Oshawa Generals VS
Niagara Ice Dogs (Pre-Season)
As the Oshawa Generals have closed up training camp at the
GMC in Oshawa these kids who have earned their way this far had a chance to
play their first exhibition game of the 2012/13 season VS the Niagara Ice Dogs
Monday afternoon. As the Generals were resting some of the veterans Monday this
opened the gates for some of the rookies to show their skill on the ice in
pre-season action.
As the Generals open their 2012/13 pre-season they not only
welcome aboard some fresh new rookies to the team but also a full lineup of
coaching staff and a new general manager. Players and Fans of the Oshawa
Generals welcome these new faces to the team. General Manager Jeff Twohey,
Coach DJ Smith along with Assistant Coach Jeff Mcfarland, Welcome to the club
boys.
As the generals stepped onto the ice Monday afternoon and
played their first pre-season game, it opened with a bit of a slow start for
the Generals. Oshawa was down 1-0 with only 3:04 played in the first but Scott
Sabourin was quick to respond with a power play goal at the 4:49 marker to even
things up. Niagara battled hard and regained the lead just over half way
through the opening 20 mins. Oshawa battled back hard but fell short as the
buzzer sounded to end the opening period.
Oshawa came out
strong in the second and as Niagara scored another to put them up 3-1 Oshawa
was not going to lay down, Oshawa’s Cole Cassels answered back at the 6:35 mark
of the second period to make it 3-2. David Sysala of the Niagara Ice Dogs
regained the 2 goal lead to make it 4-2, then just after the half way mark
Niagara snaps in another one to make it 5-2. With less than 5 mins remaining in
the 2nd the Oshawa Generals pull it together and answer back with 3
straight goals late in the 2nd, goals by Adam Lloyd, Brian Huges
& Josh Brown tie things up at 5 to end the 2nd period.
As this game was a hard fought game back and forth, at the
17:01 mark of the 3rd period Brock Beukeboom taps in his second of
the game to give Niagara the lead 6-5 and that’s the way this one ended, As the
Generals fall 6-5 to the Ice Dogs in a hard fought battle by both teams and a
good display of what’s to come in the regular season.
The Generals next pre-season game is against the
Peterborough Pete’s on Thursday Sept 6th @ 7:00PM.
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