The season opener for the Lakers got off to a good start at the Murray Athletic Center. Freshman Erek Selleck deposited a backhand shot past Elmira's Casey Tuttle to knot the game up at 1-1. Then with 1:36 remaining in the first period Ryan Ellis took off on a breakaway, briefly losing control of the puck, and beat Tuttle glove side to give the Lakers the late lead.Then the fireworks ensued with 19 seconds left after Brock Sawyer leveled Lakers forward Garren Reisweber into the boards. Fellow senior Derrell Levy immediately went to Reisweber's aide and got into a scuffle with a couple of Soaring Eagle players. After the players were separated, Levy was given a 2 minute penalty for roughing, while Sawyer was hit with a game misconduct.
The second period was a totally different game and from there on. The Lakers were sloppy in both zones of play and committed too many penalties. This disrupted any kind of offensive flow for the Lakers, which put them on the defense for most of the game. At 6:31 in the second Darcy Valliancourt tied the game on a powerplay. Then Karl Linden followed his first period goal with the game winner midway through the second period giving the Eagles a 3-2 win.
The Soaring Eagles were 3-for-8 on the powerplay while the Lakers went 0-for-4. This mirrors the same problems as the Lakers had last year, and if they are not corrected we could be seeing the same results. The Lakers will look to turn their slow start around against Lebanon Valley College next Friday at the Campus Center. But, they will be missing an important piece of the defense. Francois Gagnon will have to sit out due to his part in a late second period fight.
Jared Crast
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