THE LOWERY REPORT

by Steve Lowery

WEEK NINETEEN - THURSDAY EDITION

Molson Vito’s Bruins 3   Jake’s Pub Battalion 3

The Molson Vito’s Bruins came within a last minute penalty of wrestling second place away from Jake’s Pub, but in the end had to settle for a 3-3 tie, and remain one point behind Jake’s, in third.

The teams played a scoreless first, and Bruins took a 2-1 lead into the third on goals from Craig MacKenzie and Chris Hawkins.  Daryl MacKenzie put the Bruins up 3-1 3:17 into the third.

But, back to back powerplay goals would result in the tie.  Andrew Kierstead had Jake’s first goal, in the final minute of the second. 

The first power play goal in the third came from Chris Melanson, the second from Trent Savoie … a two man advantage with their goalie pulled, the tie goal coming with 27 seconds to spare.

East Coast Moving 5      Rocky’s Moosehead’s 4

East Coast Moving has finally clawed its way out of a season long residency in the basement, winning 5-4 over Rocky’s Mooshead’s. 

Headed into the game East Coast was tied with the Port City Pawn Shop Pirates with 14 points, at the bottom of the standings.  

Len Drew Sr led the way for East Coast with a pair of goals and an assist. Craig Beitz, Terry Flecknell, and Donny Daley also scored for Coast, the latter the only goal in the third, and it broke a 4-4 tie.

Aaron Grant, Colin Toole, Aaron Haines and Darren Langille scored for the Moosehead’s.

THE LOWERY REPORT

by Steve Lowery

WEEK NINETEEN - TUESDAY EDITION

Molson Vito’s Bruins 7   Port City Pawn Shop Pirates 5

Down 5-1 after two, the Port City Pawn Shop Pirates showed character down the stretch, battling back but falling just shy of picking up any points, falling 7-5 to the Molson Vito’s Bruins.

The Pirates picked up four goals in the third, including back to back powerplay goals on a two man advantage. 

They pulled within one goal of the Vito’s on two occasions in the third, but Kamil Forgie had an empty netter to seal the win, his third of the night.

Daryl MacKenzie had two; Craig MacKenzie and Chris Hawkins one each for the Vito’s.

DJ Doucette had a hat trick for the Pirates; Matt MacEachern and Andrew Theriault with singles.

The Vito’s pull within a single point of Jakes – who hold down second in the standings – and those two teams meet head to head on Thursday night.

Auto Barn Wheelers 8   Rocky’s Moosehead’s 1

The Auto Barn Wheelers struck early and often, scoring in the first minute of play, building a 3-0 cushion before the game was two minutes old, and walking over Rocky’s Moosehead’s with an 8-1 final.

The Wheelers spread out the scoring evenly … one each from Rob Vincent, Brian Cooper, Nick Palmer, Tom McHugh, Brent Murphy, Scott Enright, Ron Paley and Jarred Fitzgerald. 

Alex McQuinn continues to hold onto first in the scoring race, picking up three assists on the night. 

Darren Langille had the lone goal for the Moosehead’s.

The Wheelers open up a six point cushion atop the standings with the win.

THE LOWERY REPORT

by Steve Lowery

WEEK EIGHTEEN - TUESDAY EDITION

Molson Vito’s Bruins 8   Rocky’s Moosehead’s 1

The Molson Vito’s pulled within three points of second place with an 8-1 thumping of the Moosehead’s.

The Moosehead’s had a short bench, with only two spares, not a good thing against the fast skating Vito’s.

Daryl MacKenzie and Kamil Forgie had two each -- Shawn McCarville, Craig MacKenzie, Chris Hawkins and Ben Scott one a piece for the Vito’s.

Adam Baxter broke Brian Feetham’s shutout bid with 2:04 left to play.

Kacey’s Bud Lightning 3    East Coast Moving 3

Kacey’s and East Coast played through a scoreless third period – both goalies making key saves to preserve a 3-3 tie.

Justin Leblanc robbed Kacey’s Ryan McHugh in tight at the midway point of the third with a glove save worthy of any highlight reel.

A little over a minute later it was Fred Gosselin’s turn – with a nice sprawling pad stack save off Donny Daley.

It was Gosselin’s first night back in the Kacey’s net after an extended absence.

Allain Chaisson, Ryan McHugh, Brett Guidry had Kacey’s goals.

Len Drew Sr had a pair for East Coast; Donny Daley had one.

THE LOWERY REPORT

by Steve Lowery

WEEK SEVENTEEN - SUNDAY EDITION

Kacey’s Bud Lightning 10    Rocky’s Moosehead’s 1

Auto Barn Wheelers 9   Port City Pawn Shop Pirates 2

The players at the top of the scoring race padded their totals in a pair of one sided games – Kacey’s with a 10-1 blowout of the Moosehead’s and the Auto Barn Wheelers 9-2 over the Pirates.

Allain Chaisson had six goals for Kacey’s – but Alex McQuinn remains in top spot in the scoring race, he had three goals and two assists in the Wheelers win.

Ryan McHugh had two goals and five assists for Kacey’s. Tim Hay and Andrew Beckingham had the other Kacey’s goals. 

Auto Barn goalie Kyle MacDonald was a fill in for Kacey’s in net – his shutout was snapped just a fraction of a second prior to the final buzzer -- Aaron Haines had that lone Moosehead’s goal.

Aside from McQuinn’s hat trick, the Wheelers got four goals from Jarred Fitzgerald; Rob Vincent and Tom McHugh had one each.

THE LOWERY REPORT

by Steve Lowery

WEEK SEVENTEEN - THURSDAY EDITION

East Coast Moving 5      Port City Pawn Shop Pirates 5

East Coast moving may be in the market for a new defenseman – they bumped Scott Johnson up from the blue line to play the wing in a matchup with the Pirates – and he scored four goals, leading East Coast to a 5-all tie.

East Coast carried a 5-1 lead into the third on Johnson’s work, and a single from Greg McLaughlin … but it all went south from there … the Pirates slowly but surely chipping away at that four goal defecit starting right around the midway mark of the third. 

Matt Wayne was in on all five goals, scoring two and setting up three, including the tie goal, from Andrew Theriault with 24 seconds to spare.

Joel Douthwright and Matt Patterson had the other goals for the Pirates.

