Dec 15, 2013 | arau | 332 views
Sailors Defeat West Grey at Home
"That Goderich Atom team is really coming on…and that's all I going to say about that!" ~ Don Cherry
On December 14, 2013, the Atom AE team played host to the West Grey AE team on a snowy Saturday morning. This game was the first of two, a home and home series, between the two teams and the Sailors were hungry for another home victory before heading out on the road tomorrow.
"No one likes a long bus ride after a loss." ~ Coach Brad.
Wade opened the scoring at the 7:35 mark of the first period after a nice feed from Eli and Jack. Four minutes later, Eli scored the Sailor's second goal of the game when Aidan and Keegan worked well together to set Eli up on a break away. The first period ended with the Sailors up 2-0.
West Grey started to mount a come back in the second period when they scored their first goal at the 6:01 mark. But Eric battled back and shut the door for the rest of the period keeping the game 2-1 heading into the third.
"You know Don, this team has experienced a lot of injuries and illness throughout the early part of the season. Much like the Toronto Maple Leafs they need to learn to work together right now and when everyone is back healthy again I would watch out for these Sailors." ~ Ron MacLean
West Grey caught the Sailors sleeping early in the third period when at the 14:40 mark they scored their second goal of the game to tie it up at 2's. The Sailors coaching staff didn't panic and allowed the team to find their groove again and at 10:43 Jacob scored benefiting from the hard work of both Jack and Keegan. But the Sailors were not done yet. With just 4:10 left in the game Jacob passed the puck to Keegan who riffled a shot at the net and Kaden tipped the shot into the back of the West Grey net ending the scoring and the game 4-2.
"The Sailors are going to have to be hungry on Sunday when they meet up with this team in West Grey's barn." Steven Stamkos
Stats Pack
Shots for 13
Shots against 12
Plus/Even Players: Jack (1), Jacob (2), Alex (even), Eric (1), Wade (1), Even (1), Kaden (1), Joey (even), Keegan (2), Eli (even), Aidan (1), Kaleb (even)
Save %: .833