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Battalion, Wolves prepare to clash
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BRAMPTON, Ont. – Tanner Pearson scored two goals and goaltender Mathias Niederberger made 40 saves to lead the Barrie Colts to a 6-2 victory over the Brampton Battalion in Ontario Hockey League action Friday night.
Ivan Telegin had one goal and one assist, while Colin Behenna, Norm Ezekiel and Ryan O'Connor also scored for Barrie, which improved its won-lost-extended record to 25-19-3 for 53 points. The Colts moved past the Sudbury Wolves into sole possession of third place in the Central Division as Sudbury lost 6-5 in overtime at home to the Plymouth Whalers.
Ian Watters and Jamie Lewis scored for the Battalion, while Barclay Goodrow and Dylan Blujus each contributed two assists. The Troops, who suffered just their second regulation-time loss in 19 games, are 26-12-9 for 61 points, tied atop the division with the Niagara IceDogs, who fell 3-0 to the host Guelph Storm.
Goaltender Matej Machovsky allowed five goals on 19 shots before being relieved by Keegan Wilson after Telegin’s third-period goal made it 5-1. Wilson gave up one goal on three shots before a crowd of 2,105.
“We just didn’t play Battalion hockey,” said Ryan Oulahen, who ran the bench with fellow assistant coach Jason Ward as head coach Stan Butler served the first game of an eight-game suspension.
“We stress it before every single game that there’s one way that we have to play and, when we don’t play that one way, we don’t have success. Tonight is a prime example of that.”
Said Oulahen: “I wasn’t really happy with the compete level. We have to be going hard. We don’t play an easy style of hockey. From start to finish, we didn’t establish Battalion hockey.”
Said Goodrow: “We didn’t come out and play the style of game we need to play right from the drop of the puck, and it showed for 60 minutes. They were beating us to pucks and winning all the battles.”
Lewis also pointed to a lacklustre start as the Troops’ undoing.
“Right from the start we didn’t come out hard enough, and they took it to us early. This should fire us up for tomorrow night, because we can’t have another loss like this if we want to stay in first place, so it will motivate us to play harder tomorrow and learn from our mistake.”
Barrie jumped to a 2-0 lead, with Pearson opening the scoring on the power play at 12:42 of the first period. Aaron Ekblad intercepted a clearing attempt and snapped a quick shot that Pearson redirected in front.
Behenna scored shorthanded at 14:26 off a dash down the left-wing boards. Behenna got the puck past Marcus McIvor at the right point and took off on a partial breakaway to beat Machovsky inside the far post with a wrister from the left circle.
Watters replied with the man advantage at 19:52. Goodrow put the puck back to the left point to Blujus, and he fired a shot that Niederberger stopped before Watters grabbed the rebound, slipped to the right and shoveled home a backhander for his 11th goal of the season.
Barrie scored the only two goals of the middle frame to push its lead to 4-1.
Ezekiel converted a rebound from the slot at 4:14 after Dylan Smoskowitz drilled a low shot from the right-wing boards, and Pearson collected his team-leading 30th goal at 6:52, lifting a rebound into the top right corner after Telegin split the defence and made a move to his backhand.
Telegin wired a one-timer into the top left corner from the right circle at 7:28 of the third period off Mark Scheifele’s cross-zone pass on a two-on-one rush, ending Machovsky’s night.
Lewis capitalized on a two-man advantage to cut the deficit to 5-2 at 9:42, one-timing Goodrow’s pass from high on the right side past Niederberger from deep in the left-wing circle. It was Lewis’s fourth goal.
Defenceman O’Connor completed the scoring with a screened slap shot from the right point, beating Wilson low to the far side at 16:18.
The Battalion scratched Philip Lane, Andreas Tsogkas and Brenden Miller. Barrie was without Alex Fotinos, Jonathan Laser, Steven Beyers, Daniel Erlich and Zach Hall.
The Battalion visits the Oshawa Generals at 7:05 p.m. Saturday. The game can be seen live in Brampton on Rogers Cable 10 and in Bolton, Caledon and Orangeville on Rogers Cable 63.
