Langley Thunder extended their winning streak to to three Saturday with a 6-5 win on the road at Juan de Fuca Arena over the host Victoria Junior Tier 1 Shamrocks
Jackson Hastings blocked 53 of 58 shots to lead the Langley Junior Tier 1 team to their third-consecutive victory in five days
With the score tied at five just past the midway point of the third period, Cashton Hemsworth tallied what turned out to be game-winning goal.
Lukas Miller, Madden Bakatsis, Ryan Sheldrake, Owen Van Ryn and Mason Eastgate each had a goal in the victory with Eastgate adding a pair of assists for a three-point game while Jameson Reed set up four goals.
Special teams were a big factor with Langley scoring twice on both the power play and penalty kill while Victoria struck for three of their five goals with the man advantage.
Jordan Alexander and Landon Lockwood both had two-goal games and Ronin London had a goal and three helpers for the J1 Shamrocks.
Wednesday, April 30, saw Thunder beat the Roadrunners 17-9 at Richmond’s Minoru Arena.
Richmond opened the scoring less than two minutes into Wednesday’s contest. But the Roadrunners lead was short-lived as Langley closed the period on a 6-0 run.
Richmond did manage to get within four goals before the T1 Thunder tallied four straight to close out the 17-9 victory.
The offence was led by Jacob Glass’ five goals with Brayden Longacre, Ryan Sheldrake and Mason Eastgate each scoring twice and adding three assists. Jameson Reed and Connyr Welch also joined the five-point club with a goal and four helpers apiece.
Cashton Hemsworth (1-1), Lukas Miller, Jackson Moleski and Cole O’Callaghan completed the scoring with Marcus Khan finishing with 29 saves on 38 shots.
Thunder began their season with an 11-4 victory over Burnaby Junior Lakers on Tuesday, April 29, at Langley Events Centre.
Seven different players found the back of the net with Connyr Welch finishing with a hat trick while Mason Eastgate (2-2) and Ryan Sheldrake (1-3) each had four-point efforts.
“If we are being honest with ourselves, we played 25 to 30 minutes of full lacrosse, but we want to be that team that plays a full 60,” said Langley coach Connar Abrams.
The J1 Thunder’s next home game is at Langley Events Centre on May 11 at 2 p.m. in a rematch against Victoria.
