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Thursday, 26 November 2009 - 2:46pm
Not only did Fort Frances snap a seven-game losing streak with its win two nights ago, the rested group gets to face a Wolverines’ squad coming off a 9-3 defeat to the league-leading Fort William North Stars last night.
K&A leads the Lakers by four points for fourth place in the SIJHL, with Fort Frances holding two games in hand.
The Lakers are 2-1-1 against the Wolverines this season, including a 4-3 shootout loss in their last meeting here back on Nov. 6.
The home fans saw a horse of a different colour Tuesday night as a slumbering Lakers’ offence scored more in one game than they had in their previous four combined (eight goals).
Fort Frances built a 3-0 lead of first-period goals by Henry Gutierrez and Dwight Lee, followed by Colton Kennedy’s tally at 6:10 of the second.
The Spooner-based Mustangs, who regularly play in the Minnesota Junior Hockey League, made their presence felt only 15 seconds when Ian Jensen put them on the board.
And 50 seconds after that, Jake Olson’s tally suddenly made it 3-2.
Kennedy restored calm with his second of the night at 15:07, then Tim Hennessey made it 5-2 just 1:44 later with his second of the season.
But Mike Filippe stuffed the puck home with only two seconds left before intermission—giving a huge shot of adrenalin to Wisconsin’s bench.
That carried over into the third, with Dan Smith (power play) and Jensen scoring 1:09 apart just before the midway point to tie the run-and-gun affair that saw the teams combine for 112 shots (57-55 in favour of Fort Frances).
But the Lakers pulled away after that with three-straight goals.
Anders Wick notched his second of the year before Tyler Stevenson added his second and third assists of the night on Jordan Carne’s fifth of the year.
Kennedy’s hat-trick goal—and 17th of the season—came on a Lakers’ man advantage at 17:58.
Kennedy is tied for second in league scoring with Fort William’s Ryan Magill at 35 points, three behind the Stars’ Mitch Forbes (38).
Olson picked up his second of the night on the power play before Stevenson capped a four-point night with his seventh with nine seconds to play.
Jameson Shortreed weathered the Mustangs’ storm with 49 saves to earn the win in goal while Jeff Dunaisky made 48 saves for Wisconsin, although the netminder now has given up 15 goals in two games against SIJHL opposition.
The Lakers’ next home game is not until Dec. 12 against the Wolverines.
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There couldn’t be a much more opportune time for the Fort Frances Lakers to put together their second winning streak of the season.
The Lakers (6-14-3), coming off their biggest offensive output of the campaign in Tuesday night’s 9-6 victory over the visiting Wisconsin Mustangs, venture into Thunder Bay tonight to battle the K&A Wolverines (7-16-4).
K&A leads the Lakers by four points for fourth place in the SIJHL, with Fort Frances holding two games in hand.
The Lakers are 2-1-1 against the Wolverines this season, including a 4-3 shootout loss in their last meeting here back on Nov. 6.
The home fans saw a horse of a different colour Tuesday night as a slumbering Lakers’ offence scored more in one game than they had in their previous four combined (eight goals).
Fort Frances built a 3-0 lead of first-period goals by Henry Gutierrez and Dwight Lee, followed by Colton Kennedy’s tally at 6:10 of the second.
The Spooner-based Mustangs, who regularly play in the Minnesota Junior Hockey League, made their presence felt only 15 seconds when Ian Jensen put them on the board.
And 50 seconds after that, Jake Olson’s tally suddenly made it 3-2.
Kennedy restored calm with his second of the night at 15:07, then Tim Hennessey made it 5-2 just 1:44 later with his second of the season.
But Mike Filippe stuffed the puck home with only two seconds left before intermission—giving a huge shot of adrenalin to Wisconsin’s bench.
That carried over into the third, with Dan Smith (power play) and Jensen scoring 1:09 apart just before the midway point to tie the run-and-gun affair that saw the teams combine for 112 shots (57-55 in favour of Fort Frances).
But the Lakers pulled away after that with three-straight goals.
Anders Wick notched his second of the year before Tyler Stevenson added his second and third assists of the night on Jordan Carne’s fifth of the year.
Kennedy’s hat-trick goal—and 17th of the season—came on a Lakers’ man advantage at 17:58.
Kennedy is tied for second in league scoring with Fort William’s Ryan Magill at 35 points, three behind the Stars’ Mitch Forbes (38).
Olson picked up his second of the night on the power play before Stevenson capped a four-point night with his seventh with nine seconds to play.
Jameson Shortreed weathered the Mustangs’ storm with 49 saves to earn the win in goal while Jeff Dunaisky made 48 saves for Wisconsin, although the netminder now has given up 15 goals in two games against SIJHL opposition.
The Lakers’ next home game is not until Dec. 12 against the Wolverines.
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