody Loeffen and #91 Emmett Beedom.  #55 Wes McPherson found his name on the scoresheet by virtue of setting up Daniel’s first of two goals.

Welland opened the game’s scoring on the power-play in the first period when Tyminski put a pass from Goch into the St. Catharines net at 3:05.  The Tigers extended their lead at 4:30 when Daniel found the mesh at 4:30.  The Falcons then scored four unanswered goals to pull ahead 4-2 before Welland’s Braun replied with only two seconds remaining in the first period to pull closer at 4-3.

The teams exchanged goals in the second period, for a 5-4 Falcons’ advantage heading into the intermission.  Welland came out stronger in the third and scored four of the five goals in the period to capture the come-from-behind victory.

#20 Riley Jakobschuk and #21 Jeremy Simpson were main catalysts for the Jr. Falcons’ offense on the evening, providing two goals and an assist, and a goal and two assists, respectively. #14 Jordan Edl also contributed two goals on the night to go along with a single tally from #26 Kamil Oubayan and a lone assist from #19 Dillon Parnell.

Welland was 2-for-6 with the man-advantage on the night, while St. Catharines struck twice in nine opportunities with the extra-attacker.  The Tigers travel to Burlington for their next game on Tuesday evening before returning home to face the Hamilton Jr. Bulldogs on Thursday night.

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