Atom B Lions explode for big win

The Morrisburg Junior B Lions were able to add a stroke in their win column in St. Lawrence Division hockey action on home ice on Sunday afternoon, when they collected a 5-4 shoot-out win over the Char-Lan Rebels.

The Lions were in charge of the first two periods of the game. They led 3-1 at the end of the first period and 4-1 after two.

But as has happened in a number of games this season, they couldn’t hold on.

The Rebels charged back in the third period to nab Lions goaltender, John Gilmer, for three unanswered goals to even it, 4-4 and force the overtime.

Just 50 seconds into the first period, Michael Paquette got it rolling for the Lions with William White providing the assist.

One minute later, the Rebels answered with a Jeremy McFarlane goal to even at 1-1.

That remained until the Lions went on the offensive. 

At 9:02 of the first period, Isaac Brownlee counted, unassisted to make it 2-1, and then at 13:37 Curtis Evans put the puck past Rebels goaltender Ryan Cooper to give the Lions a 3-1 advantage at the end of 20 minutes of play.

The lone goal of the second period came from the stick of Steven Savage, assisted by Liam Morrow, at 2:27 for a 4-1 Lions lead.

From then until 4:22 of the third period, the Lions worked to hold on to their lead. That’s when Nick Sanseverino counted for the Rebels to cut the gap to 4-2.

At 8:30 of the third period, Tyler Filion, on the Rebels power play, found the spot to put the Rebels to within one goal of the tie.

That came at 15:18, when Sanseverino counted his second goal to tie it at 5-5.

The scoreless overtime play was followed by the shootout, which was won by the Lions giving them their third win of the 2013/14 season.

The Lions sat out three minor penalties and a 10 minute misconduct, while the Rebels were assessed  seven minors and two 10 minute misconducts.

Friday night, the Lions travelled to Westport where they were handed a 4-1 loss by the Rideaus.

The Rideaus led 1-0 after the first period and 3-0 heading into the third. Alex Szabo beat Lions goaltender Brandon Chilton, at 10:27 of the third period for a 4-0 lead.

Michael Paquette spoiled Nicholas Newport’s shutout at 12:07 of the third.

Eight minor penalties were assessed in the game, four to each team. 

With the end of the regular season now looming it would be a real horse race if it weren’t for the Casselman Vikings.

The Vikings have pocketed the division championship. They now sit well ahead of the rest of the pack with 58 points on 28 wins.

The remaining teams are well back with the Char-lan Rebels at 39 points, Akwesasne and Alexandria tied with 35 and the Winchester Hawks right on their heels with 34 (and two games in hand).

Coming up this Sunday, January 19, the Lions are at home to the Casselman Vikings. Game time is 2:30 p.m.

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This week the Morrisburg Golf club sends its good wishes for some big results for Barb Sheridan, and Monique and Andy Patenaude as they head to Windsor for the Provincial 55+ Senior games which will take place August 19-22. Barb and Andy will be on the golf course while Monique will be putting her skills to work at the Euchre table.

The ladies kicked off the week at the Morrisburg Golf course last Wednesday, August 6, with their weekly night. The evening was sponsored by Royal Lepage-John Morrow, and the game was The Good and the Bad.

Golfers were required to count their best and worst scores on the par 3s, par 4s and par 5s which allowed six scores to count.

The low winners were Vicki Boivin with a 30 and Monique Patenaude and Diane Gallinger tied with 31’s. High score winners were Lydia Eamon with a 52 and Claire Dunn with a 50.

The average score winners were Valerie St. John, Shelley Broad, Laurie Dillabough, Anita Cooper and Judy Laurin with the average score being 35.

In the non-member category, Shannon Casselman was the low score winner with a 34, and Nelda Hickman won for high score with a 49. The average score winners were Patty Boucher and Janie Connelly with 36’s.

With the Ladies Open played today, Wednesday, August 13, there is no Ladies Night this week. Ladies night will resume August 20 with the Flower Station-Shannon Casselman as sponsor.

In men’s night action on August 7, Shawn Hummel led the field with a 35. Kirk Barkley was the low gross shooter in B flight with a 39 (retro) and Bob Barclay won C flight with a 43 (retro).

Net winners for the evening were Kevin Duvall in A flight, Scott Robinson in B and Steve Boucher in C. Closest to the pin winners were Travis Dillabough on the par three 14th hole and Dave McClenaghan on the par three 17th.

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