Same score in back-to-back Lumberjacks wins

DAN CEARNS The Standard

The Port Perry Lumberjacks have won their last two games, and have done it with the same score of 4-3.

On Friday, October 4th, the Lumberjacks visited the Georgina Ice Palace, to face the Ice.

Over 12 minutes into the first period, Jack Staniland scored the first goal of the game, putting the Lumberjacks ahead 1-0. Over two and a half minutes later, the Ice would score to tie the game 1-1.

Less than seven minutes into the second period, the Ice struck again, making it a 2-1 game. The game would remain that score until late in the period. 14 and a half minutes in, Johannes Kalm capitalized on a Lumberjack power play, tying the game 2-2. Then, a little over a minute later, Andrew Naccarato-Soule scored his fifth goal of the season, giving the Lumberjacks a one-goal lead.

Nearly eight minutes into the third, Austin Fata extended the score to 4-2, with a power play goal. The Ice would score late in the period, but the Lumberjacks held on to win 4-3.

On Sunday, October 6th, the Lumberjacks hosted the Uxbridge Bruins, at Scugog Arena. It didn’t take long for the first goal to be scored. Just 55 seconds in, Braedyn Vannetten shot the puck past the Uxbridge goaltender, putting the Lumberjacks on top 1-0. The Bruins tied the game three minutes later. Then, 11 and a half minutes in, Naccarato-Soule scored, to make it a 2-1 game.

The Bruins would be the only team to score in the second period, striking twice. The Lumberjacks trailed in the game, 3-2, after 40 minutes of play.

However, Vannetten would complete a hat trick, in the third period, scoring twice in the frame. The Lumberjacks won the game by a score of 4-3.

One Timers:

- Through their first eight games of the season, the Lumberjacks have a record of four wins and four losses, and sit fourth in the Orr division standings.

- The Lumberjacks’ next game is on Thursday, October 10th, in Schomberg, against the Cougars. That game will start at 7:30 p.m.

- The Lumberjacks’ next home game, at Scugog Arena, is this Sunday, October 13th, against the Caledon Golden Hawks. That game will start at 2:25 p.m.