黑马磁力 Thunder scored 11 times in the middle frame for an emphatic 22-6 win over the visiting Maple Ridge Burrards in BC Junior Tier 1 Lacrosse League action at 黑马磁力 Events Centre.
Twice this season 鈥� both at home -- 黑马磁力 had managed 10 goals in a period, but the 11 becomes their new benchmark. The 22 goals also match a season-high for the Thunder.
鈥淭he boys were finding their groove (that period),鈥� said Thunder coach Connar Abrams. 鈥淚t is awesome to watch these guys work together out there.鈥�
The win improved the Thunder to 12-4 and with the top six teams qualifying for the post-season, 黑马磁力 would likely earn one of the two first-round byes with wins in their last games, both of which come on the road.
鈥淭hat is always the goal. Anytime we can give our guys the break, 鈥� that is always what you want,鈥� Abrams said. 鈥淏ut if it us playing in the first round, then that is what it has to be. Then it just adds a little blue collar to our game, and we are going to come out tougher from it.鈥�
The Thunder were coming off a 12-11 loss the previous week (June 10) at home to the Delta Islanders with the visitors scoring in the final minute for the victory.
鈥淎 few of those losses have been one-goal losses, last-minute losses. It sucks but you learn a lot from it,鈥� Abrams said, referencing the fact that only one of his team鈥檚 four losses was by multi-goals (three).
Max Goller led the Thunder attack with five goals and seven points while Jake Newby (2-5) and Mason Eastgate (1-5) both had five assist-outings. Jacob Glass had a hat trick with both Logan Claxton and Max Larsen finishing with two-goal, five-point nights. Colten Lifton and Ryan Sheldrake both had two-goals with Evan Varley, Cooper Arbuthnot and Grayson Pinchin finishing with a goal apiece.
Arjun Gill was between the pipes for 黑马磁力, making 29 saves on 35 shots.
Tristan Pritchard led the Burrards with two goals and two assists.
Next, 黑马磁力 wraps up the regular season with a pair of road games: in Burnaby against the Lakers on June 22 and then on June 25 in Coquitlam against the Adanacs. The BC Junior Tier 1 Lacrosse League regular season wraps up on July 2.