Jake’s Pub Battalion 8     Kacey’s Bud Lightning 4

Jake’s scored four in the first, four more in the third – and played a very physical game all night long in an 8-4 romp over Kacey’s. 

The tone was set early with big hits in the first few shifts – Kacey’s Matt Forgie took the worst one, crushed by a monster open ice hit in front of the net by Bill Conway.

Christian Belliveau had a hat trick for Jake’s – singles came from Dan Backa, Billy Magee, Kyle Friars, Trent Savoie and Andrew Kierstead

Kacey’s got a pair from Ryan McHugh and one each from Brett Guidry and Andrew Beckingham.

THE LOWERY REPORT

by Steve Lowery

WEEK SEVENTEEN - TUESDAY EDITION

Auto Barn Wheelers 5   Jake’s Pub Battalion 4

The Auto Barn Wheelers surrendered a 3-0 lead, but held on for a 5-4 win over Jake’s in a first place showdown. 

The Wheelers were up 1-0 after one – on a goal from Tim Vincent – and by the 2:42 mark of the second had built the 3-0 nest egg on goals from Rob Vincent and Nick Palmer.

Jake’s would whittle away at it, but would never take the lead. Down 3-2 by the end of the second, and they tied it up for the first time, at the 34 second mark of the third.

Scott Enright put the Wheelers ahead again with a picture perfect top shelf shot 2:38 into the third.

Steve Mason capped a hat trick, tying it again at the 5:08 mark.  Andrew Kierstead had the only other goal for Jake’s.

Tom McHugh put the Wheelers ahead for good, scoring what held up to be the game winner with 5:12 to spare.

The Wheelers and Jake’s headed into the game deadlocked for first, though the Wheelers held a game in hand.

Molson Vito’s Bruins 5    East Coast Moving 3

The Molson Vito’s pulled within 3 points of second place with a 5-3 win over East Coast.

Derek Robinson led the way for the Vito’s with a hat trick.  Craig MacKenzie and Kamil Forgie had one each.

Donny Daley, Andrew O’Hanley and Chris McLean replied for East Coast.

The Vito’s are alone in third, within striking distance of second place, held by Jake’s Pub, and only five back of first.

THE LOWERY REPORT

by Steve Lowery

WEEK SIXTEEN - THURSDAY EDITION

Auto Barn Wheelers 8    East Coast Moving 3

An Auto Barn win, and Jake’s Pub loss and there’s a deadlock for first in the East West Suburban League standings again. 

The Wheelers pulled back into a tie for first with Jake’s, although the Wheelers do have a game in hand.

The Wheelers had an easy go of it, with a 8-3 win over East Coast Moving. It was tight after one period, 3-2 in the Wheelers favor, but they pulled away after that, scoring three unanswered in the second, and a 2-1 edge in the third.

Scott Enright had two for the Wheelers, with a balanced attack after that – one each from Rob Vincent, Alex McQuinn, Tom McHugh, Joel Brooks, Nick Palmer and Jarred Fitzgerald.

East Coast had one each from Greg McLaughlin, Donny Daley and Kirk Gilmore.

Rocky’s Moosehead’s 2  Jake’s Pub Battalion 1

The Moosehead’s and Jakes appeared headed for a scoreless tie – fitting given the two netminders were fresh off appearances in the all star game, the Moosehead’s Pat Carlson and Jake’s PJ Shea kept it scoreless through the first two periods of play.

Steve Mason lit the scoreboard first, scoring for Jakes 1:12 into the third, but the Moosehead’s were quick to respond, Kyle Stratton tieing it up less than a minute later.

Darren Langille scored the winner for the Moosehead’s with 2:44 to play.

The League takes a break from action on Super Bowl Sunday – the first game back on Tuesday night a first place showdown between the Auto Barn and Jakes.

THE LOWERY REPORT

by Steve Lowery

WEEK FIFTEEN - SUNDAY EDITION

Jake’s Pub Battalion 5   East Coast Moving 2

Molson Vito’s Bruins 7   Auto Barn Wheelers 5

The Auto Barn Wheelers surrendered their exclusive hold on first place with a combination of their 7-5 setback to the Molson Vito’s and Jake’s Pub 5-2 win over East Coast.

Jake’s was up first – putting the heat on the Wheelers – Steve Mason fired a hat trick to lead Jake’s attack. 

Andrew Kierstead and Terry Coates had one each. 

Greg McLaughlin and Donny Daley responded for East Coast

The Wheelers scored first in their game – but were outscored 4-1 in the third.

Chris Hawkins had no business racking up five points after being leveled by a clean open ice hit in the first – he was rocked hard, and assisted off the ice, but came back to score two and set up three more … including the game winner from Kamil Forgie, who matched Hawkins numbers, with two goals and three assists. 

Craig MacKenzie also had a pair for the Vito’s, Greg Connolly had one.  Tom McHugh had two for the Wheelers, Rob Vincent, Jared Fitzgerald and Scott Enright one each.

Jake’s and the Wheelers are now tied for first – the Vito’s are four points back.

THE LOWERY REPORT

by Steve Lowery

WEEK FIFTEEN - THURSDAY EDITION

Rocky’s Moosehead’s 2   Auto Barn Wheelers 2

Two quick third period goals and the Auto Barn Wheelers salvaged a 2-all come from behind tie with the Moosehead’s. 

Darren Langille put the Moosehead’s on the board late in the first, and Aaron Grant made it 2-0 midway through the second – and they looked to be safe behind a strong performance between the pipes from Matt Daley.

The Wheelers can explode quickly though, headed into the game with 106 goals – an average clip of over five per game. 

Midway through the third the Wheelers tied it – two goals in less than 30 seconds, from Ron Paley and Tim Vincent.

The Wheelers retain first, two points up on Jake’s Pub.

Kacey’s Bud Lightning 11   Port City Pawn Shop Pirates 2

Kacey’s took advantage of a short staffed Pirates squad – running up the score 11-2 in a game that was over before the first period was out. 

The Pirates started with two spares, and were down to one after the first, when Jeremy Blizzard was sent packing after a fight.

Pirates goalie Scott Pennell called it a night after 8 goals in two periods, Troy Reardon surrendered three in the third. 

Allain Chaisson had four goals, Jeff Jenkins and Ryan McHugh two each, Brett Guidry, Matt Forgie and Ben Blais one each for Kacey’s.

