Seaway Kickers win big in Nepean

The South Dundas “Signature Homestyles” Novice B Lions continued their hot streak last week racking up two more wins to move into first place in the East Division. 

The Lions, who jumped over Brockville #2 and South Grenville in standings, won both their games with a 4-3 win over Kemptville #2 and 7-0 win over Athens.

On Sunday afternoon in Athens, the Lions jumped on the Aeros and controlled the play and game earning Brendan Shaver his first shut-out of the season. Although he wasn’t busy in the Lions pipes, Shaver made a couple of big saves to preserve the shut-out.

Ben Lapier led the Lions offensively with four goals. 

He started things off in the first period when he picked up a pass from Spencer Barclay and broke in on the Aeros goalie who made the save on his first shot. Lapier then tapped home the rebound.

Kayne McCadden scored on a Kolby Latulippe rebound as the right winger moved the puck up the side boards and got a shot on net. McCadden was there to shoot the rebound home and Nolan Henry picked up the secondary assist.

Lapier scored again in the second when Trent Rae was able to keep the puck alive at the blue line, where Owen Fetterly set in up by burying his backhand shot. 

Joshua Broad gave the Lions a 4-0 late in the second scoring into a wide open when Lapier’s shot was stopped. Broad, wide open in the crease, to scored his seventh of the year.

In the third, Latulippe scored and Ben Lapier netted another two for a the 7-0 Lions win. 

Cassidy Bilmer and McCadden picked up assists on Latulippe’s goals, while Owen Fetterly and Joshua Broad picked up two assists each on Lapier’s goals.

Wednesday night in Kemptville, the Lions held on to a 4-3 lead as the Panthers pressed for a tie late in the game.

The Lion’s built a 4-1 lead heading into the third period but two third period goals by the Panthers turned it into a nail bitter. 

Shaver was sharp in the Lion’s net as he stopped several Panther break aways, while Emytt Fetterly, on defense, kept the Panthers on the outside to eliminate scoring chances.

Ben Lapier opened the scoring on a broken play when Trent Rae iced the puck and the Panther goalie stopped it near the crease but did not get the whistle. When he went to play it away, Ben Lapier was standing right there to knock it in.

Kayne McCadden gave the Lions a 2-0 advantage, when he took the puck off a face-off at the blue line and weaved around two Panther defenders before scoring. 

The Panthers made it 2-, but Ben Lapier restored the two goal lead in the second during a Panther line change. Lapier took advantage of the line change to burst through the middle of the ice, earn a breakaway and score on a shot to the glove side.

Owen Fetterly rounded out the Lions scoring from Broad and Lapier who dug the puck out from along the left wing boards and found a wide open Fetterly in the slot.

The South Dundas “Signature Homestyles” Novice B Lions next home game is Sunday, December 18th at 1 p.m. against the Kemptville #1 Panthers.

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He’s made his list and he’s checked it twice…team manager Les McAllister has finalized the Morrisburg based seniors hockey team that will represent District 8 at the Ontario Senior Winter Games coming up in Huntsville, February 26-28, 2013.

Now in their second year in the 65 plus games category, McAllister says the team that doesn’t play together on a regular basis, will probably play a couple of exhibition games in January and February.

He says everyone is looking forward to the games.

“The competition at these games keeps getting better and better,” says McAllister who is the team’s goaltender. “It’s a really good time, and as the word gets out about it, more and more people try out.”

McAllister also credits the games with keeping seniors active. Guys at our age aren’t playing hockey for anything really meaningful except for this. I probably wouldn’t be playing hockey today if it weren’t for these games.”

The local team has nine returning players for the 2013 games. In addition to McAllister they include Ron Alguire of Lunenberg, Steve Casselman of Morrisburg, Doug Casselman of Williamsburg, Fern Gauvreau of Kingston, Jack Haines of Cornwall, Bryan Helmer of Winchester, Lester Holmes of Mountain and John Adams of Morrisburg.

The new kids on the bench are Alan Styrnadka and Harry McIntyre both of Ottawa, and Sonny McLean of Kingston.

The games feature hockey in two age categories, 65 plus for the players listed above, and a 55 plus category.

Representing District 8 in the 55 plus category are the Cornwall Seaway Blades who defeated Long Sault 8-3 and Alexandria 6-1 for the right to advance.

