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Battalion blitzkrieg buries Sudbury
Tuesday, Mar 27, 2012
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Monday, Mar 26, 2012
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Saturday, Mar 17, 2012
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Thursday, Mar 15, 2012
BARRIE, Ont. – Steven Beyers scored the only goal of a shootout to lift the Barrie Colts to a 4-3 victory Thursday night over the Brampton Battalion, ending the Troops’ season-high Ontario Hockey League winning streak at six games.
Colin Behenna scored one goal and added two assists for Barrie, which also got regulation goals from Beyers and Alex Lepkowski in moving its won-lost-extended record to 20-13-3 for 43 points, tied with the Niagara IceDogs for second place in the Central Division.
Goaltender Mathias Niederberger made 24 saves through overtime as the depleted Colts, who dressed only 17, three below the limit, because of injuries and national and provincial team commitments, rallied from an early 2-0 deficit before a crowd of 4,086.
Sam Carrick scored two goals and added one assist for the Battalion, while Ian Watters had one goal and one assist. Dylan Blujus contributed two assists, and goaltender Matej Machovsky produced 24 saves through overtime, including four in the extra session, in which the Troops killed a tripping penalty to Cameron Wind.
The Battalion, which ended its Christmas break and lost for the first time since a 4-0 road setback Dec. 2 to the Sudbury Wolves, is 20-10-5 for 45 points, first in the division.
The Battalion had Watters and Matt MacLeod back from injuries. Watters missed 30 games while recovering from three severed tendons in his right wrist suffered Sept. 30 in a 4-3 win via shootout over the host Sarnia Sting, while MacLeod sat out 12 games after incurring a concussion in a 7-2 road loss Nov. 18 to the Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds.
“I was very disappointed with our work ethic,” said Battalion coach Stan Butler. “I think what’s made us something of a solid team this year has been our ability to outwork the other team. Quite frankly, once we got up in the game 2-0, we really got away from that.”
Carrick’s three points moved him ahead of Chris Clayton into 18th place in all-time Battalion scoring with 63 goals and 69 assists for 132 points in 221 games.
Carrick precipitated overtime with his team-leading 16th goal of the season during a two-man advantage at 3:04 of the third period. Carrick put home the rebound of a shot by Blujus, with Watters drawing the second assist.
Behenna gave Barrie a 3-2 lead at 18:47 of the second period, taking a diagonal pass at centre ice from Daniel Erlich, breaking down the right wing past defender Jordan Auld and driving to the net to backhand a shot inside the left post. It was Behenna’s 13th goal.
Lepkowski tied it 2-2 at 2:24 of the period after Behenna shoveled the puck to the front from the right wing. The disc eluded Brendan Bell, the intended recipient, and went back to defenceman Lepkowski in the left circle, from where he drilled it behind Machovsky.
Each team had a shorthanded chance in the middle stages of the period. Jamie Lewis just failed to jam the puck under Niederberger after emerging from the end boards, and Barrie’s Dylan Smoskowitz generated a solo break-in attempt off a two-on-one rush only to shoot high and wide.
Watters and Carrick gave the Battalion a 2-0 first-period lead before Beyers scored late in the frame.
Watters took a pass from Carrick in the left-wing circle and blasted a high drive past Niederberger at 6:05. It was the fifth goal of the season for Watters in five games.
Penalty killer Philip Lane forechecked furiously, breaking up several Barrie sorties, before Carrick inherited the puck behind the goal line after a tripping call to Mitchell Porowski expired. Carrick carried the puck to the right-wing lip of Niederberger’s crease and lofted a backhander into the net at 12:21.
The Colts were skating on a four-on-three power play when Beyers took a cross-zone pass from Behenna and one-timed a shot from the left circle at 19:42. Zach Hall received a phantom second assist.
In the shootout, Niederberger denied Watters, Barclay Goodrow and Carrick, while Beyers scored on the first Barrie shot before Machovsky made a right-pad save against Behenna.
The Battalion scratched Brandon Robinson, Adam Lloyd, Andreas Tsogkas and Brenden Miller. Barrie was without Alex Fotinos, Jonathan Laser, Aaron Ekblad, Alex Yuill, Tanner Pearson, Ivan Telegin, Mark Scheifele and Gregg Sutch.
The Battalion hosts the Mississauga St. Michael’s Majors at 2 p.m. Saturday in its annual New Year’s Eve game.