Matt Wayne had both of the Pirates goals.

ALEX McQUINN SCORES SHOOT OUT GAME WINNER AS EWSHL NIPS LCHL 3-2 IN ALL STAR CLASSIC

Alex McQuinn scored the shoot out game winner as the East West Suburban Hockey League defeated the Lancaster Centennial Hockey League 3-2 in the 5^th annual EWSHL-LCHL All Star Charity Classic played on Wednesday evening at the Lord Beaverbrook Rink.

The teams were tied at 2-2 at the end of regulation and the ‘east siders’ beat goaltender Jeff White on three of four shots in the shoot out to win the tilt and take a 4-1 advantage in the challenge series.

Goaltender PJ Shea stopped two of four attempts to secure the win.

Pat Lyons opened the scoring for the LCHL when he connected on the power play at 11:40 of the 1^st period and the score was 1-0 after one period of play.

Neil Jeffrey gave the LCHLers a 2-0 lead when he scored at 8:37 of the 2^nd period and goaltender Ryan Spencer was perfect stopping 16 shots in 1 ½  periods in goal.

Rob Vincents power play marker got the EWSHL on the board at 8:53 of the 3^rd and  Jamie Brown tied the game at 11:53 setting up the overtime shoot out before approximately 450 fans in attendance.

Daryl MacKenzie, defenceman Darren Anderson and Alex McQuinn scored for the EWSHL in the shoot out while Pat Lyons and Neil Jeffrey replied for the LCHL.

Alex McQuinn and Ryan Spencer were selected game MVPs.

THE LOWERY REPORT

by Steve Lowery

WEEK FIFTEEN - TUESDAY EDITION

Jake’s Pub Batallion 3    Molson Vito’s Bruins 1

The Molson Vito’s scored early … but it would be the only goal they would get in a failed attempt to grab a share of second place with Jake’s Pub – the Battalion prevailing 3-1.

Craig MacKenzie opened the scoring 49 seconds into the game – but would be robbed by PJ Shea down the stretch with Jake’s up 2-1, and the Vito’s pressing hard for at least a tie.

Bill Conway put Jake’s on the board just past the midway mark of the second, and Dan Backa scored the winner with 2 minutes to go in the period.

Both goaltenders played strong games – Vito’s goalie Karl Augustin made at least a half dozen key saves in the third to keep his team within one.  Shea, after robbing MacKenzie with five minutes to play in the game, would do the same to a backhand shot from Scott Wentworth with 3:32 to play. 

Along with two or three excellent saves down the stretch, he was helped with two or three pucks pinging off the post.

Jake’s third goal was fired into an empty net with 25 seconds to go in the game, off the stick of Andrew Kierstead.

Jake’s held a two point edge on the Bruins heading into the game, for second place in the standings.

Rocky’s Moosehead’s 4    East Coast Moving 4

Rocky’s Moosehead’s fought back from a 4-2 defecit, scoring two third period goals to salvage a 4-4 tie with East Coast Moving.  

East Coast was up 3-1 after one, 4-2 after two on goals from Terry Flecknell, Donny Daley, Dave Cormier and Kirk Gilmore. 

Adam Baxter had the first two for the Moosehead’s, and fired the shot that led to the third goal, which Darren Langille was credited for, parked in front of the net looking for a rebound.

Kyle Stratton tied the game with 7:36 to spare.

THE LOWERY REPORT

by Steve Lowery

WEEK FOURTEEN - SUNDAY EDITION

Molson Vito’s Bruins 6   East Coast Moving 1

The Molson Vito’s Bruins blow open a close game with four unanswered third period goals, taking a lopsided 6-1 win over East Coast Moving.

Craig MacKenzie opened and closed the scoring for the Vito’s, one with a couple of minutes to go in the first, same time frame in the third. 

In between those goals came one each from Greg Connolly, Derek Robinson, Trevor Shannon and Daryl MacKenzie

Dave Cormier had the lone goal for East Coast.

Auto Barn Wheelers 4    Port City Pawn Shop Pirates 2

The Auto Barn Wheelers opened a three point cushion atop the standings with a 4-2 win over the Pirates.

Alex McQuinn had two for the Wheelers, the second into an empty net with the Pirates lobbying for the tie goal.

Jarred Fitzgerald and Brian Cooper had the other Auto Barn goals.

Matt Wayne and Matt Patterson scored for the Pirates.

THE LOWERY REPORT

by Steve Lowery

WEEK FOURTEEN -THURSDAY EDITION

Kacey’s Bud Lightning 6   Jake’s Pub Battalion 3

Kacey’s scored a couple of late goals, including an empty netter, making a close game look a little lopsided by the final buzzer, 6-3 the final over Jake’s. 

Kacey’s staked out a 3-0 first period lead – on a pair from Ryan McHugh, and Jamie Grant’s first of two on the night.  But Jake’s fought back, making it 3-2 heading into the third on goals from Steve Mason and Joe Savoie – Chris Melanson tied it 4:27 into the third.

Trevor Croft scored on a two man advantage midway through the third for the winner.

Luke Simpson had the first insurance goal late, and Grant’s second of the night was the empty netter.

Molson Vito’s Bruins 6   Rocky’s Moosehead’s 1

The Molson Vito’s scored a couple of early goals, both from Kamil Forgie, the first before the game was a minute old, the second would hold up to be the winner in a 6-1 rout of the Moosehead’s.

Daryl MacKenzie had a pair for the Vito’s as well, Greg Connolly and Chris Hawkins one each.

THE LOWERY REPORT

by Steve Lowery

WEEK FOURTEEN - TUESDAY EDITION

Kacey’s Bud Lightning 9    East Coast Moving 5

A five goal third period outburst blew apart what was a close game between Kacey’s and East Coast, Kacey’s prevailing 9-5. 

Even then, it wasn’t until the last half of the third that Kacey’s pulled away – the score 6-5 at the midway point of the third. 

Allain Chaisson had a hat trick for Kacey’s, Jeff Jenkins had two, and Adam Cook, Trevor Croft, Matt Forgie and Jamie Grant had one each.

Len Drew Sr had two for East Coast; Dave Cormier, Chris McLean and Joe Smith rounded out the scoring.

