Alouettes win two of three

The Nipissing Alouettes won two of their three games this weekend crawling their way to within a few points of second place in the GMHL\'s North division.

Alouettes 7 Wild 3

On Friday night, the Als won their third straight game and their 7th in the last 8 games working their way to a 7-3 win over the King City Wild.

The Als opened up a 3-0 third period lead before the Wild cut the margin by scoring two quick goals but the Als offense proved to be too much as they scored 4 times in the last 11 minutes of the third period. André Leclair scored twice while Jordan Presseault, Matt Thompson, Robin Mendelsohn and Arthur Ketchedjian also found the back of the net. Dan Madigan added three helpers while Leclair and Jean Benoit had two each. Steve Wicklum, Brendan Farrugia and Marc Fortin had the Wild goals.

Pat Beaudry picked up his 10th win in goal stopping 25 shots. Kyle Parker suffered the loss making 31 saves.

Alouettes 5 77\'s 3

The Nipissing Alouettes hit the road on Saturday night and came out with a 5-3 victory over the Oro-Medonte 77\'s. David Tagvoryan had two goals for the Als who earned their fourth straight victory. Arthur Ketchedjian, Jordan Presseault, and Justin Huycke also scored for the Alouettes. André Leclair chipped in with 4 assists on the night while Max Bazar earned his 5th win of the season.

Shield 4 Alouettes 2

In what could be a potential North division final preview, the South Muskoka Shield took advantage of a tired Alouette squad on their way to a 4-2 win on Sunday night.

Robin Mendelsohn and André Leclair scored for the Alouettes while Derek Rodgers, Jesse Goheen, Ricky Greenslade and Dylan Sontag scored for the Shield, the best team in the GMHL. "Against a good team like Muskoka, you can\'t give them any opportunities. We scored to cut it to 3-2 and they scored on us a few seconds later" head coach Lui Ricci said after the game. "That\'s why they\'ve only lost 5 games all year. We\'ve got to cut down on our mistakes and once we do, we can compete with any team in the league. We\'re not far from where we want to be"

Both goaltenders were key in the game as Eric Pye outdualed Pat Beaudry. Pye made 34 saves on the night including some key stops in the final minutes. Beaudry took the loss making 28 saves including a nice glove save on a penalty shot to the Shield\'s Troy Storm.

The Als now hit the road next weekend as they play the Storm in Deseronto on Saturday and the Cyclones in Tamworth on Sunday.