BATTALION NOTEBOOK: Butler, suspended for a two-part postgame lecture of referee Mike Marley after a 2-1 home-ice win Sunday over Sudbury, watched from the media box ... The Battalion has compiled a 12-2-5 stretch. Since a 4-0 defeat Dec. 2 at Sudbury, the Troops’ only other regulation loss was a 3-2 setback Jan. 12 to the visiting Belleville Bulls ... The Battalion last allowed as many as six goals in a 6-1 loss Nov. 24 at Niagara. The only other game in which the Troops have given up as many was in a 7-2 beating Nov. 18 by the host Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds ... A long video review early in the first period saw referee Scott Oakman have a no-goal decision on a Barrie power-play effort upheld. The sprawling Machovsky reached back to sweep the puck off the goal line, but the decision came down to mere millimetres ... Machovsky was the OHL nominee as the Canadian Hockey League’s Goaltender of the Week for the period ended last Sunday, an award won by Philippe Cadorette of the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League’s Baie-Comeau Drakkar. Machovsky gave up one goal in two games last week, comprising a 3-0 home-ice win Thursday night over Plymouth and the win over Sudbury ... The Battalion went 1-for-8 on the power play. Barrie was 1-for-4 ... The Troops are 15-7-2 at home. Barrie is 13-9-2 on the road ... Opening line combinations included Sam Carrick centring left winger Watters and right winger Goodrow, Patrik Machac pivoting left winger Mitchell Porowski and Brandon Robinson on right wing and Lewis centring left winger Brett Mackie and right winger Matt MacLeod. Connor Jarvis centred left winger Alex O’Neil and Derek Froats on right wing ... Lane has a concussion suffered against Plymouth.
BRAMPTON, Ont. – Tanner Pearson scored two goals while goaltender Mathias Niederberger made 40 saves to pace the Barrie Colts to a 6-2 win over the Brampton Battalion in Ontario Hockey League action Friday.
Ivan Telegin contributed one goal and one assist, while Colin Behenna and Norm Ezekiel also scored for Barrie, which moved its won-lost-extended record to 25-19-3 for 53 points, third in the Central Division.
Jamie Lewis and Ian Watters scored for the Battalion, while Barclay Goodrow and Dylan Blujus contributed two assists. The Battalion is 26-12-9 for 61 points, tied atop the division with the Niagara IceDogs, which was defeated 3-0 by the host Guelph Storm.
Goaltender Matej Machovsky allowed five goals on 19 shots before being relieved by Keegan Wilson after Telegin’s third period goal made it 5-1. Wilson faced three shots the rest of the way before a crowd of 2,105.
“We just didn’t play Battalion hockey,” said Battalion assistant coach Ryan Oulahen. “We stress it before every single game that there is one way that we have to play and when we don’t play that one way we don’t have success. Tonight is a prime example of that.”
Said Oulahen: “I wasn’t really happy with the compete level, we have to be going hard we don’t play an easy style of hockey. From start to finish we didn’t establish Battalion hockey.”
“When you get down early and it snowballs like that it’s tough to bounce back,” noted Oulahen.
“We didn’t come out and play the style of game we need to play right from the drop of the puck and it showed for 60 minutes,” said Goodrow. “They were beating us to pucks and winning all the battles.”
“Right from the start we didn’t come out hard enough and they took it to us early,” added Lewis. This should fire us up for tomorrow night because we can’t have another loss like this if we want to stay in first place so it will motivate us to play harder tomorrow and learn from our mistake.”
Pearson opened the scoring on the power play at 12:42 of the first period. Ekblad intercepted an errant Battalion clearing attempt and snapped a quick shot on net which was redirected in front by Pearson.
Behenna scored a shorthanded goal at 14:26 increasing the Barrie lead to 2-0. Behenna chipped the puck past Battalion defender Marcus McIvor at centre ice and rushed down the ice on a partial breakaway before beating Machovsky low to the glove side with a wrist shot from inside the left wing circle.
Watters took advantage of a late Battalion power play after defenceman Aaron Ekblad was assessed a minor penalty for interference. Barclay Goodrow slid the puck back to Dylan Blujus at the point who fired the puck towards the goal resulting Watters deftly kicking the rebound from his skate to his stick and shovelling it past Niederberger.
