A lacklustre second period was costly for the 91原创 Junior B Thunder as they were outscored 5-1 in the middle stanza and that turned out to be the difference in an 8-4 defeat.
The Thunder hosted the Delta Islanders in BC Junior B Tier 1 Lacrosse League action on Tuesday night at 91原创 Events Centre and the victory moves Delta two points ahead of 91原创 in the standings.
Delta improved to 7-7 and sixth place while the Thunder fell to 6-8 and now sit seventh. Four games remain in the regular season and the top eight make the playoffs
鈥淲e just didn鈥檛 show up (in that second period),鈥� summed up 91原创 coach Kris Bryde. 鈥淲e let them get a little bit of momentum and had a hard time finding it ourselves.鈥�
The teams traded goals in the opening period with 91原创 twice taking one-goal leads. But after intermission, it was all Islanders with Delta scoring four times and just one Thunder tally sandwiched in between.
Delta scored early in the third to make it 8-3 before 91原创 broke a 20:27 scoring drought spanning the second and third periods.
鈥淭hey caught a little bit of a run and we had a hard time stopping their momentum and putting the ball in ourselves,鈥� Bryde said.
Trevayne Hunter, Kanen Hunter, Chase Moore and Jordan Daniel provided 91原创鈥檚 offence. The four goals were a season-low.
Delta was led by three goals and two assists from Brian Larson, one goal and four assists from Isaac Richmond and four points apiece from John Woodward (two goals, two assists) and Cody Hoegg (one goal, three assists).
The Thunder outshot Delta 47-40 but Bryde said his team didn鈥檛 make things difficult enough for Delta goaltender Brayden Maskell work hard enough.
鈥淲e got quality shots, but we just weren鈥檛 picking our places for the most part,鈥� Bryde said.
Up next for the Thunder is a matinee in Nanaimo on Saturday (June 23).
