Valley Explodes For Five Unanswered Goals
2018-10-10Five unanswered goals help the Maple Leafs skate to victory
It will be a clash of the 3-1-0 Valley Maple Leafs versus the 4-1-0 Port Hawkesbury Strait Pirates Friday evening beginning at 7:30 p.m. in the Strait after the Leafs won their third of the season 6-3 over the Brookfield Elks Tuesday night in Brookfield.
Less than three minutes into the game the Elks now 0-4-0 scored before the Leafs Dawson MacPhail tied the game at 1-1 with just 1:12 remaining in the first. The Leafs were not finished as they went on in the second period to score three unanswered goals in the second period and two more 12 seconds apart before the third period was two minutes old to take a commanding 6-1 lead.
The Elks did bounce back with a pair of goals to make the final 6-3. The five unanswered goals for the Leafs were tallied by Ethan Rendell-Watson who scored three of them for his 4th, 5th and sixth goals of the season in four games. Other scorers were Isaac Bridge and the team’s top point getter after four games Nathan Clarke who has registered three goals and seven assists for 10 points in four games.
The Valley barely outshot the Elks 30-27 with the Elks holding an 11-6 advantage in the third period which was a period of unrest as after 7 minors being assessed in the opening two periods for 14 total penalty minutes, the third saw 116 penalty minutes assessed including 4 misconducts, 4 game misconducts and 4 major penalties for fighting.
Less than three minutes into the game the Elks now 0-4-0 scored before the Leafs Dawson MacPhail tied the game at 1-1 with just 1:12 remaining in the first. The Leafs were not finished as they went on in the second period to score three unanswered goals in the second period and two more 12 seconds apart before the third period was two minutes old to take a commanding 6-1 lead.
The Elks did bounce back with a pair of goals to make the final 6-3. The five unanswered goals for the Leafs were tallied by Ethan Rendell-Watson who scored three of them for his 4th, 5th and sixth goals of the season in four games. Other scorers were Isaac Bridge and the team’s top point getter after four games Nathan Clarke who has registered three goals and seven assists for 10 points in four games.
The Valley barely outshot the Elks 30-27 with the Elks holding an 11-6 advantage in the third period which was a period of unrest as after 7 minors being assessed in the opening two periods for 14 total penalty minutes, the third saw 116 penalty minutes assessed including 4 misconducts, 4 game misconducts and 4 major penalties for fighting.