Rebels rally, but fall short
After erasing a three-goal deficit against the second place team, the Surrey Rebels couldn’t keep pace with the Port Moody Thunder and lost their West Coast Junior B Lacrosse League game 11-6 Monday night at the Cloverdale Arena.
The Rebels trailed 5-2 late in the first period, getting a goal from Max Richards just before the first intermission, then pulling to within one on a Zack Peach tally eight minutes into the second frame.
The Thunder went back up by two, but Richards’ second of the game late in the period and Tyler Voisey seven seconds into the third knotted the game 6-6.
But Port Moody dominated the final 19 minutes, outshooting Surrey 21-5 and netting five unanswered goals.
Richards also added three assists to finish the night with five points. Voisey also collected three helpers in addition to his goal. Bobby Tammen and Brad Olson were the other goal scorers. Conor Campbell had a pair of assists.
Jeff Geyer stopped 42 of the 53 shots he faced. Surrey directed 24 shots at the Port Moody goal.
Surrey’s record fell to 5-9-2 (won-lost-tied), good for seventh place in the 11-team league. The Rebels play their last home game of the season next Monday (July 5) against the 5-10-1 Richmond Roadrunners.
- The Rebels’ Intermediate B team managed to score just once over the final 40 minutes, and lost their first-ever game to the Semiahmoo Rock last Friday night in Cloverdale.
The South Conference rivals were tied 4-4 after the first period, but Semiahmoo took a 7-4 lead into the third.
Brandon Baldo and Brodie Serka tallied twice each for Surrey, with Thomas Henry, Kyle Clarke and Ryan Millen adding one each.
Starting goalie Clayton Finley was busy in the Surrey goal, stopping 59 of 69 shots before leaving the game. Joey Puchmayr played the final 10 minutes, stopping all 10 shots he faced.
Now at 4-10-1 on the season with four games to play, the Rebels trail Semiahmoo and the Langley Warriors by one point in the South Conference standings, needing to overtake both to qualify for the West Coast Intermediate Lacrosse League playoffs.
The Rebels host Langley tonight at 8 p.m. in the Cloverdale Arena.
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