Oct 26, 2011 | ldejager | 1011 views
Walkerton Win
The Sailors battled the Walkerton Capitals on Monday, October 24, and once again showed character and determination to come from behind and rally for the victory.
With Jordan Johnson between the pipes, the Sailors were off to a quick start once again as Tyler Dickson rifled one from Rylan Lamb and Tyler Johnston to put the Goderich boys up 1-0 twenty seconds into the game. Not long after, the Capitals tied it up on an odd bounce. Lamb put the Sailors back on top five minutes later, 2-1. Two quick Walkerton goals put the Capitals in the lead 3-2 heading into the second period.
Shortly after the face-off, the Caps scored yet again to put them ahead 4-2. Sailor Steve De Jager reduced the gap by scoring at 11:29 of the second, but Walkerton persevered until they netted another, to recapture their two goal lead, 5-3 Caps. Goderich got their second wind at this point and rallied with awesome teamwork and precise passes. De Jager got the puck up to Nick Souch who launched one from the point, 5-4 Caps. Dickson nailed one to tie things up, assisted by Tyler Johnston and Langlois. Langlois let fly a few seconds later to finally put Goderich back in the lead, 6-5. De Jager delivered once again at 4:18, putting the Sailors up by two. Souch once again popped one in to widen the Sailors' lead to 8-5 by the end of the second.
The game was getting scrappy by the third period and some hard hits were delivered. Our boys were unfazed and continued to pressure the opposition, and were rewarded with more goals. De Jager scored on passes by MacPhee and Chase Kulich, 9-5 Sailors. MacPhee torpedoed one at 8:06 to put the Sailors up by five, then Souch and De Jager scored two more in quick succession to make it 12-5. After a frantic scuffle at our net right before the buzzer, one final Capital attempt found its mark, and the final score was 12-6 for the Sailors. Congratulations on a tremendous team effort!!