Coached by Pete Clement, the Blades include Paul Seguin, Earl McBean, Dave Alguire (goaltender), Alex Herrington, Brian Reasbeck, Terry Grant, Claude Regnier, Vic Leroux, Gary Lalonde, Claude Bourck, Dave MacDonald, Ben Guindon, Randy Conners and Rick Cameron.

The Ontario Senior Games are a multi-sport championship for athletes 55 years and older. The 2013 games at Huntsville will be attended by some 1,000 athletes, coaches and officials involved in 10 sports including alpine and nordic skiing, badminton, bowling, curling, duplicate bridge, hockey, prediction skating, table tennis and volleyball. 

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Saturday, December 6, South Dundas Atom B Lions were the talk of the town here when they won the A championship of the Perth/Lanark Atom Tournament with an undefeated record.

It was a seven-team team, one-day tournament which saw the Lions defeat St. Isadore 6-1, Perth Lanark 2, 5-1, and then Kemptville 2, 2-0 in the final.

The Lions opened with a 6-1 victory versus St. Isadore.  

Sam Connors got it rolling, when he hammered home a rebound, and Mateo Lacroix helped the Lions hold on to the lead with a huge glove save at the six minute mark.

Dryden Buter, assisted by Alek Larocque, made it 2-0 with 5:53 left in the second period, and Monty Dejong made it 3-0 just 13 seconds later after taking a beautiful pass from Connors.  

St. Isadore got their only goal of the game late in the second period.

Early in the third period, Cam Shaver, on the Lions power play, took a pass from Stef Kronstal in the neutral zone, and went in on a 2 on 1 break with line mate Connors.  Shaver used Connors as a decoy before firing one to the bottom corner.  

The Lions went up 5-1, when Zack Scarbeau tipped in a Spencer Barclay shot, and James Martens rounded out the scoring with 1:43 left after getting a nice pass from Owen Patterson.  

Sean Nicolaassen was named Hustler of the game.

Game two was a 5-1 win over hometown Perth Lanark 2.  

The Lions used a nice breakout play generated by defenceman Jack McCann and winger Owen Patterson to spring Dryden Buter on a partial breakaway for goal number one.  

Then Spencer Barclay made a nice power move from the corner towards the goal and fired a shot to the back of the net to make it 2-0.  

Perth pulled within one early in the second, but Dejong made it 3-1 Lions with 5:53 left and Martens, from Kronstal made it 4-1 heading into the third.  

Dejong got the lone goal of the third, assisted by Nate Paulino, and his two goal effort helped earn him the Hustler of the game award.

The Lions 2-0 round robin record put them in the A final against Kemptville 2.  

The Lions were “on our heels” for most of the first period, which remained scoreless thanks to some key saves from Lacroix. The second period was even more evenly played, with the Lions goaltending duo of Mateo Lacroix and Quade Mullin sharing the net duties.   

It wasn’t until well into the third period that Dejong finally gave the Lions a 1-0 lead, and that held until Nicolaassen added an insurance marker with a powerful wrist shot with five minutes left in the game.  

Mullin was named Hustler of the game for some key third period saves.  

The Lions team members are goalies Mateo Lacroix and Quade Mullin, Sean Nicolaassen, James Martens, Monty Dejong, Alek Larocque, Cam Shaver, Spencer Barclay, Stefan Kronstal, Jack McCann, Owen Patterson, Nate Paulino, Zack Scarbeau, Dryden Buter and Sam Connors.  Coaching staff includes Brian Shaver, assistant coaches Randy Mullin and  Mike Barclay, trainer John Connors and manager Johanna Kronstal.

In league play, Sunday, December 7, the Lions hosted second place South Grenville, who they trailed in the standings by two points.

The Lions struck on the first shift when Dryden Buter passed to winger Owen Patterson at the Rangers blue line. Patterson took a couple of strides down the boards, then let go a hard wrister that beat South Grenville goaltender, Bryce Kijewski on the short side.  

The Rangers put it past Mullin late in the first period to tie it 1-1.

The Lions got the lone goal of the second when Connors fired a shot on goal, and Dejong banged home the rebound for a 2-1 advantage.

Nicolaassen’s power-play goal, assisted by Scarbeau, made it 3-1 at early in the third. 

The Rangers made it close, but then the Lions got their second power-play goal from Barclay who took a feed from Nicolaassen and fired a laser beam to the bottom left corner of the Rangers goal to make it a 4-2 final.

This was the Lions fifth regular season win in a row, and it put them into a tie for second with South Grenville, with two games in hand.  

Next action is at home versus South Stormont, this Thursday night, December 11 at 7 p.m.

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