BATTALION NOTEBOOK: Each team went 1-for-6 on the power play … The Battalion is 10-5-3 on the road. Barrie is 9-6-1 at home … The pregame warmup was interrupted after three minutes when two panes of glass were broken behind the Battalion net. The teams later skated through a seven-minute warmup and returned to the dressing rooms. The game started 20 minutes late … Opening line combinations included Carrick centring left winger Brett Mackie and right winger Goodrow, Patrik Machac pivoting left winger Watters and right winger Lane and Lewis centring left winger Porowski and right winger MacLeod. Connor Jarvis centred left winger Alex O’Neil and right winger Mitch Amante … Amante, a ninth-round choice in the OHL Priority Selection last May from the Windsor Jr. Spitfires, made his OHL debut. He has seven goals and 13 assists for 20 points in 25 games with the junior B Leamington Flyers of the Greater Ontario Junior Hockey League … Battalion defenceman Spencer Abraham played his 100th OHL game … Robinson is with Team Ontario at the World Under-17 Challenge at Windsor, as are Ekblad and Yuill … Pearson and Scheifele are members of the Canadian team at the World Junior Championship in Alberta, while Telegin is playing for Russia. Pearson leads OHL scorers with 26 goals and 40 assists for 66 points in 30 games … Michael Santini, released this week when the Troops cut their overage contingent to three, has decided to join the Drummondville Voltigeurs of the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League, an option developed for him by Butler. Battalion overagers number Mackie, Porowski and Watters, who turned 20 on Tuesday … Barrie released Victor Terreri to reach its overage limit, retaining Norm Ezekiel, Erlich and Behenna.
BARRIE, Ont. – Steven Beyers scored the only goal of a shootout to lift the Barrie Colts to a 4-3 victory Thursday night over the Brampton Battalion, ending the Troops’ season-high Ontario Hockey League winning streak at six games.
Colin Behenna scored one goal and added two assists for Barrie, which also got regulation goals from Beyers and Alex Lepkowski in moving its won-lost-extended record to 20-13-3 for 43 points, tied with the Niagara IceDogs for second place in the Central Division.
Goaltender Mathias Niederberger made 24 saves through overtime for the depleted Colts, who dressed only 17, three below the limit, because of injuries and national and provincial team commitments.
Sam Carrick scored two goals and added one assist for the Battalion, while Ian Watters had one goal and one assist. Dylan Blujus contributed two assists, and goaltender Matej Machovsky produced 24 saves through overtime, including four in the extra session.
The Battalion, which lost for the first time since a 4-0 road loss Dec. 2 to the Sudbury Wolves, is 20-10-5 for 45 points, first in the division.
The Battalion had Watters and Matt MacLeod back in the lineup from injuries. Watters missed 30 games while recovering from three severed tendons in his right wrist suffered Sept. 30 in a 4-3 win via shootout over the host Sarnia Sting, while MacLeod sat out 12 games after incurring a concussion in a 7-2 road loss Nov. 18 to the Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds.
“I was very disappointed with our work ethic,” said Battalion coach Stan Butler. “I think what’s made us something of a solid team this year has been our ability to outwork the other team. Quite frankly, once we got up in the game 2-0, we really got away from that.”
Carrick’s three points moved him ahead of Chris Clayton into 18th place in all-time Battalion scoring with 63 goals and 69 assists for 132 points in 221 games.
Carrick precipitated overtime with his 16th goal of the season during a two-man advantage at 3:04 of the third period, tying the game 3-3. Carrick jammed home the rebound of a shot by Blujus, with Watters drawing the second assist.
Behenna gave Barrie a 3-2 lead at 18:47 of the second period. Behenna took a diagonal pass at centre ice from Daniel Erlich, broke down the right wing past defender Jordan Auld and drove to the net to backhand a shot inside the left post. It was Behenna’s 13th goal.
Lepkowski tied it 2-2 at 2:24 of the period after Behenna shoveled the puck to the front from the right wing. The disc eluded, Brendan Bell, the intended recipient, and went back to defenceman Lepkowski in the left circle, from where he drilled it behind Machovsky.
Each team had a shorthanded chance in the middle stages of the period. Jamie Lewis just failed to slip the puck under Niederberger after emerging from the end boards, and Dylan Smoskowitz generated a solo break-in attempt off a two-on-one rush only to shoot high and wide behind Machovsky.
