THE LOWERY REPORT

by Steve Lowery

THURSDAY, MARCH 17th

 

Molson Vito’s Bruins 2  Rocky’s Moosehead’s 1

 

Last minute heroics from brothers Craig MacKenzie and Daryl MacKenzie and the Molson Vito’s Bruins are on their way to defend their league title, a 2-1 win against Rocky’s

Moosehead’s giving them a 3-1 best of five semi final series win, setting up a repeat of last year’s final match up with the Auto Barn Wheelers.

 

Both goaltenders were outstanding in the game, the Bruins Karl Augustin and Moosehead’s Pat Carlson backstopping a scoreless first, and yielding only one goal in the second. 

 

That marker from the Moosehead’s Craig Taylor at the 4:58 mark of the second, forcing a turnover along the boards, spinning and firing quick, giving the Moosehead’s their only goal of the game.

 

Craig MacKenzie would tie it 45 seconds into the third, and with 37 seconds left in regulation, in a game that seemed destined to go to overtime, he won a faceoff deep in the Moosehead’s zone, and 10 seconds later Daryl MacKenzie would convert for the game winner.

 

The first game of the best of seven final series is scheduled for Sunday, 730pm at the LBR.

THE LOWERY REPORT

by Steve Lowery

TUESDAY, MARCH 15th

 

The Auto Barn Wheelers have punched a return ticket to the finals, capping a sweep of their best of five semi final with three straight wins over Kacey’s Bud Lightning, hanging on for a 4-3 win in the deciding game.

 

The Wheelers took a 3-1 lead into the third, and Kacey’s made a game of it, climbing back within one on Jamie Grant’s goal 4:40 into the third.

 

But, Steve Mason would restore the two goal lead less than a minute later, with his second of the game, and it would be an insurance goal that would be required.

 

Kacey’s played the final two minutes sans goalie, with an extra attacker pressing for a tie to force overtime.

 

Alex Carter scored with 42 seconds left to make it a one goal game down the stretch, but it would be the final goal of the game.

 

Jarred Fitzgerald and Tim Vincent had the Wheelers other goals.  Brad Tesink had the game’s lone first period goal, giving Kacey’s their only lead.

 

The Wheelers move on to face the winner of the semi final series between Rocky’s Moosehead’s and the Molson Vito’s Bruins, and the Bruins are now up 2-1 in that best of five, rebounding after dropping the series opener with back to back wins, the latest by a close 3-2 decision.

 

The Bruins scored the lone first period goal, Ben Scott getting the ball rolling just past the midway mark of the first.

 

Aaron Haines tied it for the Moosehead’s early in the second, at the 1:08 mark.

 

Daryl MacKenzie restored the Bruins lead late in the second, and it would stay that way until late in the third, when Joel Cousins tipped a Scott Wentworth shot from the point for the game winner.

 

The Moosehead’s pressed for the tie, coming close, Cory Ouellette made it a 3-2 game with a power play goal with 1:12 left in regulation, but that would be as close as they would get.

 

Game four in the series is set for 8:30pm at the Charles Gorman Arena on Thursday, March 17.  Game five, if necessary, Sunday, 7:30pm at the LBR.

Kamil Forgie and Trevor Shannon had the other Bruins goals, the latter into a empty net, with the Moosehead’s gambling on a last second miracle.

THE LOWERY REPORT

by Steve Lowery

THURSDAY, MARCH 10th

 

Rocky’s Moosehead’s 5  Molson Vito’s Bruins 4 (SO)

Auto Barn Wheelers 7   Kacey’s Bud Lightning 5

 

The Moosehead’s and Wheelers have taken the first game of their respective best of five semi final series, the Moosehead’s with a dramatic shootout win over the defending league champion Bruins, the Wheelers in a high scoring affair with Kacey’s.

 

Darren Langille forced overtime for the Moosehead’s, with a short handed goal with 24 seconds left in the game, making it a 4-4 tie. 

 

The Moosehead’s survived another shorthanded situation in overtime, and Craig Taylor and Cory Ouellette scored in the shootout, the Bruins were blanked.

 

Jeff Jenkins, Ouellette and Rick Ward had the other Moosehead goals in regulation.

 

The Bruins got one each from Joel Cousins, Daryl MacKenzie, Cal Hatfield and Craig MacKenzie.

 

The Wheelers charged out to a 3-0 first period lead, and looked to be ready to carry a convincing 5-2 lead into the final period, but Kacey’s made things interesting with back to back goals in the final minute of the second.

 

Jarred Fitzgerald had a pair for the Wheelers, Rob Vincent, Tim Vincent, Tom McHugh, Joel Brooks and Nick Palmer one each.

 

Kacey’s got a pair from Brad Tesink and one apiece from Adam Donovan, Andrew Beckingham and Scott Friars.

 

The second games of the best of five semi’s are schedule for Sunday, starting at 730pm at the LBR.