Port City Pawn Shop Pirates 7   Rocky’s Moosehead’s 4

Two players did all the damage for the Pirates in their 7-4 win over the Moosehead’s.

Jamie Brown had a four goal night, the final one into an empty net, and Andrew Theriault notched a hat trick.

Shane Toner had two for the Moosehead’s. Darren Langille and Adam Baxter one each … Baxter recording a Gordie Howe hat trick, adding an assist and a fight to his goal.

THE LOWERY REPORT

by Steve Lowery

WEEK THIRTEEN - THURSDAY EDITION

Molson Vito’s Bruins 4   Kacey’s Bud Lightning 1

The Molson Vito’s retained third place in the standings with a 4-1 win over Kacey’s.

Chris Hawkins had a pair for the Vito’s, including what would hold up to be the game winner, with 1:57 to play in the first.

Adam Cook was the only one to beat Vito’s goalie Brian Feetham on the night.

Craig MacKenzie and Trevor Shannon had the other goals for the Vito’s, who went into the game with a single point edge over Kacey’s in the standings, in third place, now six points back of second held by Jake’s.

East Coast Moving 5      Port City Pawn Shop Pirates 3

Back to back wins for the first time this season and East Coast Moving is within reach of moving out of the cellar, which they’ve occupied all season. 

Their latest victory a 5-3 decision over the Port City Pawn Shop Pirates … who they trail now by only two points.

East Coast Captain Andrew O’Hanley led the way for his team, scoring two and setting up one. Donny Daley, Dave Cormier and Len Drew Sr had one each.

Matt Wayne, Dustin Shanks and Andrew Theriault scored for the Pirates.

THE LOWERY REPORT

by Steve Lowery

WEEK THIRTEEN - TUESDAY EDITION

Auto Barn Wheelers 5   Jake’s Pub Battalion 4

The Auto Barn Wheelers took their foot off the gas for less than two minutes – and barely held on for a 5-4 win, wrestling first place away from Jake’s Pub in the process.

The Wheelers were in command all game long, taking a 1-0 lead late in the first on Rob Vincent’s first of two on the night, and carried a 4-1 lead into the third on Vincent’s second, and singles from Alex McQuinn and Ron Paley.

Chris Melanson finally put Jake’s on the board, with 3:04 to play in the second.

Jake’s got into penalty trouble – and paid for it – the first three Wheeler goals were on the powerplay, one while two men up.

It looked like game over just shy of the midway mark of the third when Jared Fitzgerald scored his first, in his second game with the Wheelers – but Jake’s made it interesting down the stretch. 

Shuttling their goalie in and out for the extra attacker, Jake’s scored three straight goals in less than a minute, starting with 1:22 left to play – Billy Magee making it 5-2. 

13 seconds later, Steve Mason made it 5-3 off a faceoff deep in the Wheelers zone and Kyle Friars made it 5-4 with 27 seconds to spare, but that would be it for scoring.

The Wheelers and Jakes reverse positions in the standings, the Wheelers now with the single point edge in first.

Kacey’s Bud Lightning 8  Rocky’s Moosehead’s 3

Kacey’s had an easy go of it with Rocky’s Moosehead’s, winning 8-3.

The game was relatively close until the third – tied 2-2 after one … Kacey’s up 3-2 after the second, then outscored the Moosehead’s 4-1 in the third.

Brett Guidry had two for Kacey’s -- Ryan McHugh, Jeff Jenkins, Trevor Croft, Allain Chaisson, Brian Stanley and Luke Simpson one each.

THE LOWERY REPORT

by Steve Lowery

WEEK TWELVE - SUNDAY EDITION

East Coast Moving 3      Rocky’s Moosehead’s 1

Joe Smith made an immediate impact in his first game with East Coast Moving – he was in on all three goals leading East Coast to its second win of the season, 3-1 over the Rocky’s Moosehead’s.

Smith set up the game’s first goal, from Jeff Smith, the game winner, netted by Andrew O’Hanley and he scored the insurance goal with 2:07 to play in the game.

Smith was picked up from Kacey’s in a deal prior to the Christmas draft.

Adam Baxter had the lone Moosehead’s goal.

Molson Vito’s Bruins 4   Port City Pawn Shop Pirates 1

The Molson Vito’s scored first, and never surrendered the lead, beating the Port City Pawn Shop Pirates 4-1.

Greg Connolly had that first goal, and he assisted on two more, from John Childs and Chris Hawkins.

Daryl MacKenzie had the other Vito’s goal.

Adam Ferguson scored for the Pirates.

THE LOWERY REPORT

by Steve Lowery

WEEK TWELVE - THURSDAY EDITION

Auto Barn Wheelers 9    Rocky’s Moosehead’s 2

Tom McHugh fired a hat trick in his first game for the Auto Barn Wheelers -- a 9-2 thrashing or Rocky’s Moosehead’s.

Randy Gilmore scored 45 seconds into the game, and before the first period was over the Wheelers had already built a commanding 5-1 lead.

The addition of McHugh and Jared Fitzgerald midway through the season adds serious firepower and attitude to an already potent offence – the Wheelers lead the league in scoring – McHugh and Fitzgerald are both capable of top 10 numbers over a full season – the Wheelers already have four of the current top 10.  

Two of those added to their stats on the night; Tim Vincent had two goals and two assists, and Alex McQuinn, holding top spot in the top 10, had a goal and two assists.

Geoff Cunningham and Nick Palmer had the other Wheeler goals.

Shane Toner and Colin Toole scored for the Moosehead’s.

Fitzgerald is a former Auto Barn player, and they retained his rights after he left to play senior. 

The Wheelers picked up McHugh’s rights in a pre-season trade with Kacey’s, but was playing senior as well for the first half.

Jake’s Pub Battalion 3   Molson Vito’s Bruins 2

Jake’s Pub Battalion maintained its single point hold on first with a 3-2 win over the Molson Vito’s Bruins.

Mike Levenshulme made his second of the season count – he scored the game winner with 2:37 to play in the third.

The Molson Vito’s were first on the board, Craig MacKenzie gave his team a 1-0 lead to carry into the second, scoing with 2:46 to play in the first.

Two second period goals from Jakes erased that lead – Dan Backa and Trent Savoie scored 44 seconds apart right at the midway point of the second.

Daryl MacKenzie evened it up early in the third, and it looked like the game would end 2-2 with both goalies recording some key saves down the stretch.

