By Chezney Martin/Jim Windle
SIX NATIONS – The Six Nations Arrows conquered Mimico with a score of 17-6 on Thursday, June 2, and topped off the week with a follow up win over the Kitchener Braves 11-3 on Sunday night at the Iroquois Lacrosse Arena.
Although both scores have the Arrows in the lead, actually watching the games would prove just how much they had to deal with on the floor.
The game versus Mimico started out strong for the Arrows, as Kellan LeClaire won the draw and scored unassisted within a few seconds after the start of the first period; however, this set a bad precedent for the rest of the game as the Mimico bench staff began cursing at the referees and their own defence players. This caused the removal of Mimico’s Assistant Coach, and a grand total of 39 penalty minutes for Mimico in the first period alone.
But, with a lot of Mimico’s time spent short handed, the Arrows took advantage and scored nine goals before the second period; Jake McNabb scored two in a row, and Austin Staats earned himself a hat trick with three.
Throughout the second period, Tehoka Nanticoke seemed to draw penalties left and right for high sticking, which resulted in more aggression from Mimico players and bench staff who began yelling “he’s just diving.” The referees definitely didn’t agree, as by the end of the period two Mimico players had been removed from the game and the Arrows had increased their score to 13.
The third period didn’t show any improvement on Mimico’s part, as they only scored once in the period while the Arrows added to their score to make it 17. Overall, Mimico had two players and their Assistant Coach removed from the game, and earned a staggering 140 minutes in penalties.
Sunday, at the ILA, the Arrows owned the Kitchener-Waterloo Braves in the third period and that was the big difference in the game. The Arrows were ahead 3-1 after the first 20 minutes on goals by Austin Staats, Jake McNabb and Tehoka Nanticoke.
KW scored their first goal with one second left on the first period clock and then opened the second with two more to tie the game at 3-3. Austin Staats stopped the bombardment five seconds after Jordan Goddard tied it for the Braves. Alex Henry and McNabb took the lead back before the end of the period, at 6-3.
That was all the opposition the Braves could offer as the Arrows comfortably left KW in the dust scoring five unanswered third period goals, scored by Staats (3G,3A), Nanticoke (2G,5A), Larson Sundown (1G,2A), and two by Alex Henry (3G,2A). Doug Jamison registered the win and is now five wins and one loss and put in a fine performance.
The Arrows week started early with a rare Tuesday night game in Whitby in a game that missed our deadline. Thursday the Lakers steam in from Peterborough for an 8 p.m., appointment with the Arrows, before hosting the visiting Northmen of Orangeville at the ILA at 7 p.m.