THE LOWERY REPORT

by Steve Lowery

TUESDAY, MARCH 8th

 

Rocky’s Moosehead’s 5  Port City Pawn Shop Pirates 4

 

The Moosehead’s are off to the semi finals after a come from behind game, and series win against the Pirates, winning back to back games to take the best of three elimination round series 2-1, game 3 was a close, 5-4 match.

 

The Moosehead’s were down 3-1 headed into the second, and 55 seconds into that period, survived a full two minute, two man disadvantage. 

 

By the midway mark of the period they had clawed their way back into the game scoring on a delayed penalty call, and a powerplay.

 

They would get another powerplay shortly after the tie goal, but Matt Wayne’s second of the night, shorthanded, put the Pirates back up 4-3 headed into the third.

 

Craig Taylor scored back to back goals a minute and a half apart, early in the third to give the Moosehead’s a 5-4 lead, which would hold. 

 

Rick Ward with a pair, and Cory Ouellette had the other Moosehead goals.

 

Jamie Brown, Matt McEachern complimented Wayne’s pair for the Pirates.

 

The best of five semi finals start Thursday, 830 at the Charles Gorman Arena with the Moosehead’s facing the defending league champion Molson Vito’s Bruins, and the Auto Barn Wheelers facing Kacey’s Bud Lightning.

 

PLAYOFF SCHEDULE

Thurs-03-10	8:30	Molson Vito's Bruins		Rocky's Moosehead's
Gorman	9:45	Auto Barn Wheelers	v	Kacey's Bud Lightning
WK # 21
Sun-03-13	7:30	Kacey's Bud Lightning		Auto Barn Wheelers
LBR	8:45	Rocky's Moosehead's		Molson Vito's Bruins
Tues-03-15	8:30	Molson Vito's Bruins		Rocky's Moosehead's
Stu Hurley	9:45	Auto Barn Wheelers	v	Kacey's Bud Lightning
		if necessary
Thurs-03-17	8:30	Kacey's Bud Lightning		Auto Barn Wheelers
Gorman	9:45	Rocky's Moosehead's		Molson Vito's Bruins
		if necessary
Sun-03-20	7:30	Molson Vito's Bruins		Rocky's Moosehead's
LBR	8:45	Auto Barn Wheelers	v	Kacey's Bud Lightning

 

THE LOWERY REPORT

by Steve Lowery

SUNDAY,MARCH 6th

 

Kacey’s Bud Lightning 5  East Coast Moving 3

 

Rocky’s Moosehead’s 5  Port City Pawn Shop Pirates 2

 

Kacey’s Bud Lightning are moving on the EWSHL semi finals after completing a two game sweep of East Coast Moving, winning game two of the best of three set by a score of 5-3.

 

Brendan Dooley fired a hat trick to lead Kacey’s.  Brian Stanley and Brad Tesink had one each.

 

Donny Daley, Andrew O’Hanley and Randy Gilmore scored for East Coast.

 

Kacey’s will move on to face the Auto Barn Wheelers in the best of five semi’s.

 

The second preliminary round series has been pushed to the limit, after Rocky’s Moosehead’s won game two by a 5-2 mark. 

 

The Moosehead’s spread the scoring out evenly among Rick Ward, Jeff Jenkins, Colin Toole, Jason O’Brien and  Cory Ouellette. 

 

Jonathon Theriault had both Pirates goals.

 

The best of three preliminary round playoff series tied is tied 1-1, game 3 is set for Tuesday, 830pm, Stu Hurley Arena.

 

The semi final matchups will start Thursday.

THE LOWERY REPORT

by Steve Lowery

THURSDAY, MARCH 3rd

 

Port City Pawn Shop Pirates 3   Rocky’s Mooshead’s 2

 

Kacey’s Bud Lightning 4   East Coast Moving 1

 

Quick, two goal outbursts were the turning point in both games of the best of three preliminary, elimination round playoff series in the EWSHL; the Port City Pawn Shop Pirates and Kacey’s Bud Lightning taking the opening games of their respective series.

 

Jamie Grant had back to back goals in a 23 second span in the second period, leading Kacey’s to a 4-1 win over East Coast. 

 

Scott Friars and Brian Stanley had the other goals for Kacey’s, the latter a short handed goal to put Kacey’s up 4-0 headed into the third, when Len Drew Sr had East Coast’s only goal.

 

In their game, the Pirates struck first, Jeremy Blizzard scoring the lone goal in the first period. 

 

Darren Langille tied it up for the Moosehead’s with the lone second period goal, and it was late in the game when he put the Moose up 2-1, with 3:36 to spare. 

 

Just over a minute later, the Pirates had back to back goals in a 14 second span, Andrew Theriault with the tie goal, and Jamie Brown with the game winner, with two minutes left on the clock.

 

The second games in the series go Sunday night, starting at 730pm at the LBR.

