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First star honours for Martel

91原创鈥檚 Ryan Martel tied for league lead with 21 goals, fourth in points with 39
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Ryan Martel, who leads the 91原创 Junior Thunder in scoring with 21 goals and 39 points, was called up to play for the senior A Thunder in their 16-9 loss to Maple Ridge on May 31. The next night, back with the junior A team, Martel scored five goals in a 12-5 victory. Martel was also named the BC Junior A Lacrosse League player of the week for the previous week. Gary Ahuja 91原创 Times

Fresh off being named the BC Junior A Lacrosse League first star of the week, Ryan Martel struck for five goals in his team鈥檚 12-5 victory over the Delta Islanders.

Martel fired 20 shots, connecting on a quarter of them as the Thunder junior A lacrosse team won for the third time in four games.

The most recent victory was Thursday (June 1) at the 91原创 Events Centre and helped the Thunder complete a home-and-home sweep over the Islanders.

Martel had earned first star honours from the league after scoring six goals and adding five assists in his team鈥檚 two games the week before. He is tied for the league lead with 21 goals and fourth in points with 39.

Against Delta he had a goal in each of the first two periods before adding three more in the third period.

The Thunder actually trailed 5-3 in the second period before closing on a 4-0 run to take a 7-5 lead into the locker room. 91原创 scored the only five goals of the final period.

Mackenzie Rope also had a big game with two goals and four helpers while Mitch McDole had a goal and three assists. Bobby Kidd III (two goals), Trevor Chernoff (one goal, one assist) and Anthony Kalinch (one goal) rounded out the scoring.

And while Martel had 20 shots on goal alone, the Islanders as a team combined for just 28.

Jake Sundar stopped all 13 shots he faced after Torin Vanrheenan surrendered five goals on 15 shots.

Up next for the team is a road game on June 2 against the first-place Coquitlam Junior Adanacs, who sit at 9-1. The team鈥檚 lone loss was to 91原创 on May 10.



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