The Niagara Lock Monsters kicked off their season with an 16-8 win over the Barrie Blizzard in a Saturday afternoon match up at Seymour Hannah Arena.
In the first quarter, the Blizzard would take control by scoring the opening goal as Geoff McNulty found the back of the net, assisted by Caleb Wiles and Spencer Janes. It would take Niagara almost ten minutes to get on the board as Corey Fowler took off to put one in unassisted and tie the game at 1. Barely 20 seconds later, the Blizzard answered Fowler’s goal to start a three goal streak. Jon Arnold of the Lock Monster’s would toss in a pair of goals to end the first with Barrie leading 4-3.
Barrie opened the scoring in the second quarter with a quick goal by Tyler Gibbons. From there, Niagara would go on a solid goal streak that would stretch from the second quarter and into the third. The streak would include a hat trick from Andrew Potter; two of the three goals from Potter would come on penalty shots.
Throughout the third quarter, frustrations began to come out from both sides with Barrie unable to capitalize on their power play opportunities. Niagara shut out Barrie in the third quarter and led 14-5 going into the final frame.
In the fourth, Barrie’s Tyler Gibbons found the back of the net and put an end to the streak for Niagara. Niagara’s Travis Gibbons would put in his second of the game to answer, and later added third to seal a hat trick. In the end, three goals in the fourth quarter wasn’t enough for Barrie to come back and Niagara went on to a 16-8 victory.
Box Score available here
Niagara’s next game comes today at 2 p.m. as they take on the Durham Turfdogs at Seymour Hannah Arena.
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