This page was exported from Orangeville Citizen [ http://citizen.on.ca ] Export date:Wed Aug 5 4:41:15 2020 / +0000 GMT ___________________________________________________ Title: Jr B Northmen leading Guelph 2-0 --------------------------------------------------- The Orangeville Junior B Northmen are off to a good start in their quarter-final playoff series against the Guelph Regals. The Northmen hammered the Regals 17-8 in the opening game of the series on Saturday, June 27, at the Alder Street arena in Orangeville. They followed up with a 13-6 win in the Guelph arena on Monday, June 29, in game two of the series. It was expected that the Regals would put up a better fight than they have in the playoffs. At the end of the regular season the Northmen finished with a first place in the Mid West division with 33 points - fourth place over all in the 25 team Ontario Junior B Lacrosse League. Guelph finished the season with 21 points and a respectable 10-9-1 record. Game one of the series saw the Northmen blow the game wide open in the second period scoring 11 goals before the Regals could respond with a single with a minute remaining on the clock. Four more Northmen goals in the third period ended the game 17-8. Game two on Monday night also saw a strong second period effort from Orangeville when they shut-out the Regals 3-0 in the first period then outscored them 7-5 in the second frame. The Northmen took the game with a three more goals in the third period to leave with the 13-6 win. In other quarter-final series, the Six Nations Rebels are leading the Wallaceburg Red Devils 2-0. The St. Catharines Spartans are tied at 1-1 with the Niagara Thunderhawks. The Windsor Clippers and Elora Mohawks are tied 1-1 in their quarter-final series. The Orangeville / Guelph series will return to Orangeville Thursday (July 2) night for game three at the Alder Street arena. Game time is 8:00 p.m. --------------------------------------------------- Images: --------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------- Post date: 2015-06-30 17:22:22 Post date GMT: 2015-06-30 21:22:22 Post modified date: 2015-07-08 22:45:44 Post modified date GMT: 2015-07-09 02:45:44 ____________________________________________________________________________________________ Export of Post and Page as text file has been powered by [ Universal Post Manager ] plugin from www.gconverters.com