The Morrisburg Junior B Lions kicked off the new year in Alexandria on Friday night, January 2, and, after a 12-9 loss to the Glens there, they brought their game home to Morrisburg, Saturday night, when they lost to the Winchester Hawks, 4-1.
The Lions now have 11 games left on their regular season schedule. They are holding the St. Lawrence Division’s last place position with 16 points, behind the Char-Lan Rebels who have 21 and the Akwesasne Wolves with 26.
The Casselman Vikings continue to dominate the division with 49 points, while the Alexandria Glens and the Winchester Hawks are battling for second spot with 35 and 31 points respectively.
Friday night at the Glengarry Sports Palace in Alexandria, the Lions were first on the scoreboard at 3:42 of the first period with an unassisted goal from Eric Evans.
But that would be it as the Glens went to work to nab Lions goaltender, Keiran Weir for four consecutive goals to go up 4-1.
After Austin Merkley struck for the Glens on their power play at 2:45 of the second period, the Lions found themselves, to come back with three goals and cut the gap to 5-4.
Cole Blanchard got it started on the Lions power play with help from Jacob Kendrick and Dallas Blacksmith, and then it was Blacksmith for two in a row. The first was assisted by Jacob Kendrick and the second by Kendrick and Cole Blanchard on the Lions power play.
The 5-4 count held until 11:47 of the second when Jeffrey Rhainds ignited the Glens for another three, allowing them to carry an 8-4 advantage into the third period.
It was back and forth action and back and forth scoring to start the third period, with the Glens getting three goals and the Lions getting two from Eric Evans and Landon Veenstra, both on the Lions power play. That put the game at 11-6 in the Glens favour.
At 10:14 of the third period, tensions boiled over and when it was all sorted out, 112 minutes in penalties were assessed to effectively lower the head count on the two benches.
At 10:14 the Lions Justin Lefevbre and Landon Veenstra were both assessed five minute fighting majors (in the last 10 minutes of the game) and game misconducts.
From the Glens, Ryan Allen and Pierre-Luc Sabourin got matching penalties and Connor MacLeod was assessed a checking form behind penalty and game misconduct. David Sirois got two, five minute fighting majors, two corresponding game misconducts and a third game misconduct as the third man in.
In total, the game saw 144 minutes in penalties, 112 of them at 10:14 of the third period.
Back playing hockey, the Lions found the Alexandria net three more times with two goals collected by Dallas Blacksmith for a four-goal game and a single from Jacob Kendrick.
Keiran Weir was credited the Lions loss. He was in net for 36:53 and was relieved by Justin Lalonde. Liam Lascelle saw action for the Glens for 43:07 and Nicholas Maheux saw action for 16:53.
The Lions counted five times on 10 power-play opportunities, and the Glens were successful in two out of four opportunities.
Sunday, the Lions were without the services of Lefevbre and Veenstra as they met the Hawks on home ice for the 4-1 loss.
After a scoreless first period, the Hawks went up 3-0 in the second period on goals by Austin Rothe, Josh Stubbings and Kris Johnson.
Bryden Van Kessel counted on the Hawks power play, early in the third period, to push it to 4-0, and Dallas Blacksmith spoiled Brandon Lowry’s shutout at 13:32 of the third period with help from Eric Evans and Kevin Dionne.
John Gilmer was in net for the Lions loss.
The Lions are on the road to play two games this weekend against the Rideau Divisions Prescott Flyers and Gananoque Islanders. On Saturday, January 10 they will open the annual Rideau-St. Lawrence Showcase at 9 a.m. in Gananoque against the Rideau Division’s first place Prescott Flyers. This year’s event is hosted by the Islanders.
Ten teams in the Rideau-St. Lawrence Conference will feature five games of hockey, with the opening game at 9 a.m. and the final game (Casselman versus Gananoque) scheduled to start at 7 p.m.
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