Last night, the LaSalle Vipers played host to the Komoka Kings, their second meeting of the regular season so far. The Vipers started the game off strong, with Tristan Kitchen’s scoring from the slot just two minutes into the contest. That was unfortunately the Vipers only lead of the game. Late in the first period, the Kings scored two goals, one came from a Vipers giveaway to an open Mathias Prud’homme-Foster, and just two minutes later, Gavin Yoo finds the back of the net, giving the Kings a 2-1 lead heading into the second period.
The Kings added to their advantage with two goals in the first five minutes of the second period, with Morgan Paine tallying his 7th goal of the season, and Tristan Witmer scoring just 28 seconds later. Vipers forward Joseph Gingras cut the lead down to 4-2 on LaSalle’s first powerplay of the night, bringing some momentum back before Komoka’s Christopher Morgan scored an unassisted goal to finish off the second period at a score of 5-2.
The third period saw a goalie change for the Vipers, Cameron Ingram played the remainder of the game, saving all 7 shots he faced. LaSalle’s Matteo Vilardi opened the period with a goal just 21 seconds after the period commenced, but the two powerplay opportunities and 11 shots on net didn’t bring forth any more goals for the Vipers. the Kings capped off the game with an empty net goal from Brody Najim, seeing the Kings emerge victorious in a hard fought match, with a final score of 6-3.
The Vipers get on the road, headed to Woodstock to face the Navy Jets tomorrow, October 2nd, at 7:45pm.
Article: Jack Cooney
Picture: Isabella Ruccolo
