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| Former Slammer Justin Bowers, right, was presented with a sketch by Slammers general manager Danny Braun prior to Friday night's game. The sketch was created by Derek Croney. |
The contest against the former Metro Marauders began with a ceremony to honor former Slammer Justin Bowers. Bowers' number nine was retired by the Slammers at the beginning of Game 7 of the Kent Cup Final on April 20th. His banner now hangs in the rafters above the Slammers' bench.
Bowers was presented with a sketch created by NBCC Woodstock photography instructor and Slammers' team photographer Derek Croney. Slammers general manager Danny Braun was on hand for the presentation.
Banners commemorating Woodstock's Kent Cup and Fred Page Cup victories and their second place finishing were also unveiled. Wes Corey was the master of ceremonies for both presentations.
The Slammers wasted no time getting into the spirit of things, scoring shorthanded only 59 seconds into the contest. Robbie DeFulviis beat Shipbuilders netminder Anderson Snair after intercepting a pass from Shane MacDonald. DeFulviis and Jake Wright each had two goals for the Slammers.
Patrick MacIssac got Metro on the board with 3:12 remaining in the opening period, tying the game at one goal apiece to close period one.
DeFulvvis scored for the second time in the contest only 28 seconds into the middle frame, breaking the tie and giving Woodstock a 2-1 lead.
Wright scored singlehandedly at 1:39, increasing the Slammers' lead to two. He scored his second goal of the contest nearly three minutes later, with Ian Lewis and Bradley MacDonald chipping in with the assists.
Slammers captain Ryan Purvis brought Woodstock's lead to 5-1 at 4:52 in the second period. Branden Morris and Zach Shannon chipped in with the assists.
The Slammers received a bench minor at the end of the second period, placing the Shipbuilders on a man advantage. Metro made the best of the power play situation, and Ryan Davis beat Simon-Pier Chamberland on a shot after taking a pass from JP Harvey and Leon Lockwood at 2:17.
Metro made one last attempt at a victory at 7:05, scoring on another power play. Lockwood intercepted a pass from Harvey and Davis, beating Chamberland on the shot. It reduced the deficit to two, but it was to no avail.
Chamberland refused 27 of 30 shots faced for the win, while Anderson Snair blocked 10 of 15 shots faced before being relieved by Jeff Arkin in the second period. Arkin stopped all 18 shots faced.
The Slammers went 0 for 5 on the man advantage, while Metro scored on two of seven power play situations.
Slammers head coach Jason Tatarnic was impressed with his team's performance throughout the game.
"I thought we played well for the majority of the game," Tatarnic stated in an online press release.
Tatarnic also expressed satisfaction with his team's prospects.
"We received what we expected with the new additions of Robbie DeFulviis and EJ Faust," Tatarnic stated. "[Simon-Pier] Chamberland was a bit of an unknown, but we were impressed by his play in net."
Tatarnic said that the Slammers took some unnecessary penalties during the third period.
"I thought we dictated the majority of the play until we put ourselves in penalty trouble in the third period," Tatarnic explained, referring to the 18 total penalty minutes assessed to the Slammers during period three. "Part of the problem with the penalties is that there has been a miscommunication with the referees regarding new rules that have or have not been implemented within our league."
"Hopefully everyone is on the same page next Friday night. Both teams played under the same rules last night, so you can't complain, all you can do is play."
The Slammers traveled to Amherst Saturday night to face the Ramblers in a 7 pm matchup, but the results of that contest were not available at press time.
The Slammers will face the Truro Bearcats on Friday, Sept. 21st at 7:30 pm at the Carleton Civic Centre.
With files from www.slammershockey.ca and www.themhl.ca
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| Justin Bowers' number nine banner joins Lachlan MacIntosh and Dan Dooley's banners in the rafters at the Carleton Civic Centre |
Unveiling the banners
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| Wes Corey was the master of ceremonies for the unveiling of the banners and presentation of a sketch to Justin Bowers. |
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| Justin Bowers |
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| Starter Simon-Pier Chamberland stopped 27 of 30 shots faced, leading the Slammers to a 5-3 win over the Metro Shipbuilders. |
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| Slammers associate coach Kyle Adams getting the point across |
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| Andrew Schriver (left foreground) |
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| Jonny Erbs |
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| Nick Lindstrom |
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| Branden Morris |
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| Facing off |
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| Close up shot of a celebration |
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| Slammers captain Ryan Purvis, right, scored once in Friday night's game against Metro. |
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| Slammers head coach Jason Tatarnic led his team to a 5-3 win over the Metro Shipbuilders on Friday, Sept. 14th. |
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| Ian Lewis |
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| Evan Carmody (left) |
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| Alex White |
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| Brett MacLean taking the face off |
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| Ryan Purvis |
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| Jonny Erbs and Ryan Purvis |
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| Ryan Purvis being escorted to the penalty box by linesman Ryan Springer, middle, and referee Thayer Doyle. Doyle made several questionable calls in Friday night's game. |
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