November 17, 2011

VOYAGEURS TOPPLE RED WINGS, FALL TO BOBCATS

VOYAGEURS TOPPLE RED WINGS, FALL TO BOBCATS

The line of Fleming, Lalonde and Lariviere was firing on all cylinders last night as they all posted four points each in what was a 9-3 stomping for the Mattawa Voyageurs over the visiting Shelburne Red Wings.

 

Fleming led the way with 2 goals and 2 assists, while Lariviere had 1 goal and 3 assists and Lalonde with 4 assists. Other goal scorers for the Voyageurs were McGuckin, Lacelle, Gdanski, Bouffard and Gardiner. Other notables were Dumont with a couple of helpers.

 

Shelburne took an early lead on a shot from Marshal Boyes that rang off a post but for some reason was counted as a goal. Mattawa would reply with a fury of shots and end the period with a 4 - 2 lead. In the second period, there was an exchange of goals on both sides and would end 5 - 3 for our Voyageurs. The last period was all Voyageurs as they scored four more goals and showed how strong they really are offensively and defensively.

 

Other goal scorers for Shelburne were Samoylov and Greaves. Shots on goal were in favour of the Voyageurs 48 - 36.

Mattawa continues to lead the league with the best penalty killing percentage by only allowing 6 goals against them when shorthanded during the 16 games played thus far. They also continue to sit in the middle of the pack, good enough for eight place overall in their first year as a junior team in the GMHL.

In last night's rare Wednesday game, the Voyageurs gave the visiting Bobcats all they could handle, but in the end fell to Elliot Lake 3-1.

Next week the Voyageurs are on the road as they travel to Deseronto on Friday and Bobcaygeon on Saturday. The next home game will be on Friday November 25th against the Sturgeon Falls Lumberjacks.