THE LOWERY REPORT

by Steve Lowery

TUESDAY, MARCH 1ST

 

Auto Barn Wheelers 2    East Coast Moving 1

 

First round playoff seedings were finally settled on the last night of the regular season, East Coast Moving failed in a bid to move out of the basement and to shake up the playoff matchups, falling 2-1 to the Auto Barn Wheelers on a last minute goal from Tom McHugh. 

 

The game winner came with 22 seconds left on the clock after an entertaining game that went scoreless through the first two periods of play.

 

The Wheelers opened the scoring in the first minute of the third, Jarred Fitzgerald scoring on the first powerplay of the game. 

 

Terry Flecknell tied the game at the 3:23 mark of the third, but shortly after, East Coast failed on its lone powerplay.

 

Molson Vito’s Bruins 11  Port City Pawn Shop Pirates 4

 

In the final game of the regular season, the Molson Vito’s Bruins hammered the Pirates 11-4.

 

John Childs had a hat trick for the Bruins, and they got two each from Daryl MacKenzie, Paul Holder, Craig MacKenzie and Kamil Forgie.

 

The Pirates got two from Matt Wayne and one each from Matt Patterson and Andrew Theriault.

 

The Wheelers and Bruins get a bye in the best of three preliminary playoff round, which starts Thursday, 8:30 at the Charles Gorman Arena. 

 

Kacey’s will face East Coast, and the Moosehead’s will play off against the Pirates.

THE LOWERY REPORT

by Steve Lowery

SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 27th

 

East Coast Moving 7  Port City Pawn Shop Pirates 0

 

East Coast Moving is doing its best to shake up the first round playoff matchups, taking the potential first round seeds right down to the wire with a 7-0 shutout of the Port City Pawn Shop Pirates.

 

The scoring was spread out evenly among Terry Flecknell, Donny Daley, Len Drew Sr, Mike Boyle, Joe Smith, Randy Gilmore and Andy Mawhinney.

 

Justin Leblanc was in net for the shutout, and while not overly busy, he earned it with a couple of awesome saves. 

 

He stoned Matt Wayne 4:48 into the second, kicking out his left leg at the last second for a nice pad save, and with about two minutes left on the clock he flashed the leather from in close to preserve the shutout.

 

East Coast has the potential to move out of the basement in the last night of regular season action, on Tuesday. 

 

If they win, and the Pirates lose, the two teams will tie with 20 points, but East Coast will take the edge with more wins.

 

Molson Vito’s Bruins 6   Kacey’s Bud Lightning 4

 

The Molson Vito’s Bruins took a 3-0 lead into the third period of their game with Kacey’s, the 6-4 belying what was a one sided game.  

 

The Bruins went up 5-0 early in the third before Kacey’s finally struck back with their first goal.  The game was 6-2 headed into the final minute of play when Kacey’s struck for two more.

 

Daryl MacKenzie and Paul Holder had two each for the Bruins. Craig MacKenzie and Kamil Forgie had one each.

 

Alex Carter with a pair, Josh McHugh and Brad Tesink scored for Kacey’s

THE LOWERY REPORT

by Steve Lowery

THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 24

 

East Coast Moving 6   Kacey’s Bud Lightning 5

 

In a preview of what could be a preliminary round playoff matchup East Coast Moving scored a last second 6-5 win over Kacey’s Bud Lightning, Mike Boyle scoring the game winner shorthanded, with 15 seconds left on the clock.

 

East Coast has languished in the basement all season, but is showing signs of life after a number of key additions in the second half of the season, Boyle among that group. 

 

Two others that fit into that mix, Eric Dyker and Randy Gilmore were also in on the scoring, as was  Andrew O’Hanley, Jeff McLean and Joe Smith.

 

Kacey’s has playing shorthanded, just three spares to start, and down to just one for the entire 3^rd period after losing two to a fight, and a game misconduct call. 

 

They spread the scoring out evenly; Alex Carter, Josh McHugh, Jamie Grant, Adam Donovan and Dean Moriarity with one a piece.

 

Auto Barn Wheelers 9  Rocky’s Moosehead’s 1

 

The Auto Barn Wheelers had an easy go of it with the Moosehead’s who had just five skaters due to a series of injuries and work commitments, 9-1 the final in the Wheelers favor. 

 

Tim Vincent had a hat trick.  Rob Vincent and Brian Cooper had two each, Darren Anderson and Ron Paley one each.

 

Jason O’Brien had the lone Moosehead goal.

THE LOWERY REPORT

by Steve Lowery

TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 22nd

 

Molson Vito’s Bruins 5   Kacey’s Bud Lightning 4

 

Last year’s league championship finalists continue to tune up for the playoffs, both the defending champion Molson Vito’s Bruins and Auto Barn Wheelers having locked up first and second spot in the standings, respectively prior to last night’s action. 

 

A three goal second period outburst, two of them 17 seconds apart in the final two minutes of the period helped fuel the Bruins 5-4 win over the third seed, Kacey’s Bud Lightning.

 

The Bruins spread the scoring around evenly, one each from Greg Connolly, Joel Cousins, Trevor Scott, Trevor Shannon and Craig MacKenzie.  Alex Carter had two for Kacey’s, with one each to Brendan Dooley and Josh McHugh.