Jake’s is one point up on the second place Auto Barn Wheelers – both teams have Sunday off – time to rest in advance of meeting each other Tuesday night at the Stu Hurley, with first place on the line.

THE LOWERY REPORT

by Steve Lowery

WEEK TWELVE - TUESDAY EDITION

Jake’s Pub 6    Port City Pawn Shop Pirates 4

The teams 1-2 in the standings remain that way, and still with a one point spread – Jake’s holding first winning 6-4 on Tuesday over the Port City Pawn Shop Pirates – and the second place Auto Barn Wheelers kept pace with a 3-2 win over Kacey’s.

Andrew Kierstead led Jake’s with a pair of goals; Mike Levenchulme, Trent Savoie, Billy Magee and Dustin Springer had one each – Springer’s goal, an unassisted shot from the point with 39 seconds left in the second held up to be the winner.

DJ Doucette had two for the Pirates, Jamie Brown and Matt Patterson one each.

Auto Barn Wheelers 3    Kacey’s Bud Lightning 2

Scott Enright set up the first goal of the game in the Wheelers 3-2 win over Kacey’s – a Brian Cooper marker with 5 seconds to spare in the first – and then Enright fired the game winner, 49 seconds into the third.

Nick Palmer had the other Auto Barn goal. 

Matt Forgie and Trevor Croft replied for Kacey’s.

THE LOWERY REPORT

by Steve Lowery

WEEK ELEVEN - SUNDAY EDITION

Auto Barn Wheelers 8   Kacey’s Bud Lightning 2

The Auto Barn Wheelers pulled within a single point of first place after an 8-2 win over Kacey’s.

The Wheelers scored early – Ron Paley’s first of two on the night came just 13 seconds into the game.

The teams were tied 2-2 after the first – Tim Hay scoring both of Kacey’s goals.

The Wheelers scored two more in the second, four in the third.

Aside from Paley’s deuce, Rob Vincent had two, Brian Cooper one, and Nick Palmer notched a hat trick.

The Wheelers are in second, but just one back of first place Jake’s Pub.

Port City Pawn Shop Pirates 4  Molson Vito’s Bruins 2

The Port City Pawn Shop Pirates started off the second half of the season with a strong show against the Molson Vito’s Bruins, ending up with a 4-2 win.

Jonathan Theriault and Andrew Theriault were in on three of four – Jonathon scoring two and setting up one from Andrew … who set up both of Jonathan’s goals.

Jamie Brown had the other goal for the Pirates.

Trevor Shannon had both Vito’s goals.

The Wheelers win and Jake’s loss shaves the spread between first and second to a three points … the Wheelers in second, but they have a game in hand on Jake’s.

THE LOWERY REPORT

by Steve Lowery

WEEK NINE - THURSDAY EDITION

Rocky’s Moosehead’s 6   Port City Pawn Shop Pirates 1

Rocky’s Moosehead’s got goals from six different players in a 6-1 walk over the Port City Pawn Shop Pirates.

Fresh off a 15-8 setback Tuesday, the Pirates looked to be in for another long night, giving up the first goal 21 seconds into the game.

The Moosehead’s had four in the first period, and one each in the second and third … the goals coming from Jason O’Brien, Colin Toole, Jeff Jenkins, Adam Baxter, Craig Taylor and Kyle Stratton.

Dustin Shanks had the lone Pirates goal.

Molson Vito’s Bruins 2    Auto Barn Wheelers 1

The Molson Vito’s Bruins prevailed 2-1 in a chippy affair with the Auto Barn Wheelers.

Chris Hawkins opened the scoring for the Vito’s 7:48 into the second period.

Nick Palmer tied with 10 seconds to spare in the period … and

Kamil Forgie had the winner, a high hard shot just past the midway point of the third.

With the win the Vito’s move past Kaceys into third, one point back of the Wheelers, who hold down second place.

THE LOWERY REPORT

by Steve Lowery

WEEK NINE - TUESDAY EDITION

Kacey’s Bud Lightning 15  Port City Pawn Shop Pirates 8

Kacey’s fell behind 3-1 after one period, but it would be putting it lightly to say they turned it around in the second, chasing one Pirates goalie after six goals, and then putting nine more past his replacement en route to a 15-8 game of pond hockey.

11 goals were scored in the second period – 8 of them from Kaceys, who pumped in six more in the third.

Darren Anderson, Allain Chaisson and Tim Hay had four each; Brian Stanley, Brett Guidry and Matt Forgie one each.

Matt Wayne had a hat trick for the Pirates, Matt Patterson had two, Pat MacDonald, Andrew Theriault and Jonathon Theriault one each.

Jake’s Pub 6   East Coast Moving 1

Kyle Friars opened and closed the scoring for Jakes – the first goal midway through the first period, and Jake’s would not give up the lead – in fact the only goal surrendered by PJ Shea didn’t come until 1:20 into the third, from Greg McLaughlin.

Billy Magee, Chris Melanson, Bill Conway and Steve Mason rounded out Jake’s scoring.

Jake’s opens up a five point spread atop the standings, the Auto Barn Wheelers holding second, but have two games in hand on Jake’s.

THE LOWERY REPORT

by Steve Lowery

WEEK EIGHT - SUNDAY EDITION

East Coast Moving 4   Molson Vito’s Bruins 4

East Coast Moving came close in a bid for their first win of the season, but gave a late game breakaway to the wrong person, and had to settle for a 4-all tie with the Molson Vito’s Bruins. 

East Coast had bounced back from a 2-0 first period defecit … scoring four straight … paced by two from their captain, Andrew O’Hanley; one from Donny Daley … and in the middle of the third, Greg McLaughlin gave them a two goal cushion.

Craig MacKenzie and Greg Connolly had supplied the first period goals for the Vito’s.

Daryl MacKenzie made it 4-3 with 4:28 to play … and created a turnover and used his speed to bury a shot on a breakaway to tie it with 1:47 left.

Auto Barn Wheelers 6   Jake’s Pub 0

The Auto Barn Wheelers dominated in a showdown between the top two teams in the league … cruising to an easy 6-0 shutout of Jake’s Pub.

Rob Vincent had a hat trick, Scott Enright, Tim Vincent and Nick Palmer had one each.

Dan Smith was in net for the shutout.

