Shooting Eagles 18 Grizzlies 9

Shooting Eagles remain undefeated after five week of Arena Lacrosse League West action.

Eagles scored six times in the first quarter and never trailed, defeating the Grizzlies 18-9 to improve to 5-0 for the season. The Grizzlies dropped a fourth straight game and sit at 1-4.

The game was played on Saturday, Dec. 7  at 91Ô­´´ Events Centre.

With the score tied at one, the Shooting Eagles went on a 5-0 run, building what became an insurmountable lead as the closes the Grizzlies would get would be within a pair of goals late in the first half.

Six different Eagles players scored two more goals, led by Declan Fitzpatrick’s four-goal effort while Mark Yingling (3-2) and Dylan McIntosh (3-1) each had hat tricks. Keegan Kozack and Coady Adamson – the first and second stars, respectively – both had two goals and four assist with Garret Winter adding a goal and four helpers.

Tyson Johnson rounded out the scoring with one goal and one assist as well as a dominating performance in face-offs with the Eagles winning possession of 21 of 30 draws.

Brody Harris made 38 saves on 48 shots.

Kyle Brunsch would earn the game’s third star thanks to a hat trick and five points for the Grizzlies. Erik Forsselius and Marcello Mannarino heac had two goals and three points and Trevor Funk (1-3) and Pearson Willis (1-1) completing the scoring.

Brayden Wandler stopped 35 of 48 shots while Ryder Bremner made 8 saves on 13 shots.

Black Fish 16 Sea Spray 14

Black Fish earned a second straight victory, a 16-14 win over Sea Spray.

Both teams sit with 2-3 records.

Black Fish struck for the first two goals and never trailed in the contest, with the Sea Spray twice pulling even (once at 8-8 and again at 10-10) but could never muster the go-ahead goal.

Aside from the first quarter, when the Black Fish outscored the Sea Spray 3-1, every other period was equal.

Following a Reece Barnes goal off a face-off, Ethan M’Lot struck again 14 seconds later and then with their team short-handed, Brian Gillis made it 14-10 Black Fish 53 seconds after that for what became an insurmountable lead.

M’Lot was the first star following his four-goal, seven-point outing and he was one of three Black Fish players to register hat tricks alongside Gillis and Barnes. Gillis added a trio of assists for the six-point game which was matched by third star Connor Watson (2-4). Rhys Porteous added two goals with Xander Cabeca and Aidan Murphy scoring once apiece.

Keegan Okino finished with 50 saves as the Black Fish were outshot 64-61.

James Rahe was the second star after leading the Sea Spray with a five-goal game. Trevayne Hunter (2-2) and Thomas Semple (1-4) also had big games with Ty Fisher, Kai George and Eli Batt all scoring once and setting up a pair of goals each while Darrel Hunter, Tyrell Hamer-Jackson and Seamus Bankier chipped in a goal apiece.

Lee Jackman made 45 saves on 61 shots.

Up next: Sea Spray face the Grizzlies at 1 p.m. while the Shooting Eagles take on the Black Fish Dec. 14 at 4 p.m. at the 91Ô­´´ Events Centre field house.