Flyers Edge LaSalle 4-3; Lose 3-2 To Maroons

by C. Scott Holland

Playing five games in eight nights has helped and hindered the Flyers.

Last Wednesday night in LaSalle, they battled their county rivals and took home a hard-fought 4-3 decision. The victory vaulted them into a first-place tie with the St. Marys Lincolns.

Then on Thursday at home against Chatham, the Flyers outplayed and outshot the Maroons but lost the nail-biting contest 3-2.

It was a scoreless game in LaSalle until midway through the second stanza when former Flyer player Jon Woelk slotted the first goal for the Vipers.

A few minutes later the Vipers took a 2-0 lead while on a man advantage.

The Flyers rebounded to cut the score to 2-1 when Tyler Quigley assisted on Alex Seguin's powerplay marker at 14:59.

The third period had several momentum shifts but started with the Flyers hushing the Vipers crowd. Quigley and Seguin linked passes to Ron Soucie who drilled the tying goal 19 seconds into the frame. Jarred Dennis set up Matt Ogden's go-ahead tally at 5:11 and the penalty-filled contest remained close until LaSalle tied the score at 11:50.

Memories of last season's first-round playoffs were evident and the rivalry between these two clubs escalated another notch in this meeting. Leamiongton had 13 penalty infractions for a total of 28 minutes while the Vipers amassed a whopping 25 infractions for 64 minutes. Despite all the penalties, the extra-man was not really any advantage as the Flyers were one for 12 on the powerplay and the Vipers one for five.

The game-winning goal came at 18:11 when Cheyne Matheson and Matt Ogden assisted on Alex Seguin's second goal of the game. Flyers netminder Darien Ekblad got the victory while Jordan Dekort, a Wiindsor Spitfires prospect, took the loss. Against Chatham at home last Thursday, the Flyers and Maroons played a speedy (two hour), entertaining match. As the trend has been during many of the team's recent games, they fell behind early.  To read more go to www.leamingtonpostandshopper.com.