Ezekiel converted on rebound in the slot to the left of Machovsky after Dylan Smoskowitz sent a low shot towards the net from the right wing sideboards. Machovsky kicked out the rebound with his right pad resulting in Ezekiel snapping a shot to the blocker side.
Pearson scored his team leading 30th goal of the season to give Barrie a 4-1 second period lead, lifting a rebound into the top right corner after Ivan Telegin split the Battalion defenders and made a move to his backhand.
Telegin wired a one-timer into the top left corner from inside the right wing circle at 7:28 of the third period on a pass by Mark Scheifele off a two-on-one rush.
Lewis capitalized on a two-man advantage at 9:42 of the third period after Derek Hartwick and Chris Buonomo were sent for cross-checking and roughing respectively. Goodrow slid a cross-zone pass to Lewis who sent a one-timer from the bottom of the left circle past Niederberger.
O’Connor fired a slapshot from the right point through a screen beating Wilson low to the far side.
The Battalion scratched Philip Lane, Andreas Tsogkas and Brenden Miller. Barrie scratched Alex Fotinos, Jonathan Laser, Steven Beyers, Daniel Erlich and Zach Hall.
The Battalion visits the Oshawa Generals at 7:05 p.m. Saturday. The game can be seen live in Brampton on Rogers Cable 10 and in Bolton, Caledon and Orangeville on Rogers Cable 63
BRAMPTON, Ont. – Tanner Pearson scored two goals while goaltender Mathias Niederberger made 40 saves to pace the Barrie Colts to a 6-2 win over the Brampton Battalion in Ontario Hockey League action Friday.
Ivan Telegin contributed one goal and one assist, while Colin Behenna and Norm Ezekiel also scored for Barrie, which moved its won-lost-extended record to 25-19-3 for 53 points, third in the Central Division.
Jamie Lewis and Ian Watters scored for the Battalion, while Barclay Goodrow and Dylan Blujus contributed two assists. The Battalion is 26-12-9 for 61 points, tied atop the division with the Niagara IceDogs, which was defeated 3-0 by the host Guelph Storm.
Goaltender Matej Machovsky allowed five goals on 19 shots before being relieved by Keegan Wilson after Telegin’s third period goal made it 5-1. Wilson faced three shots the rest of the way before a crowd of 2,105.
“We just didn’t play Battalion hockey,” said Battalion assistant coach Ryan Oulahen. “We stress it before every single game that there is one way that we have to play and when we don’t play that one way we don’t have success. Tonight is a prime example of that.”
Said Oulahen: “I wasn’t really happy with the compete level, we have to be going hard we don’t play an easy style of hockey. From start to finish we didn’t establish Battalion hockey.”
“When you get down early and it snowballs like that it’s tough to bounce back,” noted Oulahen.
“We didn’t come out and play the style of game we need to play right from the drop of the puck and it showed for 60 minutes,” said Goodrow. “They were beating us to pucks and winning all the battles.”
“Right from the start we didn’t come out hard enough and they took it to us early,” added Lewis. This should fire us up for tomorrow night because we can’t have another loss like this if we want to stay in first place so it will motivate us to play harder tomorrow and learn from our mistake.”
Pearson opened the scoring on the power play at 12:42 of the first period. Ekblad intercepted an errant Battalion clearing attempt and snapped a quick shot on net which was redirected in front by Pearson.
Behenna scored a shorthanded goal at 14:26 increasing the Barrie lead to 2-0. Behenna chipped the puck past Battalion defender Marcus McIvor at centre ice and rushed down the ice on a partial breakaway before beating Machovsky low to the glove side with a wrist shot from inside the left wing circle.
Watters took advantage of a late Battalion power play after defenceman Aaron Ekblad was assessed a minor penalty for interference. Barclay Goodrow slid the puck back to Dylan Blujus at the point who fired the puck towards the goal resulting Watters deftly kicking the rebound from his skate to his stick and shovelling it past Niederberger.
Ezekiel converted on rebound in the slot to the left of Machovsky after Dylan Smoskowitz sent a low shot towards the net from the right wing sideboards. Machovsky kicked out the rebound with his right pad resulting in Ezekiel snapping a shot to the blocker side.
Pearson scored his team leading 30th goal of the season to give Barrie a 4-1 second period lead, lifting a rebound into the top right corner after Ivan Telegin split the Battalion defenders and made a move to his backhand.
