A fifth season of Surrey Rebels Junior B lacrosse
came to an end Friday night at Cloverdale Arena as
the visiting New Westminster Salmonbellies again
proved to powerful for the hosts and cruised to a
13-1 victory, sweeping the West Coast Junior
Lacrosse League quarterfinal in two games.
Rebels Coach/GM Frank Geyer made a surprise move in
an attempt to spark his troops by starting first
year Intermediate Rebels goalie Joey Puchmayr in
place of Jeff Geyer who had started all 22 games
prior. The move didn't have the desired
effect, as the 'Bellies jumped out to a 7-0 lead
after one period and led 10-0 after 20 minutes.
Geyer replaced Puchmayr for the final frame but the
potent New West offence continued to roll with two
more tallies before Tyler Voisey finally got the
Rebels on the board on an unassisted goal at 8:47.
The visitors closed out the scoring with the only
powerplay marker of the evening with 3:28 left.
Final shots were 68-25 in favour of the
Salmonbellies. Puchmayr stopped 40 of the 50
shots he faced, while Geyer blocked 15 of 18 in
relief.
The Rebels will be in a rebuilding mode again in
2011 as a total of nine players (Cory Cutler, Cam
Fielding, Colin Derby, Tyler Sherwood, Cory Gibbons,
Matt Clarke, Braden Wilkins, Trent Wittal and Zack
Peach) will be graduating. The Friday night
game also was the last for assistant coach Tim
Fielding, who is retiring from coaching after nine
seasons with Surrey Lacrosse, and head coach Frank
Geyer, who is stepping away from the bench to
concentrate on GM duties in 2011.
-- Posted 16 July 2010 - Frank Geyer
*New* Rebels Drop Post
Season Opener
A second dominant effort by the first place New
Westminster Salmonbellies proved too much for the
eighth place Surrey Rebels as the Rebels lost Game 1
of a best-of-3 WCJLL quarterfinal 15-6 Wednesday
night at Queen's Park Arena. The Salmonbellies
led 5-0 in goals and 35-5 in shots after the first
period, with Rebels netminder Jeff Geyer once again
tested often and looking sharp between the pipes.
The penalty kill was also a highlight of the period,
killing off a crucial 4 minute short-handed
situation when the game was still only 2-0.
Zack Peach got Surrey on the board 1:18 into the
second period, assisted by Tyler Voisey and Cory
Gibbons, and Brad Olson picked off a pass and buried
a sweet shot at 12:32, with the 'Bellies netting two
goals in between. New West would add two more
in a final four minute barrage which saw the home
team blast another 16 shots at the Surrey net to
make the period total 34 compared to the visitors'
15.
Patrick Butler opened in the final frame with his
first of the post season 50 seconds in, from Olson
and Max Richards, to make the score 9-3, but New
West responded with three unanswered tallies on 14
shots that proved too much for Geyer, who left the
game 6:13 into the period having stopped 71 of 83
shots he faced to that point. Backup Joey
Puchmayr was instantly welcomed to the game with a
13th Salmonbellies goal, but the Rebels quickly
responded with three goals in just over three
minutes - Voisey from Butler and Bobby Tammen, then
Tammen from Olson and Scott O'Coin, and finally Matt
Clarke from Richards and Braden Wilkins. New
West finished the scoring with a pair of markers in
the final 2:42 and outshot Surrey 28-19 in the final
frame. Final shots favoured the Salmonbellies
97-39. The Rebels went 0-for-3 with the man
advantage, giving up one goal, and killed off all
five penalties, picking up one short-handed tally.
Game 2 goes Friday, July 16 at Cloverdale Arena, 8:00pm
face-off. Game 3, if necessary, will return to
New Westminster - date and time not yet set.
-- Posted 15 July 2010 - Frank Geyer
Rebels Announcer
Honoured
That enthusiastic voice you hear over the public
address system at Junior Rebels home games this
season belongs to Nesan Furtado, who recently
received honourable mention in the Surrey Leader's
2010 Community Leader Awards - Youth Volunteer
category. Nesan is a Grade 12 student at
Fleetwood Park Secondary School, who has also
announced for a number of other events and teams,
including the BCHL Surrey Eagles.
He joined the Rebels early in the 2010 season, and
also handles our home game music and helps with the
scorekeeping.
Congratulations Nesan for a job well done!
-- Posted 20 June 2010 - Frank Geyer
2009 Rebels Players Honoured
Prior to the May 3rd home game with North Shore, three members of the 2009
Surrey Rebels received awards from Commissioner
Frazer MacDonald of the West Coast Junior Lacrosse
League:
Curt Callard - Top Scorer
Tommy Tran - Unsung Hero
Jeff Geyer - Top Goaltender
(shared with S. Wallace, Port Moody)
Congratulations guys!
-- Posted 04 May 2010 - Frank Geyer
Rebels in the
Local News
Click on the dates
below to view stories on the Rebels published
exclusively by
the Surrey Leader newspaper this season:
Our new uniforms are in and they look great!
Our new home and away uniforms sport a sleek modern
design, based on the home whites introduced by our
Intermediate B team in 2008. To view the new
jerseys, and for information on how to purchase original
game-worn orange uniforms,
click here.