THE LOWERY REPORT

by Steve Lowery

WEEK EIGHT - THURSDAY EDITION

Kacey’s Bud Lightning 6     Rocky’s Moosehead’s 2

Rocky’s Moosehead’s opened a two goal lead – one in the first from Colin Toole, and a top shelf laser off the wing in the second from Shane Toner – but then the offence dried up, and the defence fell apart – giving up six unanswered goals, handing Kacey’s the 6-2 win … Kacey’s busting a four game losing skid in the process.

Kacey’s counted three goals in the final two minutes of play in the second, and added three more in the third,

Matt Forgie had two, with one each from Darren Anderson, Allain Chaisson, Llyod Burnside and Trevor Croft.

Port City Pawn Shop Pirates 10    East Coast Moving 3

The Pirates were on the board within two minutes – and kept piling it on for a 10-3 final against East Coast Moving.  

Matt Wayne led the way for the Pirates, in 8 of the 10 goals, with an even split of four goals four assists.

Pat MacDonald had two, and Aaron Craig, Andrew Theriault, DJ Doucette and Matt McEachern one each.

Craig Beitz, Donny Daley and Terry Flecknell scored for East Coast.

THE LOWERY REPORT

by Steve Lowery

WEEK SEVEN SUNDAY EDITION

Molson Vito’s Bruins 10    Kacey’s Bud Lightning 5

The Molson Vito’s chased Kacey’s starter Fred Gosselin after four goals in the first six minutes of play, and that didn’t stop the bleeding – with the Vito’s doubling Kacey’s 10-5.

The Bruins got two goals each from Greg Connolly, Ben Scott and Trevor Shannon and one each from Shawn McCarville, Kamil Forgie, Derek Robinson and Craig MacKenzie.

Ryan McHugh and Jamie Grant had two each for Kacey’s; Joe Smith had one.

Jake’s Pub 6    Rocky’s Moosehead’s 4

Jake’s and Rocky’s Moosehead’s played a fast pace, close game – each team held the lead one at point, and no one was ever more than one up, until an empty netter that sealed a 6-4 win for Jake’s.

Trent Savoie opened the scoring 18 seconds after the puck dropped … the Mooseheads would give up another early goal, 14 seconds into the third from Dan Backa – that one put Jake’s up 3-2. 

But Kyle Stratton would score back to back goals to give the Moosehead’s their first lead – which would be erased two minutes later by Kyle Friars. 

Billy Magee fired the winner with 2:45 to play.  Also scoring for Jake’s were Steve Mason and Chris Melanson.

Adam Baxter and Aaron Haines had the other Moosehead goals.

THE LOWERY REPORT

by Steve Lowery

WEEK SEVEN - THURSDAY EDITION

Auto Barn Wheelers 13  East Coast Moving 3

It was a rough night to be in an East Coast uniform … as the Auto Barn Wheelers scored early, and often – Alex McQuinn scored his first of five on the night in the first minute of play, leading the Wheelers to a 13-3 win. 

McQuinn was in on 9 of the 13 goals, with four assists. 

Rob Vincent had a hat trick; Tim Vincent had a pair, and there were singles from Ron Paley, Brian Cooper and Randy Gilmore.

Andrew O’Hanley, Len Drew Sr and Terry Flecknell scored for East Coast.

Jake’s Pub 4     Port City Pawn Shop Pirates 2

The Pirates coughed up a 2-0 lead – and a pair of defensemen not normally counted on for offence supplied key goals for Jakes in a come from behind 4-2 win.

The teams played a scoreless first, with Jake’s goalie PJ Shea and the Pirates Troy Reardon both pulling off some great saves. 

Andrew Theriault opened the scoring, putting the Pirates on the board 4:17 into the second, and Matt Wayne made it 2-0 with 3:28 to play in the period.

Joe Savoie started the Jake’s comeback a little over a minute later with just his second of the season, a wicked point shot that blew by Reardon.

In the third, Kyle Friars and Chris Melanson scored a minute apart, and Jake’s carried that 3-2 lead into the final minute of play – when Dustin Springer scored his first of the season, sealing the win for Jake’s.

THE LOWERY REPORT

by Steve Lowery

WEEK SEVEN - TUESDAY EDITION

Auto Barn Wheelers 3    Kacey’s Bud Lightning 2

The Auto Barn Wheelers got all of their scoring out of the way early – scoring all three of their goals in the first two minutes of play, and held on for a 3-2 decision over Kacey’s.

Rob Vincent had the Wheelers on the board 13 seconds into the game. At 1:41, Ron Paley put them up 2-0 and 7 seconds later, Vincent’s second gave them the three goal edge, and they would need it.

Kacey’s Tim Hay scored in the last minute of the first, and Allain Chaisson made it a one goal game at the midway point of the third.

Molson Vito’s Bruins 6   Port City Pawn Shop Pirates 2

Craig MacKenzie got the Molson Vito’s on the scoreboard early – 15 seconds into the game, which would turn out to be an easy 6-2 win for the Vito’s. 

The Pirates pulled even at the midway point of the first, but the Vito’s would regain the lead a minute later on a goal from Kamil Forgie – and they would not surrender it again.

Shawn McCarville, Derek Robinson, Daryl MacKenzie and Greg Connolly had the other Vito’s goals.

Pat MacDonald scored midway through the third, making it 4-2 at the time … but the Vito’s would quickly restore a three goal cushion. 

They had two goals on the powerplay, a third just seconds after another Pirates penalty had expired.

THE LOWERY REPORT

by Steve Lowery

WEEK SIX - SUNDAY EDITION

Rocky’s Moosehead’s 7   East Coast Moving 3

Aaron Grant fired a hat trick in his first game back in the Moosehead lineup in a while, leading his team to a 7-3 win over East Coast Moving. 

Adam Baxter, Craig Taylor, Colin Toole and Aaron Haines rounded out the Moose scoring.

Alex Quinn, Chris McLean and Kirk Gilmore scored for East Coast.

Jake’s Pub 4   Molson Vito’s Bruins 3

Jake’s Pub opened up a three point cushion atop the league standings with a 4-3 win over the Molson Vito’s Bruins.

Trent Savoie had two for Jakes, Dan Backa and Chris Melanson one each.

