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Jr B Northmen trailing 2-0

July 29, 2015   ·   0 Comments

It’s crunch time for the Orangeville Junior B Northmen in their quest to win the West Division championship of the Ontario Junior B Lacrosse League after losing 6-5 in game two of the best of five series against the Six Nations Rebels Monday (July 27) night at the Alder Street arena.

The Northmen now trail by two games and will have to win Friday night at Six Nations to keep the series alive.

Game one got underway on Friday (July 24) at the Iroquois Lacrosse Arena on Rebels territory.

At the end of the first period, the Rebels were leading 4-3.

The teams matched goals in the second frame with each squad scoring one.

Returning for the final period the Six Nations team managed to stay ahead outscoring the Northmen 3-2 for the frame to win the game 8-6.

Game two of the series returned to Orangeville for the Monday night game with a large contingent of fans from both teams packing the house at the Alder Street arena.

The teams played a tight first period that ended with a 1-1 tie.

After giving up a goal at 27 seconds into the second period the Northmen scored three to take a 4-2 lead before the period was half over but the Rebels were back in the game with two more before the buzzer sounded making it a tie game at 4-4 going into the final period of play.

The visitors went head on two goals in a fast and furious third period leaving the Northmen with the task of getting back in and tying the game.

The Northmen managed to score one more with 11 seconds on the clock but couldn’t get the final goal and had to settle for the loss.

“It was a hard fought battle,” Said Northmen coach Bruce Codd. “I thought we deserved to be up a couple early in the game. I thought we outplayed them, we definitely had the balance of the play in the first period. We probably should have been up a couple of goals.”

The second period proved be some of the best lacrosse played all year.

“That was probably the fastest period in the two years that I’ve been here,” Codd said.”That was just a track meet. You could see the referees huffing and puffing. It was fast.”

The second period saw no penalties assessed but the third period started getting rough and the Northmen took two minors with Six Nations taking four minor penalties.

“We had more powerplays than them. We had more opportunities and we didn’t capitalize on ours and to me, that was the difference in the game. Their special teams were better than ours and there’s a one goal game. They got a powerplay goal we didn’t get any,” Codd said.

The Northmen will be on the road for game three of the series travelling to Six Nations on Friday, July 31.

If they are successful the series returns to Orangeville on Sunday, August 2, for game four at the Alder Street arena.

That game is scheduled for 7:00 p.m.

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