The No. 8 Lakehead Thunderwolves mens hockey team skated to a convincing 8-2 win over the Royal Military College Paladins Friday night at the Fort William Gardens in Thunder Bay. The Wolves go to 13-3-1 in conference play (17-7-1 overall while RMC is now 7-11 in OUA play.
Lakehead was led by freshman Kris Hogg with 3 goals, Dan Speer and Brock McPhersonwith a goal and two assists each, and Andrew Brown, Mark Soares, and Pierre-March Guilbault with a goal and an assist each. Mike Wehrstedt added two assists.
Paul Bradley and Richard Lim scored for the Paladins; both on fine individual efforts. Lakehead netminder Chris Whitley turned aside 24 RMC shots to get this 10th win of the OUA season against no losses. Lakehead outshot RMC 34-26 on the night.
The Wolves went 1-4 on the powerplay while RMC was 1-5.
The Wolves controlled the play for much of the game and fired a lot of shots over and by the net. RMC had a few good scoring opportunities in the second during a powerplay but Lakeheads Whitley denied them. Whitley made a great save off RMCs talented Bradley early in the third as well. The game began to get rough in the third and ended on a few small melees between the Wolves and the Cadets.
The Molsons Three Stars, as chosen by Leith Dunick of Thunder Bays Source, were:
1)Lakehead: Kris Hogg
2)Lakehead: Dan Speer
3)Lakehead: Brock McPherson
The two teams face off again Saturday night at the Fort William Gardens with game time at 7:30 pm EST. will be videowebcast live with Alan Wickware calling the play by play and Lakehead Sports Info Director Mike Aylward handling the colour. Go to http://events.news-cast.com/events/Lakehead for ordering information. Viewers will need hi speed internet and Windows Media Player to watch the broadcast.
Game Summary: RMC 2 at Lakehead 8 - Jan 11, 2008
1st Period
Scoring - 1. Lakehead, D. Speer (9) (B. McPherson) 1:42
2. Lakehead, K. Hogg (7) (T. Whelan, A. Brown) 7:05
Penalties - L. Pierce Rmc (inter. on goaltender) 9:43, K. Matthewson Rmc (tripping) 13:25, M. Maunu Lak (boarding) 16:06, J. Smith Lak (high sticking) 16:14
2nd Period
Scoring - 3. Lakehead, B. McPherson (13) (D. Speer, P. Guilbault) 2:07
4. RMC, P. Bradley (12) (I. Miller) 4:07
5. Lakehead, P. Guilbault (1) (D. Speer, M. Soares) 7:13
6. Lakehead, A. Brown (12) 12:36
7. RMC, R. Lim (2) (R. Srutek, J. Oke) 17:03 PP
Penalties - K. Breutsch Lak (slashing) 11:33, M. Soros Rmc (slashing) 11:55, L. Pierce Rmc (roughing) 13:08, J. Smith Lak (unsportsmanlike cnd., cross checking, game misconduct) 13:08
3rd Period
Scoring - 8. Lakehead, K. Hogg (8) (M. Wehrstedt) 3:17
9. Lakehead, K. Hogg (9) (M. Wehrstedt, M. Jacques) 9:02 PP
10. Lakehead, M. Soares (7) (B. McPherson, D. Speer) 14:28
Penalties - I. Miller Rmc (interference) 7:17, K. Matthewson Rmc (interference, fighting, game misconduct) 11:20, A. McCuish Rmc (10-minute misconduct) 11:20, S. Alphonso Lak (unsportsmanlike cnd., instigator, fighting, game misconduct) 11:20, P. Guilbault Lak (10-minute misconduct) 11:20
RMC Shots: 6 12 8 TOTAL: 26
LAK Shots: 11 11 12 TOTAL: 34
Power Play Conversion
RMC 1-5. Lakehead 1-4.
Goaltenders
RMC
Briggs 4-7-0-0 Start: 1st 0:00 Min: 32:36 SV: 16 GA: 5 [L]
Hartney 3-4-0-2 Start: 1st 12:36 Min: 47:24 SV: 10 GA: 3
Lakehead
Whitley 10-0-0-0 Start: 1st 0:00 Min: 60:00 SV: 24 GA: 2 [W]