CALEDONIA – After a few days off over the holiday, the Caledonia Pro-Fit Corvairs eased into the second half of the season with a 6-1 win over the division cellar dwellers, the Pelham Panthers, Saturday night at the Haldimand Centre Arena before a sparse crowd.
It was more like a dress rehearsal than a real game, but the points counted and the Corvairs were able to get a little rust off their skates before heading into Welland Sunday to face the second place Welland Canadians. There was no rust to be found.
Some Corvairs may have suffered arm cramps after unleashing 113 shots on goal in the two games, but aside from that, they made it look easy.
In Welland, they widened the gap between themselves and the Canadians to 18 points with a 4-1 win.
Most of the damage was done in the second period when the Corvairs scored three unanswered goals after Welland took a 1-0 first period lead.
Jordan Peacock, Connor Bramwell and Tyler Lepore all chipped in with Kyle Tanev putting the icing on the cake at 9:37 of the third.
Once again, the awesome firepower of the Caledonia squad coupled with their brick-wall defense turned what should have been a close game between the first and second place teams into a territorial blowout. The Corvairs recorded 53 shots on goal, including 21 in the second period alone, while holding the Canadians to 18 shots.
Caledonia are first in shots on goal as well with an amazing 1,567 shots in 35 games.
Marc Sinclair registered the win for the Corvairs and a shell-shocked Chris Janzen took the loss.
Saturday in Caledonia, the mutilation of the Pelham Panthers wasn’t fun to watch.
After a little shadow boxing, as it were, it was Pelham that who scored the first, and their last, goal of the game at 8:12 with Thomas Young scoring on one of only five Panther shots on Kevin Entmaa in the period.
Pelham goaltender Tynan Lauziere, on the other hand, faced 22 shots and allowed only two, those scored by Matthew Hore at 11:40 and Jordan Peacock at 16:40. Luke Sinclair, Todd Ratchford, Jake Brown and Justin Abraham drew assists.
The Corvairs continued to chew up the Pelham end of the ice in the second period with another 20 shots picking up two powerplay goals to go into the third period ahead 4-1. Entmaa had two shots to look after.
Peacock and Connor Patton added two more in the third for the 6-1 final. Shots on goal were 60-13 in the easy win.
Upcoming games include a Friday night road trip to St. Catharines to open a home-and-home series against the Falcons. The two teams are back at the Haldimand Centre Saturday night for the second leg.
