In a rough game on home ice on Friday, December 16th, the Woodstock Slammers defeated the Summerside Western Capitals 5-3.
The scoring was opened by Summerside winger Brock Morrison on the power play at 7:04. Steven Brazil of the Western Capitals also scored for Summerside at 9:23 in the first period. Evan Carmody netted the Slammers' first goal of the evening.
In the second period, the Slammers' most recent acquisition, Ben MacSwain, scored at 12:02. MacSwain was acquired from the Miramichi Timberwolves along with future considerations and draft picks in exchange for Justin O'Reilly.
The scoring was opened by Summerside winger Brock Morrison on the power play at 7:04. Steven Brazil of the Western Capitals also scored for Summerside at 9:23 in the first period. Evan Carmody netted the Slammers' first goal of the evening.
In the second period, the Slammers' most recent acquisition, Ben MacSwain, scored at 12:02. MacSwain was acquired from the Miramichi Timberwolves along with future considerations and draft picks in exchange for Justin O'Reilly.
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Ben MacSwain heads to the penalty box on Friday night.  Justin O'Reilly (right) following Connor Tresham to the Slammers' bench for the Shootout for Life competition on November 25, 2011. In period three, Nick Huard scored the only goal for the Slammers, which was the game-winning goal. Huard netted the goal at 14:30.  Nick Huard. December 16, 2011. Only seconds later, several other fights broke out at the opposite end of the ice. A total of thirty two penalties were given at 14:30 in period three. Woodstock's Colton Stairs received seven of them. Slammers netminder Matt Murphy received two: a five-minute major for fighting and a game misconduct penalty for the second fight on the same stoppage of play.   On Sunday, December 18th, the Slammers visited the Campbellton Tigers, where the Slammers prowled the Tigers to a 5-3 loss. Woodstock's first goal was netted by Robert Visca only twenty seven seconds into the contest. Connor Tresham scored two goals for the Slammers, one fifty four seconds into the game, and another at 16:28. Tresham netted the rubber for a third time in period three at 18:51. Slammers netminder Sam Renault stopped twenty six of twenty nine shots faced against the Tigers. The Woodstock Slammers also whipped the Weeks Crushers 4-1 in New Glasgow on Thursday, December 15th. Woodstock's goals were scored by Tim Campbell, Ben Miller, Connor Tresham, and Philip Fife. The Slammers will be taking a rest for the holiday season which will span a few weeks. Their next game will be an away game on Friday, January 6th, 2012 against the Bridgewater Lumberjacks. They will go on a three-game road trip, and their next home game is scheduled for Wednesday, January 11th, 2012. The Woodstock Slammers will be facing the Campbellton Tigers at 7:30 pm at the Carleton Civic Centre. The Slammers head into the Christmas season with an overall record of 31-2-0-1. With files from www.slammershockey.ca and www.themhl.ca . |
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