Ice Dogs Win Tight One Going Into The Christmas Break
It wasn’t the start the Dryden Ice Dogs were hoping for Tuesday night in Fort Frances, as they faced the Fort Frances Lakers before the players go home for the holidays. After 13 Minutes of play, the Ice Dogs would find themselves behind the eight ball, trailing the Lakers 2-0. Dryden would find themselves on the powerplay late in the first period, when Kevin Burton would get Dryden’s first mark on the scoreboard, as he scored at 19:09 of the first period, with the helpers going to Chad Liley and BJ McClellan.
The Second period would see Dryden behind by one, which would stay that way for the second. Dryden would have to kill of 2 penalties in the second, where they wouldn’t allow Fort Frances to get any powerplay goals. It wouldn’t be until 12:17 of the third before Kyle Heck would light the lamp, with the assists going to Tanner Harms and BJ McClellan. That goal would even things up at 2, the tie would remain after 60 minutes of regulation play.
5 Minutes of overtime would solve nothing, as the last match of 2009 for the Dryden Ice Dogs would be heading into a shootout. The puck seemed to have had a mind of its own, as the first 3 shooters would find the puck bounce off their sticks and loose control. Then Kevin Burton would get his chance, as he skated in, and put it “BARDOWN” on the Fort Frances netminder. Fort would have their last chance to make the shootout go to a 5th shooter, but Josh Baker would spoil the night, as the Dryden Ice Dogs would defeat the Fort Frances Lakers 3-2.
