Dec 28, 2011 | P Smith | 724 views
Three Wins Open December Campaign
Opening up a six game run to the Regional Silver Stick, the Tim-Br Mart Kinucks headed to Mount Forest on 06 December.
Kincardine were unable to make headway against the Rams for the first two periods, not winning the puck and struggling to find a passing game. Despite a long 5 on 3 power play followed by another immediate man advantage the game was knotted at 0-0 until two goals in just over a minute in the third gave the Kinucks the victory over the stubborn oppostion. Scott McFarlan scored the first unassisted followed by an Ethan Long marker from Corey Howse and McFarlan. Dalton Regier had the shut out.
The Saugeen Shores Storm were the visitors to Tiverton on 07 December looking to avenge a 9-0 drumming the previous time the two teams faced off. Kincardine took the lead seven minutes in, McFarlan scoring from Shane Vollmer and Brett Burrows. But the Storm had the better of the period after that, hitting the post and drawing smart saves from Craig Luinstra. Further pressure at the start of the second saw Saugeen Shores get their reward with the equalizer five minutes in. Thirty seconds later Vollmer put Kincardine ahead again with a short-handed goal assisted by McFarlan and Tyson Rutledge. The Kinucks and the Storm both hit posts before the end of the period on good chances. After Saugeen Shores tied the game at 2-2 on a turnover early in the third, Kincardine stepped up their game first hitting the post again before taking a 3-2 lead halfway through, McFarlan potting from Burrows and Vollmer on the power play. After carving out further chances, Cole Lamont made the game safe five minutes from the horn, Sheldon McBride assisting, and added another on the empty net for a 5-2 win, assists going to Howse and Jakob Dunlop.
10 December found the Kinucks on another road trip, to Seaforth, coming away with an 8-0 win against the Stars despite a short bench. Lamont and McFarlan notched hat tricks with single markers to Vollmer and Long. Assists went to Vollmer (4), McBride (3), McFarlan, Rutledge, Grant Stevens and Dalton Hayes. Regier had the shut out.
Article written by Barry Culmer