Watters and Carrick gave the Battalion a 2-0 first-period lead before Beyers scored late in the frame to make it 2-1 after 20 minutes.
Watters took a pass from Carrick in the left-wing circle and blasted a low drive past Niederberger at 6:05. It was the fifth goal of the season for Watters in five games.
Penalty killer Philip Lane forechecked furiously, breaking up several Barrie sorties, before Carrick inherited the puck behind the goal line after a tripping call to Mitchell Porowski expired. Carrick carried the puck to the right-wing lip of Niederberger’s crease and lofted a backhander into the net.
The Colts were skating on a four-on-three power play when Beyers took a cross-zone pass from Behenna and one-timed a shot from the left-wing circle at 19:42. Zach Hall received a phantom second assist.
In the shootout, Niederberger denied Watters, Barclay Goodrow and Carrick, while Beyers scored on the first Barrie shot before Machovsky made a right-pad save against Behenna.
The Battalion scratched Brandon Robinson, Adam Lloyd, Andreas Tsogkas and Brenden Miller. Barrie was without Alex Fotinos, Jonathan Laser, Aaron Ekblad, Alex Yuill, Tanner Pearson, Ivan Telegin, Mark Scheifele and Gregg Sutch.
BARRIE, Ont. – Steven Beyers scored the only goal of a shootout to lift the Barrie Colts to a 4-3 victory Thursday night over the Brampton Battalion, ending the Troops’ season-high Ontario Hockey League winning streak at six games.
Colin Behenna scored one goal and added two assists for Barrie, which also got regulation goals from Beyers and Alex Lepkowski in moving its won-lost-extended record to 20-13-3 for 43 points, tied with the Niagara IceDogs for second place in the Central Division.
Goaltender Mathias Niederberger made 24 saves through overtime for the depleted Colts, who dressed only 17, three below the limit, because of injuries and national and provincial team commitments.
Sam Carrick scored two goals and added one assist for the Battalion, while Ian Watters had one goal and one assist. Dylan Blujus contributed two assists, and goaltender Matej Machovsky produced 24 saves through overtime, including four in the extra session.
The Battalion, which lost for the first time since a 4-0 road loss Dec. 2 to the Sudbury Wolves, is 20-10-5 for 45 points, first in the division.
The Battalion had Watters and Matt MacLeod back in the lineup from injuries. Watters missed 30 games while recovering from three severed tendons in his right wrist suffered Sept. 30 in a 4-3 win via shootout over the host Sarnia Sting, while MacLeod sat out 12 games after incurring a concussion in a 7-2 road loss Nov. 18 to the Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds.
“I was very disappointed with our work ethic,” said Battalion coach Stan Butler. “I think what’s made us something of a solid team this year has been our ability to outwork the other team. Quite frankly, once we got up in the game 2-0, we really got away from that.”
Carrick’s three points moved him ahead of Chris Clayton into 18th place in all-time Battalion scoring with 63 goals and 69 assists for 132 points in 221 games.
Carrick precipitated overtime with his 16th goal of the season during a two-man advantage at 3:04 of the third period, tying the game 3-3. Carrick jammed home the rebound of a shot by Blujus, with Watters drawing the second assist.
Behenna gave Barrie a 3-2 lead at 18:47 of the second period. Behenna took a diagonal pass at centre ice from Daniel Erlich, broke down the right wing past defender Jordan Auld and drove to the net to backhand a shot inside the left post. It was Behenna’s 13th goal.
Lepkowski tied it 2-2 at 2:24 of the period after Behenna shoveled the puck to the front from the right wing. The disc eluded, Brendan Bell, the intended recipient, and went back to defenceman Lepkowski in the left circle, from where he drilled it behind Machovsky.
Each team had a shorthanded chance in the middle stages of the period. Jamie Lewis just failed to slip the puck under Niederberger after emerging from the end boards, and Dylan Smoskowitz generated a solo break-in attempt off a two-on-one rush only to shoot high and wide behind Machovsky.
Watters and Carrick gave the Battalion a 2-0 first-period lead before Beyers scored late in the frame to make it 2-1 after 20 minutes.
Watters took a pass from Carrick in the left-wing circle and blasted a low drive past Niederberger at 6:05. It was the fifth goal of the season for Watters in five games.
