The Coquitlam Jr. Adanacs extended their win-streak to 13 games, taking down the New Westminster Salmonbellies at the Queen’s Park Arena Tuesday night.
New West drew first blood with a goal from Nathan Stewart, but the A’s quickly tied the game and took the lead, which the maintained for the duration of the match.
A five-goal run in the the second period put some distance between Coquitlam and the Salmonbellies on the scoreboard, but three quick ones, including two on the power play late in the final frame, closed the gap.
Michael Messenger scored two goals and two assists for a four-point night, while Jean-Luc Chetner had three points with two goals and one assist.
Things got chippy in the third period when Coquitlam’s Keegan Rittinger was ejected for fighting. Kai McDonald was also penalized, while New West’s Jordan McKenzie and DJ Saari were both kicked out of the game for jumping into the fray.
On Saturday, the A’s travelled to the Frank Crane Arena in Nanaimo for the first of two against the Timbermen.
The visitors jumped out to an early lead, putting up a nine goals at the halfway point in the game.
Nanaimo did its best to weather the storm, but it could not get any sustained offence. Coquitlam piled in more markers in the third, with Cole Shafer racking up one goal and six assists, while Chase McIntyre had a hat trick and two helpers.
Chetner also had a five-night, with two goals and three assists.
Nanaimo wasn’t much better on Sunday, managing just three goals in the game and were unable to sustain any kind of attack.
Coquitlam netminder Bryce Phenix saw only 27 shots, 24 of which he turned away.
At the other end of the rink, Jerry Jensen was peppered for 64 shots, saving only 48 for a final score of 16-3.
SAINTS
Meanwhile, the Port Coquitlam Saints managed to notch their fourth win of the B.C. Jr. ‘A’ Lacrosse League season against the second-place Delta Islanders.
The game was tight throughout the three periods but PoCo managed to sustain the lead for most of the 60 minutes of play.
After Delta opened the score at the PoCo rec centre, the Saints responded with a tying goal from Matt Symes, before Nathan Marken potted the second of the game to give the home team the lead.
Delta managed to tie things up several times after that but PoCo started to pull away late in the second period.
The Islanders tied things up at the beginning of the third but two goals — including one on the power play from Gordie Phillips and an even strength tally by Sahawna Baker made it 10-8 when the final buzzer sounded.
Both teams will get back at it this weekend. Port Coquitlam will host the New Westminster Jr. Salmonbellies at the PoCo rec centre on June 19 at 8 p.m. Meanwhile, the A’s will head to Victoria to take on the Shamrocks at the Q Centre.
For more information and a complete schedule, go ot www.bcjall.com.
