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Dresden 1
Essex 7 January 15, 2008
The Dresden Jr. Kings went into Essex on Tuesday
night hoping to gain a point against the reigning champs, who
have yet to lose on home ice this season. As hard as they
fought, the Jr. Kings couldn’t match the 73s and fell by a score
of 7-1.
Essex opened the scoring at 5:50 of the first period
when AJ Sweet scored on a rebound. Then a minute later, Dan
Croft converted a goal mouth pass. RJ Hotts upped the lead to
three on a power play marker. Essex outshot Dresden 14-4 in the
first, keeping Kyle Straatman busy in the Jr. Kings’ net.
Dresden came out in the second period trying to make a
game of it as Joe Deboer scored his sixth goal of the season on
a blast from the right side at 2:24. Jeremy Park and Greg
Dilliott picked up assists. Essex added two more goals in the
period. The first on a power play by Tanner Gallant, then Mike
Roach was left standing alone in front of Straatman, and made no
mistake.
Essex scored two more goals in a chippy third period.
Sean Ducharme muscled his way off the face-off to the left of
Straatman and stuffed one under the crossbar. Anthony Querin
rounded out the scoring for Essex at 8:35 on a scramble in front
of Straatman.
The Jr. Kings played hard, but the 73s proved to be
too much as the Kings remained two points behind the Blenheim
Blades for the final playoff spot in the North Division. The
Tunstall Three Stars were …… Joe Deboer, Tim Doermer, and Jim
Rouse. Dresden’s next game will be Friday night at 7:30 p.m.
against the Wallaceburg Lakers. |
