Jr. B Lions lose another two

The Seaway Kickers U13 Girls team out together a 3-1 success story when they visited the Ottawa Royals, July 24th. 

Kicker Jamie Henry scored early in the first half making it 1-0, but at the end of the first half the Royals tied the game. 

Minutes into the second half, the Kickers regained the lead with a goal by Kiana Fredette. 

Lauren Snyder added extra insurance, Kickers 3-1 win. 

The U13 Girls visited the Ottawa Internationals Tuesday, July 31 but the game results were not available at presstime.

The U15 Girls team visited Nepean City, July 25 and ran away with a 2-0 victory.

Scoring started in the first half with a goal by Kicker Jessica Ferguson which made it 1-0, Seaway. 

In the second half Sophia Currier scored to seal the 2-0 win.

Goal keepers Elizabeth Bygott and Kendra Butler shared the shutout. 

The team hosts the Ottawa Internationals, August 1 at the Merkley Soccer Fields in Iroquois.

Goalie Shawn Dowson secured his third shutout of the season as the Seaway Kickers U13 Mixed blanked the Ottawa Internationals 2-0 at Brewer Park in Ottawa. 

The U13 Mixed team faces the Ottawa Royals, August 2.

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The South Dundas “Pizza Hut” Atom B Rep Lions were defeated in their opener here on Saturday night at the hands of the visiting NGS Braves. The Lions who were 1-2-1 in exhibition play coming off a win last week against South Stormont couldn’t survive the offensive pressure of the Braves, 5-1.

With the score 2-1 Braves half way through the third period, the Lions looked to tie the game up but were set back on their heels by the Braves offense. 

The Lions gave up three goals in just over a minute to put the game away. 

Braves forward Barret Rutters completed his hat trick with goals eight seconds apart, one on a passing play and the other one on a break from centre. 

The Braves forwards drove the net and isolated the Lions defenceman allowing forwards to find themselves wide open and able to get their passes through on consecutive plays.

Lions goaltender Brendan Shaver was strong throughout the game and made lots of keys saves early, but with the score 1-1 in the second period and the Lions on the power play, Braves forward M. Brownlee broke down the Lions wing and wristed a shot off the post and off Shavers left pad into the net to give the Braves the lead. 

The Lions tried to respond later in the period when Jack Connors received a pass from Owen Fetterly and skated freely into the Braves zone before wristing a shot over the net.

In the first period, the Lions came out strong and carried the play grabbing an early lead on a line change. 

Jayden Rowe and Jaeden Phifer-Shaver got caught up on the bench and the puck hit Phifer-Shaver. Ben Lapier picked it up and stick handled across the ice into the Braves end to beat both defenceman before putting a move on the Braves goalie to open him so he could slide home a backhand shot through the five hole. 

Later in the game Lapier broke down the right wing and send a cross ice pass onto the stick of Joshua Broad, but he was robbed as the Braves goaltender Tyson Zollinger stuck out his right pad.

Defenceman pairing of Dana Domanko and Emytt Fetterly and Nathen Verhey and Kieran Geurkink continued to improve their defensive play and were able to get some shots at the Braves netminder to create scoring chances for the Lions forwards. 

Brody Fairbairn and Duncan Hutt teamed up on one play to get Fairbairn open in the slot before he slid a shot pass the right leg and post. 

Nolan Henry was the defensive forward of the game as he continued his strong back checking while creating offensive chances.

The South Dundas “Pizza Hut” Atom B Rep Lions will face the Char-lan Rebels here on Thursday night at 7pm, as they look for their first points of the season. Come out and support your Lions!

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Two games into the regular season, the Morrisburg Lions are holding the St. Lawrence Division’s third spot behind the first place Char-Lan Rebels who have collected 10 points and the  Casselman Vikings in second with seven.

The Lions are holding third place with six points, two of which they posted this past weekend in Morrisburg, on Sunday, when they overwhelmed the Alexandria Glens, 6-0, in a shutout performance by goaltender Ryan Cooper.

The Glens felt the wrath of the Lions who were picking themselves up from a crushing 7-2 loss to the Winchester Hawks in their nest Friday night. While the Lions were out for revenge, and working hard, the Glens were unable to get much of anything together.

Of the six Lions goals, four were scored on their power play against Glen’s goaltender Anthony Vassall.

Lions veteran sharpshooter Michel Lefebvre counted three of the Lions goals and provided one assist. Single goals came from the sticks of Sylvester Bzdyl, Chris Rutley and Clarke Veenstra.

Grant Cooper had a good game providing two assists, while Dillon Lapier, Michael Poapst, Zach Seguin and Ty Hodgson all added single assists.

After a scoreless first period, the Lions built a 3-0 lead in the second period, all goals scored on their power play.

Michel Lefebvre got it rolling (from Cooper and Rutley) and then Sylvester Bzdyl (from Lefebvre and Hodgson) made it 2-0 on a nice play from a face off in the Glens end.

Goal number three, assisted by Michael Poapst and Zach Sequin, started with some tough work in the corner and resulted in a nice pass to the waiting stick of Clarke Veenstra at the corner of the Glens net.

The Lions kept it rolling in the third period when Lefebvre counted his second with help from Lapier. 

At 10:45 Lefebvre struck again, this time with help from Hodgson and Bzdyl, and Chris Rutley polished it off when he picked up his own rebound and put it home to end the game in the Lions favour 6-0. Assists on the Rutley goal went to Lefebvre and Grant.

Ryan Cooper had a solid performance in the Lions net stopping all of the 26 Glens shots. The Glens’ Vassall gave up the six goals on 33 Lions shots.

The Lions handled nine minor penalties and a (checking from behind) game misconduct while Alexandria was assessed six minors and nabbed three times for checking from behind.

In Winchester on Friday night, it was a whole other game as the Hawks were out to revenge themselves for the 6-2 loss handed to them by the Lions on Morrisburg ice on Sunday, September 16.

And it was revenge they got, as they went to work for a 2-1 first period lead and stretched it to 4-1 after two.

Zach Sequin put the Lions on the scoreboard with help from Brent Snowboy and Sylvester Bzdyl at 18:33 of the first period.

That only served to spark the Hawks who counted a pair of goals against Lions goaltender Mikael Dion in a span of just 11 seconds in the last minute of the period.

Less than two minutes into the second period, Jamie Olivier scored unassisted for the Hawks and at 11:16 Josh Stubbings upped the Hawks advantage to 4-1.

Stubbings made it 5-1 early into the third period, before the Lions got one back from Eric Evans with help from Brandon Chaffe and Curtis Pilon.

The Hawks polished it off with two more from Christopher Rossi and Brandon Bourgeois (power play) for their 7-2 win.

In other action this week the Hawks lost 3-2 to Casselman on Thursday night.

They have edged to within one point of the third place Lions, while Alexandria is in fifth with four points and Akwesasne is in the basement with two.

Coming up this weekend, the Lions will host the Akwesasne Wolves on Friday night, October 5. Game time is 8:30 p.m. Then on Saturday night they are on the road to play the Char-Lan Rebels.

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