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Hornets give up 7-6 loss to Stayner

January 11, 2017   ·   0 Comments

The Alliston Junior C Hornets hosted the Stayner Siskins at the New Tecumseth Recreation Centre Jan. 6. The teams were playing a battle for first place in the North Conference of the Provincial Junior Hockey League. The Hornets lost this one 7-6.

By Brian Lockhart
There were no happy faces in the Alliston Hornets lineup when they left the ice after Friday night’s game against the Stayner Siskins.
The Siskins had taken over first place from the Hornets with two wins during the week and when Alliston and Stayner met on Friday night it was a battle to see which of the two top teams in the Conference would come out on top.
At the end of the first period the Hornets were leading 3-1 on two goals from Ryan McReynolds and a single from Devon Gillham.
Gillham got his second of the night on a shorthanded effort early in the second period to give the Hornets a 4-1 lead.
The Siskins closed the gap with a goal at 5:47 then made it a 4-3 game scoring with 28 seconds left in the period.
After moving ahead on a goal from Brandon Washer early in the third period the Hornets ran into trouble.
Siskins’ forward, Ben Hughes scored his third and fourth goals of the night. That was followed by another Stayner goal that gave the Siskins the lead with four minutes remaining.
Alliston’s Drake Board notched a short-handed goal with barely over two minutes left to make it a 6-6 game with the clock running out.
The night ended with Hughes scoring his fifth goal of the night with 45 seconds left on the clock to give the Siskins the 7-6 win.
The win moved the Stayner team into first place with 60 points, five ahead of the Hornets, who have been in first place all season.
“The first period was good but then we let them play their game in the second and they came back,” said Hornets forward Devon Gillham. “I think we figured out the penalty kill and that worked out. Now we just focus on our game and make sure we know how we want to play. We’ll worry about them when we have to face them in the playoffs.”
The Hornets will be back on ice this Friday, Jan. 13, to host the Penetang Kings. Game time is 7:30 p.m.

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