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Jr A Northmen win home opener

May 19, 2016   ·   0 Comments

The Orangeville Junior Northmen have made a quick move into first place in the Ontario Junior A Lacrosse League after winning two of their first three games of the season.

They gave up their first game of the season with a 12-8 loss to the Mimico Mountaineers on Saturday, May 7.

After playing to a 3-2 game at the end of the first period the Northmen ran into trouble in the second when Mimico outscored them 6-3.

The Orangeville squad played a strong third but couldn’t make up the difference and played to a third period tie.

Mimico left the floor with a 12-8 win.

The Northmen took their first win on Thursday, May 12, when they travelled to Whitby and left the floor with a 6-5 win over the Warriors.

After leading the first period 4-1 and scoring one more in the second, the Whitby squad fought back in the final period outscoring the Northmen 3-1 for the frame, but the Orangeville team held onto to a one goal lead to win the game.

The home opener got underway at Tony Rose arena in Orangeville and although Friday the 13th may be considered unlucky for some, it turned out alright for the Northmen.

After giving up the opening goal, the Orangeville squad responded with two from Jeff Henrick and Kyle Waters.

A third Northmen goal from Lucas Ducharme ended the period with a 3-2 Orangeville lead.

The Northmen were on fire in the second period outscoring Mimico 4-1 for the frame.

Orangeville goals came from Adam Charalambides, Braydon Cresswell, Lucas Ducharme, and Matt Vangalen.

Returning for the final period the Northmen turned out solid defensive posturing keeping the Mountaineers to on powerplay goal early in the frame before finishing off with two more goals from Bridle, and Vangalen to end the game 9-4 and give the Orangeville squad their second win of the 2016 season.

There are 11 teams in the OJALL this season.

The Northmen will be in Peterborough on on Friday, May 20 to take on the Lakers.

They return to Tony Rose arena on Sunday, May 22, to host the Toronto Beaches.

Game time is 7:00 p.m.

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