Welland Vesuvius Warlords vs. Orangeville Northmen (OLA Jr. B Lacrosse)
The Welland Vesuvius Warlords were buried by an opening period six-goal onslaught from which they were unable to fully recover, losing to the Orangeville Northmen in an 11-6 final on Saturday evening. Early penalty trouble caused the Warlords to fall behind 7-1 duing the first period, as the Northmen were able to convert on three early man-advantage situations. Seven different Orangeville players deposited balls behind starter, #39 Connor Danko, as Matt Noble, Adam Hawkins, Andrew Stoner, Frank Collins, Steven Rodgers, Deron Dempster and Clark Deceer each tallied for the hosts. David Martin (3), Jake Thompson, John VanDerClessey, Stoner and Aaron McNutt picked up the assists on the goals. #23 Tyler Warren recorded the only goal of the period for the Warlords, responding on the power-play from #27 Kevin Floris.
The second period began with #8 Mack Abbott converting a #89 Jordy Daradick pass into the Orangeville cage for his sixth of the season. After Bill Hostrawser became the eighth different Orangeville scorer at the mid-point of the period, Warren sunk his second of the game and tenth of the year, from #14 Josh Eldridge and Daradick just over a minute later during a Warlords’ man advantage.
Hawkins struck again with the extra man for his second of the evening, from Collins and Thompson with just under four minutes to play before the second intermission, and Orangeville closed out the period with a pair of goals from Rodgers, completing his hat-trick. Dave Morton and Hostrawser produced the helpers on his third goal, which gave Orangeville a commanding 11-3 lead with twenty minutes of play remaining.
At the start of the final frame, #35 Brennor Jacobs came in to relieve workhorse Danko, who played his 1000th minute of the season on Saturday. Jacobs slammed the door the rest of the way, which seemed to spark the team as they found some offensive touch with power-play markers from Eldridge, Floris and Abbott. For Eldridge it was his 19th of 2008 from Abbott; Floris’ fourth from Eldridge and Warren; and Abbott’s seventh from Floris and Daradick. Once again, the Warlords felt the ire of the officials and fell into penalty trouble during the latter half of the final period, however, this time it only resulted in killing their own comeback momentum and did not result in further offence from the Northmen.
Floris was award Player of the Game honours for Welland, who were displeased that the game was delayed by 75 minutes due to a late official, the second time this season that an away game has had a lengthy delay at the onset.
The team, now 9-8, looks ahead to Thursday night at home where they hope to move closer towards clinching a playoff berth by defeating the visiting Six Nations Rebels, on a game night which is sponsored by Neu-Form Custom Metal Fabricators. Game time is 7:30pm.
Gamesheet: Not Yet Posted
Warlords Website: http://www.warlordlax.com
Northmen Website: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orangeville_Northmen_Jr._B
June 9, 2008...11:42 am
Welland Vesuvius Warlords vs. Orangeville Northmen (6/7)
Welland Vesuvius Warlords vs. Orangeville Northmen (OLA Jr. B Lacrosse)
The Welland Vesuvius Warlords were buried by an opening period six-goal onslaught from which they were unable to fully recover, losing to the Orangeville Northmen in an 11-6 final on Saturday evening. Early penalty trouble caused the Warlords to fall behind 7-1 duing the first period, as the Northmen were able to convert on three early man-advantage situations. Seven different Orangeville players deposited balls behind starter, #39 Connor Danko, as Matt Noble, Adam Hawkins, Andrew Stoner, Frank Collins, Steven Rodgers, Deron Dempster and Clark Deceer each tallied for the hosts. David Martin (3), Jake Thompson, John VanDerClessey, Stoner and Aaron McNutt picked up the assists on the goals. #23 Tyler Warren recorded the only goal of the period for the Warlords, responding on the power-play from #27 Kevin Floris.
The second period began with #8 Mack Abbott converting a #89 Jordy Daradick pass into the Orangeville cage for his sixth of the season. After Bill Hostrawser became the eighth different Orangeville scorer at the mid-point of the period, Warren sunk his second of the game and tenth of the year, from #14 Josh Eldridge and Daradick just over a minute later during a Warlords’ man advantage.
Hawkins struck again with the extra man for his second of the evening, from Collins and Thompson with just under four minutes to play before the second intermission, and Orangeville closed out the period with a pair of goals from Rodgers, completing his hat-trick. Dave Morton and Hostrawser produced the helpers on his third goal, which gave Orangeville a commanding 11-3 lead with twenty minutes of play remaining.
At the start of the final frame, #35 Brennor Jacobs came in to relieve workhorse Danko, who played his 1000th minute of the season on Saturday. Jacobs slammed the door the rest of the way, which seemed to spark the team as they found some offensive touch with power-play markers from Eldridge, Floris and Abbott. For Eldridge it was his 19th of 2008 from Abbott; Floris’ fourth from Eldridge and Warren; and Abbott’s seventh from Floris and Daradick. Once again, the Warlords felt the ire of the officials and fell into penalty trouble during the latter half of the final period, however, this time it only resulted in killing their own comeback momentum and did not result in further offence from the Northmen.
Floris was award Player of the Game honours for Welland, who were displeased that the game was delayed by 75 minutes due to a late official, the second time this season that an away game has had a lengthy delay at the onset.
The team, now 9-8, looks ahead to Thursday night at home where they hope to move closer towards clinching a playoff berth by defeating the visiting Six Nations Rebels, on a game night which is sponsored by Neu-Form Custom Metal Fabricators. Game time is 7:30pm.
Gamesheet: Not Yet Posted
Warlords Website: http://www.warlordlax.com
Northmen Website: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orangeville_Northmen_Jr._B
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