Jake’s had a 3-1 lead at one point, and they coughed it up … Kamil Forgie had back to back goals in a little over a minute in the middle of the third to tie the game.

Daryl MacKenzie had the other Vito’s goal. Melanson’s game winner cam with 1:11 to spare.

THE LOWERY REPORT

by Steve Lowery

WEEK SIX - THURSDAY EDITION

Auto Barn Wheelers 5    Rocky’s Moosehead’s 3

Two unanswered third period goals gave the Auto Barn Wheelers a 5-3 win over Rocky’s Moosehead’s.

Rob Vincent scored the winner 3:36 into the third – and Alex McQuinn provided the insurance goal, banging home the rebound after an end to end rush from Geoff Cunningham.

Brian Cooper, Randy Gilmore and Scott Enright had the other goals for the Auto Barn.

Rocky’s Moosehead’s goals were from Adam Baxter, Shane Toner and Jason O’Brien.

With the win the Auto Barn improves to 6-3-and-1 … in second, but just one point back of first place jakes Pub.

Port City Pirates 9    Kacey’s Bud Lightning 6

The Porty City Pawn Shop Pirates outscored Kacey’s 4-1 in the third, and it was the margin of victory, 9-6 the final.  The Pirates got their offence from three players – Matt Wayne had four goals – his final one shorthanded, into an emtpy net. 

DJ Doucette had a six point night, three goals and three assists and Andrew Theriault racked up five points on two goals and three assists.

Darren Anderson and Alain Chaisson had two each for Kacey’s … with one each from Joe Smith and Lloyd Burnside.

THE LOWERY REPORT

by Steve Lowery

WEEK SIX - TUESDAY EDITION

Jakes Pub 7      East Coast Moving 2

Jakes regained first place in the standings with an easy 7-2 romp over East Coast Moving.

A four goal first pretty much sealed the deal. Andrew Kierstead had two on the night for Jake’s; Dan Backa, Kyle Friars, Chris Melanson, Trent Savoie and Billy Magee one each.

Terry Flecknell and Chris McLean replied for East Coast Moving

Auto Barn Wheelers 7    Molson Vito’s Bruins 1

Alex McQuinn lit up the scoreboard, in on all but one of the Auto Barn Wheelers goals in a 7-1 shellacking of the Molson Vito’s Bruins.

Quinn opened and closed the scoring in this game, firing five goals and adding an assist.

Tim Vincent and Brian Cooper had the other Auto Barn goals.

Dan Smith had a shutout going until the midway point of the third when Trevor Shannon scored on a wild scramble in front.

THE LOWERY REPORT

by Steve Lowery

WEEK FIVE - SUNDAY EDITION

Kacey’s Bud Lightning 10    East Coast Moving 7

Kacey’s outlasted East Coast in a game long shootout – the lead changed hands 6 times, the last one being the only one that really counted … Kacey’s scoring 5 in the last period to charge back for the win.

Allain Chaisson led the way with a hat trick and three assists – Brian Stanley had a five point night on two goals and three assists.

Ryan McHugh and Tim Hay had two each, and Lloyd Burnside had one.

Andrew O’Hanley had two for East Coast, and Scott Johnson, Alex Quinn, Donny Daley, Terry Flecknell and Greg McLaughlin had one each.

Kacey’s moves into first with the win, one point up on Jake’s, though Jakes holds a game in hand.

Rocky’s Mooseheads 5     Vito’s Bruins 2

Rocky’s Mooosehead’s dominated on a rare night the Vito’s had a near full bench.

The Moosehead’s Adam Baxter scored first and they never gave up the lead.

Jason O’Brien had a pair, the second with a 1:46 left, sealing the win.

Shane Toner and Darren Langille had the other Moose goals. 

John Childs and Chris Hawkins scored for the Vito’s.

THE LOWERY REPORT

by Steve Lowery

WEEK FIVE - THURSDAY EDITION

Kacey’s Bud Lightning 3           Jake’s Pub 2

Kacey’s is now the only undefeated team on the season – but with a pile of tie games, is in a points tie for second, technically in third – all this after a 3-2 win over Jake’s Pub. 

Both teams went into the game without a loss in seven games … Jake’s in first with a record of 5-0-and-2 – Kacey’s the flip on those numbers at 2-0-and-5.

They played an entertaining, yet scoreless first.

Ryan McHugh put Kacey’s on the board first, two minutes into the second.

Steve Mason tied with 3 minutes left in the second.

McHugh’s second of the night, a blast right off the faceoff 2:24 into the third made it 2-1.

Mason’s seconds on the night tied it a little over two minutes later.

Jamie Grant won that draw that led to McHugh’s second, and he fired the game winner, with an assist to his goalie Fred Gosselin, with just under 1:51 to play.

Jake’s remains in first with 12 points; the Vito’s and Kacey’s tied with 11.  The Vito’s technically in second with a better win rate.

Rocky’s Moosehead’s 2         Port City Pawn Shop Pirates 0

Rocky’s Moosehead’s and the Pirates appeared to be headed toward’s the season’s first scoreless tie … but two goals from Aaron Haines a glove and a post would give the Moosehead’s an eventual 2-0 win.

Haines finally broke the scoreless tie 3:16 into the third.

Both goalies played well on the night, Matt Daley in particular earned his shutout … a monster glove save early in the first his best of the game, and his buddy the post absorbed another shot in the third to maintain the shutout.

Haines scored shorthanded, with 5:16 to go, to provide some insurance

THE LOWERY REPORT

by Steve Lowery

WEEK FIVE - TUESDAY EDITION

Molson Vito’s Bruins 8   East Coast Moving 3

The Molson Vito’s ran another short bench … just seven skaters, but seven good ones – and they piled it on – running up a 7-0 lead – not allowing a goal against until late in the second.

Daryl MacKenzie had a hat trick, Chris Hawkins and Kamil Forgie two each, Derek Robinson chipped in one.  Alex Quinn finally put East coast on the board with 1:55 to play in the second, Andrew O’Hanley had one 23 seconds later, and followed with his second of the game early in the third.

Auto Barn Wheelers 5  Port City Pawn Shop Pirates 3

The Port City Pawn Shop Pirates only had one spare, and had to pick up a goaltender – and they picked up a ringer – currently the class of the league – Jake’s netminder PJ Shea was the only reason the Pirates had a chance in this one – pulling off several top notch saves.