 

Auto Barn Wheelers 7   Port City Pawn Shop Pirates 4

 

The Pirates scored the game’s first two goals in their tilt with the Wheelers, taking a 2-1 lead into the second, but it started to fall apart from there, with the Wheelers scoring three in the second, two in the last minute of the period, and three more in the third for a 7-4 win.

 

Rob Vincent and Brian Cooper had two each, Tim Vincent, Ron Paley and Steve Mason one each for the Wheelers. Matt Wayne and Andrew Theriault each had a pair for the Pirates.

THE LOWERY REPORT

by Steve Lowery

SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 20th

 

Port City Pawn Shop Pirates 3  East Coast Moving 0

 

Jeremy Blizzard scored with 8 seconds left in the first period and it would be all the Pirates would need behind the shutout goaltending of Scott Pennell in a 3-0 win over East Coast Moving.

Matt Wayne and Matt Patterson had the other Pirates goals.

 

Molson Vito’s Bruins 5    Rocky’s Moosehead’s 4

 

The Molson Vito’s Bruins scored three goals in a little over three minutes in the first period, and held on for a 5-4 win over Rocky’s Moosehead’s.

 

Daryl MacKenzie and Craig MacKenzie had four point nights, Daryl with a hat trick and an assist,  scored one and set up three. Kamil Forgie had the other Bruins goal.

 

For the Moosehead’s; two from Cory Ouellette and one each from Aaron Haines and Darren Langille.

THE LOWERY REPORT

by Steve Lowery

THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 17th

 

Auto Barn Wheelers 7   Kacey’s Bud Lightning 6

 

The Auto Barn Wheelers Ron Paley had a big night on the ice, falling just shy of a hat trick, scoring two, and setting up three, including the game winner with 25 seconds left on the clock, Brian Cooper’s second of the night resulting in a 7-6 Wheelers win.

Other Wheeler goals came from Tim Vincent, Rob Vincent and Darren Anderson.

For Kacey’s, Alex Carter and Brad Tesink had two each, Josh McHugh and Scott Friars one each.

 

Molson Vito’s Bruins 5 Port City Pawn Shop Pirates 4

 

It was a two man show in the Molson Vito’s Bruins 5-4 comeback win over the Port City Pawn Shop Pirates.

 

Matt Wayne was absolutely robbed, twice in a row, early in the game by Bruins netminder Karl Augustin who made a good first stop, and then kicked away the rebound. 

 

Wayne recovered, firing a hat trick and setting up his teams other goal, but the Bruins Daryl MacKenzie literally one-upped him, assisting on his teams first goal by Trevor Shannon, and then scoring the next four – one of them while his team was two men short, the final one the game winner, a powerplay goal with 2:16 left, with Wayne tagged for the penalty.

THE LOWERY REPORT

by Steve Lowery

TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 15th

 

East Coast Moving 5   Auto Barn Wheelers 3

 

Randy Gilmore burned his old team in his first return match after being traded, leading East Coast Moving to a 5-3 win over the Auto Barn Wheelers. 

 

Gilmore was shipped from the Wheelers to East Coast in a larger three team deal at the mid season draft. 

 

He was in on three, setting up his teams first of the night, the tie goal late in the second, and the winner, in dramatic fashion late in the third. 

 

Using his speed, he broke in alone on Wheelers goalie Dan Smith with 2:19 to play and roofed a shot just under the crossbar.

Joe Smith added an insurance goal a minute later. 

 

The other two came from Len Drew Sr and Len Drew Jr. 

 

Rob Vincent, Tim Vincent and Nick Palmer had the Wheeler goals.

 

Kacey’s Bud Lightning 6   Rocky’s Moosehead’s 3

 

Rocky’s Moosehead’s had a 3-2 lead headed into the third period in their game with Kacey’s Bud Lightning, but ran out of spares, and soon after ran out of gas, coughing up four unanswered goals for a 6-3 Kacey’s win.

 

The Moosehead’s only had a couple of spare skaters to start, lost one in the second to injury, and another early in the third to a fighting major.  15 seconds after that bout, Scott Friars tied the game. 

 

Josh McHugh had a four point night, scoring the next two and assisting on the third, from Alex Carter.

 

He also picked up an assist on Andrew Beckingham’s goal late in the second.

 

Kevin McLenaghan, with a goaltender interfereance penalty that sparked the fight, had the only other Kacey’s goals.  

 

Moosehead’s goals came from Greg Wood, Jason O’Brien and Craig Taylor.

THE LOWERY REPORT

by Steve Lowery

THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 10th

 

Molson Vito’s Bruins 3   Auto Barn Wheelers 1

 

The Molson Vito’s Bruins scored a 3-1 win over the Auto Barn Wheelers in a game that was called early due to a lack of players on the Wheelers side. 

