Wallaceburg Lakers Peewee girls hockey team capture silver medals
This past weekend, the Wallaceburg Lakers Peewee girls squad headed to the Woodstock area for a hockey tournament.
After the first round, Wallaceburg was first place in their pool, earning them a berth in the semi-final.
The semi-final took place at 7:45 a.m. on Sunday morning after a treacherous ride from their hotel in London to the game, which was in Embro.
The Lakers faced off against the Huron Heat, and Huron drew first blood scoring a goal about midway through the second period. The Lakers applied continuous pressure, but couldn’t get a goal until the dying moments of the third period, which sent the game to overtime.
A five minute, sudden death 3-on-3 OT ended with the score still tied. Each team selected three shooters for a shootout. In the end, the shootout took seven shooters before Wallaceburg came out on top.
The Lakers advanced to the championship game against Lambeth.
Lambeth scored in the first period. Wallaceburg battled back with lots of good chances, but were unable to score.
The final score was 1-0 for Lambeth, resulting in the Lakers taking home silver medals.
Wallaceburg baseball registration dates
The Wallaceburg Minor Baseball Association will hold baseball, hardball and softball registration coming up this month at Wallaceburg Memorial Arena.
The dates are as follows:
– Sun. Jan. 15 – 2 p.m. to 3:30 p.m.
– Sat. Jan. 21 – 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.
– Sun. Jan. 22 – 2 p.m. to 3:30 p.m.
– Sat. Jan. 29 – 2 p.m. to 3:30 p.m.
An early bird rate applies until Jan 31.
Cardinals win in high school hockey
The LKSSAA senior boys hockey loop got back underway after the holiday break on Monday.
The Lambton-Kent Cardinals took care of business in their first game back, with a 3-2 win over the UCC Lancers.
Ryan Ellis, Drake Daugherty and Mike Jennen all scored for the Dresden squad.
The Cards remain in first place in the LKSSAA South Division, with a perfect 3-0 record.
They be back in action on Thursday when they host the same UCC Lancers.
Puck drops at Dresden Arena at 3:30 p.m.
Dresden Kings lose two
The Dresden Kings fell twice over the weekend in Junior ‘C’ Hockey action.
Petrolia topped the Kings 4-3 in OT on Friday.
Cory Lucier, Derek Shaw and Geoffry VandenBoorn all scored for Dresden in the win.
Macks Holmes was unsuccessful on a penalty shot attempt in the extra frame, just 23 second into OT.
Petrolia scored the winner less than a minute later.
The Kings were unable to bounce back on Sunday when they visited the Blades in Blenheim.
The Blades walked away with a 5-2 win.
Dillon Liberty and Geoffry VandenBoorn scored in the loss.
The Kinsg remain in 8th place in the Hobbs Division with a 15-19-1 record.
Dresden will host the Mooretown Flags on Friday.
Puck drops at 7:30 p.m.