Most of the damage was done in the first, yet the Wheelers would only escape with a on goal edge, thanks to a last minute goal in the period from Brian Cooper.

Five goals were scored in the final five minutes of play in the first.  Cooper, Scott Enright and Alex McQuinn for the Wheelers.  Aaron Craig and Jonathon Theriault for the Pirates.

The Pirate’s DJ Doucette made it a tie game, 3-3 with 2:20 to spare in the second, but just over a minute later Geoff Cunningham restored the one goal edge for the Wheelers.

THE LOWERY REPORT

by Steve Lowery

WEEK FOUR - SUNDAY EDITION

Jake’s Pub 2     Auto Barn Wheelers 2

Jake’s and Kacey’s remain the only two undefeated teams after a pair of identical 2-all ties.

Jakes is now 5-0-and-2 on the season, Kacey’s 2-0-and-5.

Last game goals for both teams, fitting the Auto Barn Wheelers and Jake’s Pub would tie 2-all.

The teams played a scoreless first – the Wheelers getting on the board first, Alex McQuinn scoring the only goal in the second, 3:46 into the period.

Dan Backa tied it up for Jake’s at the 4:02 mark of the third.

Nick Palmer gave the Wheelers the lead again, burying a rebound with 3:14 to play … but it would be tied again a little over a minute later, Steve Mason with beautiful goal, top corner, blocker side.

Kacey’s Bud Lightning 2     Rocky’s Moosehead’s 2

Rocky’s Moosehead’s spotted Kacey’s the first two goals, but fought back for a 2-2 tie.

Most of the scoring came in the first … Matt Forgie put Kacey’s on the board at the 4:12 mark, Tim Hay made it 2-0 with 4:11 left in the first.

Less than a minute late Craig Taylor brought the Moosehead’s within one – and it would stay that way until the third, when Taylor assisted on the tie goal from Aaron Haines.

THE LOWERY REPORT

by Steve Lowery

WEEK FOUR - THURSDAY EDITION

Port City Pirates 5    East Coast Moving 1

The Pirates scored first, and would not relinquish the lead, cruising to a 5-1 win over East Coast Moving.

Andrew Theriault had two on the night for the Pirates … the first a nice deflection in front, putting the Pirates up 2-0 late in the first, and it would hold up to be the winner.

Terry Flecknell was the only one to beat Pirates goalie Scott Pennell – a powerplay goal busting the shutout 3:17 into the second.

Jonathon Theriault, Jeremy Blizzard and Matt Wayne had the other goals for the Pirates.

Kacey’s Bud Lightning 4   Molson Vito’s Bruins 4

Jamie Grant had a three point night for Kaceys … scoring two and setting up one, but give full credit for the single point Kacey’s salvaged in 4-all tie with the Vito’s to Ernie Campbell. 

The veteran Kacey’s goalie continued his strong play in the early going of the season, making key saves when it counted most, down the stretch of the third.  Campbell was solid in tight on scrambles, stopped several breaks, and with about four minutes to go pulled off a glove save worthy of any highlight reel.

Ryan McHugh and Tim Hay had the other goals for Kacey’s.

Daryl MacKenzie had a air for Vito’s, John Childs and Shawn McCarville one each.

THE LOWERY REPORT

by Steve Lowery

WEEK THREE - THURSDAY EDITION

Jake’s Pub 4     Molson Vito’s Bruins 1

Jake’s Pub handed the Molson Vito’s Bruins the first blemish on their record this season – a 4-1 final.

The Vito’s started the season with four straight wins – Jakes remains undefeated and pulls within a point of the first place Vito’s, with a game in hand.  Jake’s now 3-0-and-1 on the season.

Kyle Friars had a pair to lead Jake’s who got another top notch performance in net from PJ Shea – his shout out bid busted late in the game by Derek Robinson, with 3:08 to play.

Trent Savoie and Andrew Kierstead had the other goals for Jakes.

Rocky’s Moosehead’s 2     East Coast Moving 2

Rocky’s Moosehead’s looked to be riding an outstanding game in net from Matt Daley to a win … but a freak bounce in the third busted a 2-0 shutout and East Coast bounced back with another to salvage a point in a 2-all tie with the Moosehead’s.

Daley was strong all night, especially in close – just ask East Coast captain Andrew O’Hanley – who had one ready to be written on the scoresheet, shooting stick side on a scramble in close,  but Daley reached back and batted it away with his stick, mid air. O’Hanley would later ring one off the post.

The shutout buster would come a short time after Daley robbed O’Hanley, the puck bouncing off a skate and by Daley, credit to East Coast’s Greg McLaughlin – who fed Alex Quinn for the tie goal with 2:14 to play, a nice shot up high glove side.

Just prior to that East Coast goalie Justin Leblanc kept his team in the game, beating Darren Langille on a deke attempt, throwing a pad down to block an attempt to stuff it in low stick side.

THE LOWERY REPORT

by Steve Lowery

WEEK THREE - TUESDAY EDITION

Molson Vito’s Bruins 3   Port City Pirates 0

The defending league champion Molson Vito’s Bruins remain one of three undefeated teams in the early going of the 2009-2010 season – reeling off four straight wins, the latest a 3-zip shutout of the expansion Port City Pawn Shop Pirates.  And, they did it with only one spare on the bench.

Daryl MacKenzie’s first period goal would turn out to be all they needed behind the shutout goaltending of Brian Feetham. 

Kamil Forgie made it 2-0 in the second. Craig MacKenzie fired the final goal in the third.

Auto Barn Wheelers 6    Rocky’s Moosehead’s 2

Tim Vincent fired a pair of goals, and Kyle MacDonald provided some key saves mid game with the Moosehead’s pressing – leading the Auto Barn Wheelers to a 6-2 win.

Ron Paley opened the scoring, Vincent had the second, and third for the Wheelers, the latter holding up as the winner.

McDonald had a handful of key saves in the second, allowing the Wheelers to carry a three goal spread into the third, up 5-2 at that point.

Rob Vincent, Alex McQuinn and Brian Cooper had the other Wheeler goals.

Aaron Grant and Darren Langille replied for Rocky’s Moosehead’s.

THE LOWERY REPORT

by Steve Lowery

WEEK TWO - SUNDAY EDITION

Kacey’s Bud Lightning 2   Port