 

Tim Vincent opened the parade to the penalty box, tagged with a penalty before the game was a minute old, and also opened the scoring, providing the Wheelers only goal, 4:48 into the first.

 

From there, it was all Bruins as Kamil Forgie tied the game with a bullet shot from the point late in the first, and Daryl MacKenzie had a pair of goals in the second.  

 

The game was called 38 seconds into the third after the Wheelers ran short of players after losing 4 of the 8 skaters they started with to a pair of fights, a gross, and match penalty.

 

 

Rocky’s Moosehead’s 5   East Coast Moving 5

 

Rocky’s Moosehead’s and East Coast Moving scored early and often in the first period – the teams traded goals in the first minute and last minute of play in the first, and a couple in between, fittingly the game ended in a 5-all tie.

 

Craig Taylor led the Moose attack, with two goals and two assists. 

 

Darren Langille, Cory Ouellette and Aaron Haines had the

other goals.

 

East Coast’s Andrew O’Hanley had a three point night on a pair of goals and an assist. 

 

Their other goals came from Randy Gilmore, Donny Daley and Mike Boyle – the latter on the game’s only power play, midway through the third.

THE LOWERY REPORT

by Steve Lowery

TUESDAY,FEBRUARY 8th

 

Auto Barn Wheelers 10  Rocky’s Moosehead’s 3

 

The Auto Barn Wheelers have inched closer to first in the standings with a 10-3 whitewash of Rocky’s Moosehead’s. 

 

The Wheelers are just two points back of the Molson Vito’s Bruins, who were idle on the night, and hold a game in hand.

 

The Wheelers got dual hat tricks, from Rob Vincent and Darren Anderson. 

 

Steve Mason had a pair, Geoff Cunningham and Jarred Fitzgerald one each.

 

Darren Langille had two for the Moose, Geoff Flood had the other.

 

Kacey’s Bud Lightning 5    Port City Pawn Shop Pirates 5

 

Jamie Brown’s second goal of the game, the only goal scored in the third, allowed the Port City Pirates to forge a 5-5 tie with Kacey’s Bud Lightning.

 

Kacey’s cashed in big on special teams – in fact both teams had a power play goal, but Kacey’s also scored two short handed goals, one in the first, the other with just seconds left in the second period, putting them up 5-4 headed into the third.

 

Adam Donovan and Alex Carter had two each for Kacey’s; Josh McHugh had one.

 

Brown and Matt Wayne had two each for the Pirates;  Andrew Theriault had one.

THE LOWERY REPORT

by Steve Lowery

THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 3rd

 

Molson Vito’s Bruins 8   Rocky’s Moosehead’s 1

 

Rocky’s Moosehead’s have been playing much better hockey lately, but were no match for the league leading Molson Vito’s Bruins, falling 8-1 in the final game before a break in the schedule for Super Bowl Sunday.

 

Daryl MacKenzie and Craig MacKenzie had two each for the Bruins. 

 

Joel Cousins, Paul Holder, Scott Wentworth and Trevor Shannon had one each. 

 

Bruins goalie Ryan Myles rode a shutout late into the game, the Moosehead’s lone goal came from Geoff Flood, just past the midway mark of the third.

 

Auto Barn Wheelers 5  Port City Pawn Shop Pirates 4

 

The Auto Barn Wheelers stormed out of the gate, banging, crashing and filling the net in the first, and then held on for a 5-4 win over Port City Pawn Shop Pirates. 

 

The Pirates scored first, Andrew Theriault’s first of two on the night came before the game was a minute old. 

 

But the Wheelers then took control with four straight, two late ones in the period, the fourth with 7 seconds left to play in the first. Tom McHugh had two of those, Rob Vincent and Tim Vincent the others.

 

The teams would play through a scoreless second, with credit to Wheelers goalie Kyle MacDonald for maintaining the three goal cushion with two huge glove saves. 

 

It paid dividends, as the Pirates would outscore the Wheelers 3-1 in the third. 

 

Mark Totten had the Wheelers third period goal. 

 

Jamie Brown and Jonathon Theriault had the other Pirate’s goals, and Theriault came close with a chance to tie the game with just a couple of seconds to play, his shot bouncing off the outside edge of the net.

THE LOWERY REPORT

by Steve Lowery

TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 1st

 

Kacey’s Bud Lightning 4   East Coast Moving 0

 

Kacey’s and East Coast nursed a scoreless tie through the better part of two periods – the ice finally broken with back to back goals in a 19 second span late in the second period. 

 

The line of Brendan Dooley, Jamie Grant and Brad Tesink combined on the first two on the same shift, with about two and a half minutes left in the second period. 

 

Dooley and Grant had the first two, then Tesink picked up a goal in the third, as did Josh McHugh.

 

Pirates goalie Scott Pennell was filling in between the pipes for Kacey’s, he recorded the shutout.

 

Port City Pawn Shop Pirates 3  Rocky’s Moosehead’s 3

 

The Pirates Matt Patterson scored at the midway mark of the third period between his team and the Moosehead’s, a tip in front of a slap shot from the point from Aaron Craig, and it forged the 3-3 final score. 

