Lumberjacks topple Knights before being carried away by Eagles

Jan 26, 20242 min read

DAN CEARNS The Standard

The Port Perry Lumberjacks came away from the weekend with some mixed results: a win and a loss.

The Lumberjacks opened their weekend with a game in Apsley against the North Kawartha Knights on Saturday, January 20th.

Six and a half minutes into the first period, Aaron Dawson scored the Lumberjacks' first goal, giving them a 1-0 lead. Less than seven minutes later, Cameron Marshall put the puck in the net, extending the lead to 2-0.

Eight minutes into the second period, the Knights scored a power-play goal, cutting the lead in half. But Marshall scored his second goal late in the period, making it a 3-1 game.

The Lumberjacks would outshoot the Knights 14 to 5 in the third period and held on to win the game 3-1.

However, the Lumberjacks were blown out the next day, Sunday, January 21st, in a game against the Clarington Eagles, the leading team in the Orr division.

Nearly nine minutes into the first period, the Eagles scored a power-play goal, and the Lumberjacks trailed the game 1-0. It took until past the halfway mark of the period for the Lumberjacks to get their first shot on goal after the Eagles got the first 11 shots. With a little over four minutes remaining on the clock, the Eagles put another shot past goaltender Vann Kulba, making it a 2-0 game.

Just 35 seconds into the second period, the Eagles onslaught continued with another goal and a 3-0 deficit. Thirty-one seconds later, Jacob Sharpe got the Lumberjacks on the board with a goal. But over four and a half minutes later, Clarington struck again, making it a 4-1 game. Clarington would add a shorthanded goal and a power play goal late in the period, extending the deficit to 6-1.

Less than seven minutes into the third period, Parker Lemay put the puck in the net, bringing the score to 6-2. But the Eagles would score later in the period and held on to defeat the Lumberjacks 7-2.

One Timers:

- Thirty-three games into the season, the Lumberjacks have a record of 16 wins, 16 regulation-time losses, and one overtime loss (16-16-1).

- The Lumberjacks have just one game this weekend. They will host the Georgina Ice at Scugog Arena on Sunday, January 28th, at 2:25 p.m.