Blake Bain, Mark Gangnon and Liam Hogan scored two goals apiece as the Leamington Flyers beat the Predators at Lambton Shores Saturday night 8-2.
The Flyers are now in fourth place in the GOJHL Western Conference with 43 points, while the Predators are in last with 15 points.
Lambton Shores did score first in the game, on a goal from Isaac Maclean at 12:11 into the opening period. Leamington would begin its assault in the second period with three unanswered goals that would end up putting the game out of reach. Josh Pope-Ferguson tied the game up at 1-1 with 13 seconds gone in the seconds period, and Bain's first goal gave the Flyers the lead at 2:09. Bain would get some insurance with another goal at 6:49 in the period. Both of Bain's goals would come on the power play. The Predators made it a one-goal game again at 8:24 off the stick of Peter Cascagnette, but the Flyers would pick up three more goals before the period was out. Gangnon would get his first of the game, and Hogan would follow suit soon after with his first. Griffin Robinson's goal at 15:23 provided Leamington with a comfortable 6-2 lead at the second intermission.
The Flyers would add two goals in the third. Hogan picked up a short-handed tally at 17 seconds into the period and Gangnon got his second goal at 14:12.
Leamington outshot the Predators 43-25. Noah Hedrick would be the game winner in goal for the Flyers, who will host St. Marys on Thursday night. Lambton Shores hosts that same St. Marys team on Tuesday.
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Cory Burns scored two goals and got two assists as the Amherstburg Integrity Admirals dominated the Petrolia Flyers 9-1 at the Libro Centre.
The Admirals are in a tight race for the lead in the Stobbs Division with 43 points, just two behind the LaSalle Vipers, who lost Saturday afternoon.
Amherstburg picked up three goals in the first period, coming in order from the sticks of Curtis Prymack, Dylan Muzzatti and Burns. The Admirals would then lay on four additional unassisted goals in the second period. The scorers were Kasey Basile, Travis Campbell on the power play, followed by Caleb Paquette, then Burns with a power play goal of his own.
The Admirals got two more goals within the first three minutes of the third period, with Jake Cummings and Ryan Wismer contributing to the scorefest. Petrolia's Hunter Bryce would be the Flyers' only goal scorer, finally getting his team on the board at 17:44.
Connor O'Reilly faced 22 Petrolia shots in goal for Amherstburg and stopped all but one. The Admirals host the Wheatley Sharks Sunday night while Petrolia welcomes Dresden on Thursday.
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The Strathroy Rockets scored four goals in the first period and did not look back in their 8-5 win over the Sarnia Legionnaires at West Middlesex Memorial Arena.
Those four goals would come in order from Max Ewart, Brady MacDonald, Chris Wood and Spencer Allen, though Sarnia's Brent Storr would get a goal in at 17:57 of the opening period.
The Legionnaires got another goal closer in the second period thanks to a score from Alec DeKoning, though the Rockets would get that goal back later in the frame as T.J. Harris scored.
Joey Zappa's goal at 4:02 in the third period kept Sarnia in the game for the moment, but the Rockets got three more unanswered goals in the period. Steve Griggs, Mark Bastow and MacDonald would be the lamplighters in order. DeKoning picked up his second goal of the game at 16:20.
Strathroy visits the Chatham Maroons on Thursday night. The Legionnaires host St. Thomas that night as well.
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Kyle Smith scored two goals as the Mooretown Flags beat the Blenheim Blades 6-5 at home.
Matt Clark of the Blades would get the first two goals of the night, however, both within the first eight minutes of the game. Brett Farr would get the Flags' first goal of the night at 8:54 into the opening period. The Blades would get goals from Drew Marlatt and Bryce Broad before the first intermission to give Blenheim a commanding 4-1 lead.
Mooretown would climb back into the game with three straight goals in the second period. Smith would get his first of the night at 4:22, a shorthanded goal. Nolan Riley and Greg Hay would be the Flags' other scorers in the second stanza.
Nick Delyzer would give the Blades the lead at 4:22 of the third period, but Matt Brandon would tie it up again 31 seconds later. The game winner would come from Smith at 6:37 in the third.
Jake Wilkins and Nolan Hakr would both serve Mooretown in net with Wilkins getting the win. The Blades host the Essex 73s Sunday night while Mooretown welcomes Amherstburg on Friday.