 

The teams traded leads, the Moose scoring first on Aaron Haines first of two on the night. 

 

Andrew Theriault also had a pair, giving the Pirates a 2-1 lead to take into the second period. 

 

Haines second tied the game, and he set up Jason O’Brien to give the Moosehead’s a short lived 3-2 lead.

THE LOWERY REPORT

by Steve Lowery

SUNDAY, JANUARY 30th

 

Molson Vito’s Bruins 7  East Coast Moving 3

 

The Molson Vito’s Bruins and East Coast Moving played a tight game through the better part of two periods, but a goal in the last 10 seconds of the second, and three more in the third resulted in a 7-3 Bruins win.

 

Craig MacKenzie and Trevor Scott had two each for the Bruins.  Joel Cousins, Kamil Forgie and Cal Hatfield had one each.

 

Len Drew Sr had two for East Coast with the other goal from Dave Randles.

 

Auto Barn Wheelers 9   Kacey’s Bud Lightning 8

 

The Auto Barn Wheelers prevailed in a game pretty much devoid of defence, winning 9-8 over Kacey’s Bud Lightning. 

 

The scoring started early, and never seemed to end. 

 

The Wheelers scored in the first minute of play in two periods, the first goal coming 14 seconds in, and the teams scored back to back goals seconds apart in three different instances, the final set, two from Steve Mason 15 seconds apart four minutes into the third would prove to be the difference.

 

 

Aside from Mason, the Wheelers got a pair from Rob Vincent and Brian Cooper, and singles from Ron Paley, Nick Palmer, and Jarred Fitzgerald. 

 

The line of Brad Tesink, Ryan McHugh, and Adam Donovan accounted for all Kacey’s offence. 

 

Tesink had a four goal night, McHugh and Donovan with two each.

JOSH McHUGH LEADS EWSHL STARS TO 8-2 ROMP OVER LCHL IN 6th ANNUAL CHARITY ALL STAR CLASSIC

EWSHL SCORES SEVEN CONSECUTIVE GOALS

TO SEAL LCHL FATE

 

Josh McHugh scored two goals and added two assists as the East West Suburban Hockey League All Stars thumped the Lancaster Centennial League All Stars 8-2 in the 6^th annual LCHL /EWSHL Charity All Star Classic on Wednesday evening at the Lord Beaverbrook Rink.

 

Adam Donovan and Alex Carter also scored two goals apiece while Jared Fitzgerald and Paul Holder also scored as the East West squad scored seven consecutive goals against the LCHL goaltending tandem of Ryan Spencer and Justin Mouzek.

 

Justin Canam and BJ Young scored for Lancaster against the East West goaltenders including Troy Reardon, Karl Augustin and PJ Shea.

 

A crowd of approximately 400 fans took in the match up that saw referee Jeff Hopkins kept busy handing out seventeen minor penalties along with four major penalties and a misconduct in the physical affair.

 

Lancaster Centennial Hockey League 2

East West Suburban Hockey League 8

 

Period Summary #1

1 LCHL  Justin Canam (Phil Rocca)  09:11

2 EWSHL Alex Carter (Craig MacKenzie)  14:26

 

Period Summary #2

3 EWSHL Josh McHugh (Matt Wayne, Adam Donovan)  06:54

4 EWSHL Jared Fitzgerald (Mark Totten, Joel Brooks)  7:38

5 EWSHL Josh McHugh (Matt Wayne, Joel Brooks)  12:28 PP

6 EWSHL Alex Carter (Daryl MacKenzie, Trevor Shannon)  14:16  SH

 

Period Summary #3

7 EWSHL Adam Donovan (Josh McHugh, Paul Holder)  00:50 PP

8 EWSHL Paul Holder (Joel Brooks)  4:01 SH

9 LCHL BJ Young (Ryan Locke)  08:05

10 EWSHL Adam Donovan (Matt Wayne, Josh McHugh)  09:27

 

Goalies: LCHL (Ryan Spencer, Justin Mouzek)

EWSHL (Troy Reardon, Karl Augustin, PJ Shea)

THE LOWERY REPORT

by Steve Lowery

TUESDAY, JANUARY 25th

 

Rocky’s Moosehead’s 6   East Coast Moving 3

Port City Pawn Shop Pirates 3   Kacey’s Bud Lightning 3

 

Rocky’s Moosehead’s have vaulted over the Port City Pawn Shop Pirates in the standings, the Moose moving into fourth in the standings, with a one point edge on the Pirates by virtue of their 6-3 win over East Coast Moving, and the Pirate’s managing a single point in a 3-3 tie with Kacey’s.

 

The Moosehead’s had a balanced attack, three goals in the first, three more in the third, one each from Rick Ward, Aaron Haines, Jason O’Brien, Cory Ouellette and Geoff Flood.

 

Andrew O’Hanley, Mike Boyle and Terry Flecknell replied for East Coast.