Telegin wired a one-timer into the top left corner from inside the right wing circle at 7:28 of the third period on a pass by Mark Scheifele off a two-on-one rush.
Lewis capitalized on a two-man advantage at 9:42 of the third period after Derek Hartwick and Chris Buonomo were sent for cross-checking and roughing respectively. Goodrow slid a cross-zone pass to Lewis who sent a one-timer from the bottom of the left circle past Niederberger.
O’Connor fired a slapshot from the right point through a screen beating Wilson low to the far side.
The Battalion scratched Philip Lane, Andreas Tsogkas and Brenden Miller. Barrie scratched Alex Fotinos, Jonathan Laser, Steven Beyers, Daniel Erlich and Zach Hall.
The Battalion visits the Oshawa Generals at 7:05 p.m. Saturday. The game can be seen live in Brampton on Rogers Cable 10 and in Bolton, Caledon and Orangeville on Rogers Cable 63
BATTALION NOTEBOOK: Head coach Stan Butler, who served the first game of an eight-game suspension received from the OHL on Thursday for his actions following last Sunday’s 3-0 home-ice victory over Sudbury, watched the game from the press box while Oulahen and fellow assistant coach Jason Ward ran the Battalion bench … The Battalion entered the game with the league’s No. 1 ranked penalty kill unit with a success rate of 87.8, while Barrie entered the game with the league’s No. 2 ranked power play at 22.4 percent … The Battalion went 1-for-8 on the power play. Barrie was 1-for-4 … The Troops are 15-7-2 at home, while Barrie is 12-9-2 on the road … Opening line combinations included Sam Carrick centring left winger Watters and right winger Goodrow, Patrik Machac pivoting left winger Mitchell Porowski and Brandon Robinson on right wing and Lewis skating between left winger Brett Mackie and right winger Matt MacLeod. Connor Jarvis centred left winger Alex O’Neil and right winger Derek Froats … Lane sat out with a concussion suffered from a 3-0 win over the visiting Plymouth Whalers on Jan. 19 … Machovsky, who entered the game as the league’s No. 2 ranked goaltender with a 2.07 goals-against-average behind leader Malcolm Subban of the Belleville Bulls, was named the OHL nominee for the Canadian Hockey League goaltender of the week for the period ended Sunday which was awarded to rookie goaltender Philippe Cadorette of the Baie-Comeau Drakkar. Machovsky posted a 2-0-0 record with a 0.50 GAA and a .967 save percentage which includes a shutout win over Plymouth … The referees were Chris Carnegie and Scott Oakman.
BATTALION NOTEBOOK: Head coach Stan Butler, who served the first game of an eight-game suspension received from the OHL on Thursday for his actions following last Sunday’s 3-0 home-ice victory over Sudbury, watched the game from the press box while Oulahen and fellow assistant coach Jason Ward ran the Battalion bench … The Battalion entered the game with the league’s No. 1 ranked penalty kill unit with a success rate of 87.8, while Barrie entered the game with the league’s No. 2 ranked power play at 22.4 percent … The Battalion went 1-for-8 on the power play. Barrie was 1-for-4 … The Troops are 15-7-2 at home, while Barrie is 12-9-2 on the road … Opening line combinations included Sam Carrick centring left winger Watters and right winger Goodrow, Patrik Machac pivoting left winger Mitchell Porowski and Brandon Robinson on right wing and Lewis skating between left winger Brett Mackie and right winger Matt MacLeod. Connor Jarvis centred left winger Alex O’Neil and right winger Derek Froats … Lane sat out with a concussion suffered from a 3-0 win over the visiting Plymouth Whalers on Jan. 19 … Machovsky, who entered the game as the league’s No. 2 ranked goaltender with a 2.07 goals-against-average behind leader Malcolm Subban of the Belleville Bulls, was named the OHL nominee for the Canadian Hockey League goaltender of the week for the period ended Sunday which was awarded to rookie goaltender Philippe Cadorette of the Baie-Comeau Drakkar. Machovsky posted a 2-0-0 record with a 0.50 GAA and a .967 save percentage which includes a shutout win over Plymouth … The referees were Chris Carnegie and Scott Oakman.
