Demons Come back to Top Cyclops

The Oshweken Demons edge by to take their home opener over the South Western Cyclops.

The Demons were led by Blue Hill with a nine point night from four goals and five assists, followed by Tom Mentour (5+2), Chris Attwood (4+3), and Wayne Vanevery (7) who all had seven point performances in their 21-19 win.

As for the Cyclops they were led by Ryan Campbell with three goals and a helper. Followed by Patrick McCorory with and Jimmy Purves who both put in three goals.

The SW Cyclopes would open up the scoring with back to back goals, but it wasn’t long before the Demons were on the board. At the end of one the Demons trailed 8-6, and into the second it wasn’t looking too good for the Demons.

The second quarter started with three quick goals from the visitors, as they started to pad their lead. At the end of the half the Demons were starting to get something going but still trailed 13-10.

It was until almost mid way through the third when Vanevery put in three straight, that would start the comeback for the Demons. His three goals would be the first of a four goal streak, which ended with the Demons up by 1. At the end of three it was tied at 15, after a late goal from Mike Burke to tie it back up.

Into the final 15 minutes of the game, the Demons decided it was time to run the show, but the Cyclopes not giving up the fight. Throughout the fourth it was goal for goal, until under five minutes to go when the Demons put in back-to-back goals. After gaining a two point lead, the Cyclopes would only come within one. Montour tossed in his final goal of the game with under a minute left to seal the win for the Demons.