 

Port City Pawn Shop Pirates 3   Kacey’s Bud Lightning 3

 

The Pirates took an early lead in their game, Matt Wayne scoring his first of two on the night 28 seconds into the game, but it would be tied 36 seconds later, when Kevin McLenaghan scored for Kacey’s. 

 

The teams traded two more in the first, Kent Fulton for the Pirates, Alex Carter for Kacey’s.

 

Wayne’s second, on a powerplay a minute into the third made it 3-2 Pirates. 

 

Jamie Grant had the tie goal for Kacey’s, with 8:09 left in the third.

THE LOWERY REPORT

by Steve lowery

SUNDAY, JANUARY 23rd

 

Rocky’s Moosehead’s 6   Kacey’s Bud Lightning 4

 

Darren Langille scored a pair of goals, the second on a penalty shot late in the game that held up to be the game winner in Rocky’s Moosehead’s 6-4 win over Kacey’s Bud Lightning. 

 

Langille was hauled down on a breakaway with 4:13 left to play in the game, and the Moosehead’s up 4-3 at the time. 

 

He beat Kacey’s goalie Liam Vincent on the resulting penalty shot with a high shot blocker side to make for a two goal cushion that was required.

 

Brian Stanley’s second of the night for Kacey’s made it a one goal game, with plenty of time to spare, 2:22 left at the time. 

 

Brian Williams scored into an empty net to restore the Moosehead’s two goal lead, with 24 seconds to spare.

 

Matt Kimber, Jason O’Brien and Cory Ouellette had the other Moosehead goals.

 

Aside from Stanley’s pair, Kacey’s received goals from Chad Gionet and Scott Friars

 

Molson Vito’s Bruins 5   Auto Barn Wheelers 5

 

The league’s top two teams, last year’s finalists, the Molson Vito’s Bruins and Auto Barn Wheelers played to a 5-5 tie.

 

The Wheelers staked out an early lead, Jarred Fitzgerald’s first of two on the night came just 48 seconds into the game, and the Wheelers would be up 3-0, and looked to be in control with the Bruins playing with just three spares on the bench.

 

The Bruins Paul Holder brought them within one before the period was out, scoring with 1:24 left in the period, and setting up Cal Hatfield with 34 seconds left.

 

Hatfield’s second of the night tied the game four minutes into the second, then the teams traded goals, quickly. 

 

The Wheelers would scored to take the lead, the Bruins would tie it up less than a minute later, twice.

Trevor Scott had both of those tie goals for the Bruins.

 

Aside from Fitzgerald’s pair for the Wheelers, Brian Cooper had two; and Steve Mason had one.

THE LOWERY REPORT

by Steve Lowery

THURSDAY, JANUARY 20th

 

East Coast Moving 5      Port City Pawn Shop Pirates 1

 

Back to back wins this week for East Coast Moving, and their threatening to move out of the basement. 

 

Their latest win at the hands of the Port City Pawn Shop Pirates by a score of 5-1. 

 

The Pirates kept within striking distance, down 3-1 headed into the third, and it stayed that way until the final minute of play.  Randy Gilmore threw one into an empty net with 1:01 to play, Eric Dyker scored with 32 seconds left making it 5-1. 

 

Terry Flecknell, Donny Daley and Jeff McLean had the other goals for East Coast.  Jamie Brown the lone Pirates goal. 

 

With the win  East Coast is just two points back of the Moosehead’s, four back of the fourth place Pirates.

 

Molson Vito’s Bruins 5  Kacey’s Bud Lightning 3

 

The Molson Vito’s now have a six point cushion atop the standings after a 5-3 win over Kacey’s.

 

The Bruins were up 5-1 headed into the third, and it made for a chippy final period, with a constant parade to the penalty box.

 

Craig MacKenzie had a pair for the Bruins; Dave Cormier, Ben Scott and Trevor Scott one each.

 

Josh McHugh, Brendan Dooley and Brian Stanley scored for Kacey’s.

THE LOWERY REPORT

by Steve Lowery

TUESDAY, JANUARY 18th

 

East Coast Moving 8      Kacey’s Bud Lightning 5

 

If they had not caught anyone’s attention since the mid season break, East Coast Moving definitely served notice this evening they are not to be taken lightly, the league’s bottom rung team dominant in an 8-5 win over Kacey’s Bud Lightning.

 

Bolstered by the addition of one new player, a returning player who did not play the first half, and a key trade, East Coast has put together several strong efforts – but it was veterans Len Drew Sr and Andrew O’Hanley who led the attack in this one – O’Hanely with a hat trick, Drew setting up every one of them, and chipping in one of his own. 

 

Two of the mid season additions also chipped in, Eric Dyker and Randy Gilmore had one each, Donny Daley had two.

 

Kacey’s had one each from Alex Carter, Brad Tesink, Jamie Grant, Adam Donovan and Chad Gionet.