Penalty killer Philip Lane forechecked furiously, breaking up several Barrie sorties, before Carrick inherited the puck behind the goal line after a tripping call to Mitchell Porowski expired. Carrick carried the puck to the right-wing lip of Niederberger’s crease and lofted a backhander into the net.
The Colts were skating on a four-on-three power play when Beyers took a cross-zone pass from Behenna and one-timed a shot from the left-wing circle at 19:42. Zach Hall received a phantom second assist.
In the shootout, Niederberger denied Watters, Barclay Goodrow and Carrick, while Beyers scored on the first Barrie shot before Machovsky made a right-pad save against Behenna.
The Battalion scratched Brandon Robinson, Adam Lloyd, Andreas Tsogkas and Brenden Miller. Barrie was without Alex Fotinos, Jonathan Laser, Aaron Ekblad, Alex Yuill, Tanner Pearson, Ivan Telegin, Mark Scheifele and Gregg Sutch.
The Battalion hosts the Mississauga St. Michael’s Majors at 2 p.m. Saturday in its annual New Year’s Eve game.
BATTALION NOTEBOOK: Each team went 1-for-6 on the power play … The Troops are 10-5-3 on the road. Barrie is 9-6-1 at home … The Battalion is 9-5-1 within the division and 16-6-2 against Eastern Conference foes … The pregame warmup was interrupted after three minutes when two panes of glass were broken behind the Battalion net. The teams later skated through a seven-minute warmup and returned to the dressing rooms. The game started 20 minutes late … Opening line combinations included Carrick centring left winger Brett Mackie and right winger Goodrow, Patrik Machac pivoting left winger Watters and right winger Lane and Lewis centring left winger Porowski and right winger MacLeod. Connor Jarvis centred left winger Alex O’Neil and right winger Mitch Amante … Amante, a ninth-round choice in the OHL Priority Selection last May from the Windsor Jr. Spitfires, made his OHL debut. He has seven goals and 13 assists for 20 points in 25 games with the junior B Leamington Flyers of the Greater Ontario Junior Hockey League … Battalion defenceman Spencer Abraham played his 100th OHL game … Robinson is with Team Ontario at the World Under-17 Challenge at Windsor, as are Ekblad and Yuill … Pearson and Scheifele are members of the Canadian team at the World Junior Championship in Alberta, while Telegin is playing for Russia. Pearson leads OHL scorers with 26 goals and 40 assists for 66 points in 30 games … Michael Santini, released this week when the Troops cut their overage contingent to three, has decided to join the Drummondville Voltigeurs of the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League, an option developed for him by Butler. Battalion overagers number Mackie, Porowski and Watters, who turned 20 on Tuesday.
The Battalion hosts the Mississauga St. Michael’s Majors at 2 p.m. Saturday in its annual New Year’s Eve game.
BATTALION NOTEBOOK: Each team went 1-for-6 on the power play … The Troops are 10-5-3 on the road. Barrie is 9-6-1 at home … The Battalion is 9-5-1 within the division and 16-6-2 against Eastern Conference foes … The pregame warmup was interrupted after three minutes when two panes of glass were broken behind the Battalion net. The teams later skated through a seven-minute warmup and returned to the dressing rooms. The game started 20 minutes late … Opening line combinations included Carrick centring left winger Brett Mackie and right winger Goodrow, Patrik Machac pivoting left winger Watters and right winger Lane and Lewis centring left winger Porowski and right winger MacLeod. Connor Jarvis centred left winger Alex O’Neil and right winger Mitch Amante … Amante, a ninth-round choice in the OHL Priority Selection last May from the Windsor Jr. Spitfires, made his OHL debut. He has seven goals and 13 assists for 20 points in 25 games with the junior B Leamington Flyers of the Greater Ontario Junior Hockey League … Battalion defenceman Spencer Abraham played his 100th OHL game … Robinson is with Team Ontario at the World Under-17 Challenge at Windsor, as are Ekblad and Yuill … Pearson and Scheifele are members of the Canadian team at the World Junior Championship in Alberta, while Telegin is playing for Russia. Pearson leads OHL scorers with 26 goals and 40 assists for 66 points in 30 games … Michael Santini, released this week when the Troops cut their overage contingent to three, has decided to join the Drummondville Voltigeurs of the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League, an option developed for him by Butler. Battalion overagers number Mackie, Porowski and Watters, who turned 20 on Tuesday.
