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Flyers Take Down Lincolns in Season Opener

Date:  Source: GOJHL Leamington Flyers
 
Ryan Polidori earned his first Flyers win Thursday as the Leamington Flyers defeated St Mary's 6-3 in their home opener.
 
In the opening frame, both teams struggled to find consistency and showed nerves. The Lincolns opened the scoring 9 minutes into the first period. However in the closing minutes of the period, Leamington began to show their chemistry and clicked. They managed two goals past Lincolns goalie Kyle Curtin in just 28 seconds. Griffin Robinson put the Flyers on the board capitalizing on a turnover before hometown boy, Adam Jeffery gave the Flyers their firsts lead of the game. Shots in the period were 12-9 in favour of St. Mary's.
 
 
The first goals continued into the second period. 16 year-old Ryan Gagnier doubled the lead, 3 minutes in. The teams would exchange goals to close out the frame and entering the intermission the scoreboard read 4-3 in favour of the Flyers.
 
Entering the third period, fans were offered extended looks at the Flyers special teams, in both the power play and penalty kill made frequent shifts. While the penalty kill was successful, the power play on the other hand was not. The Flyers would cushion their lead with a pair of goals, including Cameron Armstrong netting his first career goal and Robinson adding a second. 
 
The first line of Robinson, Maddux Rychel and Dyaln Weston were lethal on offense for the Flyers as they combined for 5 points. 
 
"I think last year playing with Robinson definitely helped and Weston came up, we've been playing well in training camp and just been clicking," said Rychel. "Tomorrow we'll have a big test against St. Thomas at the end of a back to back." 
 
Rychel added that it was great for the rookies to get on the scoresheet. "Confidence is everything in this league and to get one right away is just getting the monkey off their back."