 

Auto Barn Wheelers 4   Rocky’s Moosehead’s 1

 

Rocky’s Moosehead’s have also seen dramatic improvement since the break, on this night holding the league’s second place squad to a one goal margin until late in the game – the Auto Barn Wheelers prevailed 4-1. 

 

The teams played a scoreless first.  Brian Cooper broke the logjam 2:20 into the second with a power play goal, and Tim Vincent made it 2-0 before the second was out. 

 

 

Early in the third, the Moosehead’s came back within one, Cory Ouellette scoring 46 seconds into the period.

 

It would stay that way for the better part of the period, until Vincent’s second, a hard shot from in close that he sent top shelf with 4:24 to play restored the two goal lead. 

 

The Wheelers fourth was fired into an empty net by Ron Paley.

THE LOWERY REPORT

by Steve Lowery

SUNDAY, JANUARY 16th

 

Auto Barn Wheelers 10  Port City Pawn Shop Pirates 1

 

The second place Auto Barn Wheelers gained a single point on the front running Molson Vito's Bruins, the Wheelers having an easy night, with a 10-1 whitewash of the Port City Pawn Shop Pirates; the Bruins could only manage a tie against the vastly improved Rocky's Moosehead's.

 

The Wheelers had two in the first, two in the third, and a five goal outburst in betweeen, Tim Vincent leading the way with a four goal performance.  

 

Brian Cooper had two, Darren Anderson, Jarred Fitzgerald, Steve Mason and Mark Totten had one each. 

 

Dan Smith rode a shutout bid late into the game. 

 

The Pirates Jamie Brown scored on a high, hard wrist shot with 1:57 to play.

 

Rocky's Moosehead's 2   Molson Vito's Bruins 2

 

The Moosehead's and Bruins played through a scoreless first period.  Pat Carlson was in fine form in the net, playing in just his third game of the season for the Moosehead's. 

 

Rick Ward put a pass on the tape for Jason O'Brien, who opened the scoring just past the midway point of the game, on a power play. 

 

Paul Holder tied the game a short time later, and Craig MacKenzie, on a bad Moose turnover that created a breakway, put the Bruins in the lead with 1:16 to spare.

THE LOWERY REPORT

by Steve Lowery

THURSDAY,JANUARY 13th

 

Rocky’s Moosehead’s 6   Port City Pawn Shop Pirates 1

 

Rocky’s Moosehead’s gained some ground on the team directly in front of them in the standings, handing the Port City Pawn Shop Pirates a 6-1 beating.

 

Greg Wood scored his first of two on the night for the Moose before the game was even a minute old. Rick Ward, Jason O’Brien, Aaron Haines and Cory Ouellette had the other goals for the Moosehead’s, who are now three points back of the fourth place Pirates. 

 

Jamie Brown had the lone Pirates goal.

 

Auto Barn Wheelers 6   East Coast Moving 3

 

Tim Vincent and Jarred Fitzgerald had two goals a piece to lead the Auto Barn Wheelers to a 6-3 win over East Coast Moving. 

 

The Wheelers spread their scoring out evenly over the game, two in each period; Rob Vincent and Tom McHugh had their other goals.

 

Mike Boyle, Andrew O’Hanley and Jeff Smith replied for East Coast.

THE LOWERY REPORT

by Steve Lowery

TUESDAY, JANUARY 11th

 

The see saw battle for first place in the standings has evolved into the same for second place – the Molson Vito’s Bruins now have a seven point cushion atop the standings after an 11-5 thrashing of the Port City Pawn Shop Pirates, and Kacey’s Lightning has pulled within a single point of the second place Auto Barn Wheelers, defeating them 5-2.

 

Daryl MacKenzie led the Vito’s attack with a four goal night. Dave Cormier and Paul Holder had two each; Greg Connolly, Cal Hatfield and Kamil Forgie one each.

 

Matt Wayne had a hat trick in a losing cause for the Pirates, Jamie Brown had the other two.

 

The Wheelers had a rare night with a short bench, just three spares, and it showed.

 

The Wheelers were tagged with a penalty 20 seconds into the game, Kacey’s struck quick, 11 seconds into that power play Adam Donovan scored his first of two on the night.

 

Kaceys would carry a 4-0 lead late into the game, Ron Paley finally putting the Wheelers on the board with 3:59 to spare.

 

Steve Mason scored the other Wheelers goal in the final minute of play.

 

Alex Carter, Brendan Dooley and Luke Simpson had the other goals for Kacey’s.

 

THE LOWERY REPORT

by Steve Lowery

SUNDAY, JANUARY 9th

 

Kacey’s Bud Lightning 7  Rocky’s Moosehead’s 1

 

Kacey’s is edging closer to 2^nd place in the standings after a 7-1 win over Rocky’s Moosehead’s.

 

Brian Stanley paced Kacey’s attack with a hat trick and newcomer Brad Tesink scored one and set up three in the win, Alex Carter, Scott Friars and Kevin McLenaghan had the other goals for Kacey’s.