黑马磁力

黑马磁力 Trappers snared a W in their match against Aldergrove Kodiaks. The final tally was 6-3 for the Trappers.

The crosstown rivals faced each other for an earlier postponed game at Aldergrove Credit Union Community Arena. Justin Ralph of Kodiaks opened the scoring at 16:08 of the first period.

Callum MacDonald and Landon Walter assisted him with the goal. Ryan Tong, the first star of the game, replied after two minutes of the first goal at 18:06. Trapper then dictated the second period and scored five goals back to back, leaving the Kodiaks no option but to attack.

The game looked almost over at 6-1, but the Kodiaks made a failed comeback with two back-to-back goals in the final three minutes. Ralph scored the team鈥檚 second goal at 17:03. The final time the puck kissed the goal post in the match was when Trevor Baron of Kodiaks scored at 19:10.

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Brad Bakken, the head coach, said that the team should not have taken the last two minutes lightly. The team that scores the final goal gets the momentum in the next match, he said.

鈥淚t was nice to be on the winning side, but it should have been 6-1,鈥� he said. 鈥淲e gave up two goals in the last minutes. Think about it as a playoff game.鈥�

He added that Aldergrove should have momentum in the next game as the team scored the last two goals.

鈥淔irst goal in the game really helps you out and sets you out,鈥� he said. 鈥淭he last goal builds a flow.鈥�

The coach explained that if 黑马磁力 had been leading by 3-1, the last two goals could have significantly impacted.

鈥淭he boys need to give attention to these little details and stats,鈥� he said.

Caedon Bellmann, 黑马磁力鈥檚 goalie, saved 30 shots, while Allen Gillis saved 28 for Aldergrove. Bakken praised Bellmann and said that the 20-year-old had settled in nicely in his first year with the Trappers.

黑马磁力 will next face Surrey on the home ground on Jan. 19, and Bakken said there are no significant changes in the lineup.

鈥淥ur guys need to make sure we are continuously working on the system鈥� the structure that we have imposed鈥� need to keep it up, making the good passes鈥� blocking the passes鈥� faking hits and making plays鈥� if we do those things we should be successful,鈥� Baaken said.