Royals battle hard but lose to Westside

January 14, 2015 · 0 Comments

The Centre Dufferin District High School Royals boys hockey team travelled to Orangeville on Thursday (Jan. 8) to meet the Westside Secondary School Thunder.
Entering the arena the two teams where closely matched.
CDDHS had a 3-6 record and six points with a tenth place in the Division 4 standings.
Westside was one notch up with a 2–6–1 record including two over time losses that gave them seven points going into the Thursday afternoon game at the Alder Street arena in Orangeville.
Westside got the jump and were leading 1–0 early in the second period.
Royals’ forward Michael Fuller tied the game when he attacked the Westside goal head on then made a nice deke to beat the Thunder goalie.
The pressure was on the squad from CDDHS when the Thunder wrapped up the second period with three more goals to take a 4–1 lead going into the final frame.
The Royals battled back in the third period with Fuller notching his second goal of the game, but that’s all the squad could do for the game.
Westside finished with three more goals in the third period to leave the ice with a 7–2 win.
“We played pretty hard. We needed to get the puck out of our end quicker and break out,” Said Royals forward Quinn DeLaat of the team’s performance. “We need to work on a couple of things. Our systems were a little weak today, so I’m pretty sure the coaches are going to have us work on that on Monday for practice.”
It was a tough loss for the Royals who are on the negative side for the season and have one more regular season game – against Wellington Heights Secondary School on Thursday, January 15.
The Royals should squeeze into the playoffs with the opening rounds of Division 4 action getting underway on Monday, February 9, and Tuesday, February 10.
Centre Welling District High School is currently leading the Division 4 standings followed by Orangeville District Secondary School, but that could change with ODSS’s next game. They are one point behind with a game in hand.
Norwell District Secondary School is in third place followed by St. James.

By Brian Lockhart