CJHL Hockey
Grads simply overwhelming in 7-0 win over Hawkesbury Hawks
By Fred Sherwin
Orléans Online

Cumberland Grads forward Dan Goyette gets a chance in close on Hawkesbury Hawks goalie Philippe Magnan duiring the Grads 7-0 win on Sunday. Fred Sherwin/Photo

The Cumberland Grads downed the Hawkesbury Hawks
7-0 on Sunday as Adam Laderoute earned what was undoubtedly the easiest shutout of his CJHL career.

Laderoute faced three shots in the first two periods and nine shots overall in picking up his second shutout of the season and fifth shutout since joining the Grads prior to the 2006 playoffs.

The Grads outshot the Hawks 14-1 in the first period alone as they picked up where they left off Friday night when they handed the Pembroke Lumber Kings only their third loss of the season.

All five players who scored against the Lumber Kings would factor into the scoring against, the Hawks including Sean Bamford and Brent Bisdee who scored a pair of first period goals to give the Grads an early 2-0 lead.

Michael Borkowski extended the Grads lead to 3-0 in the opening minute of the second period as Cumberland continued their onslaught against an obviously overmatched Hawks team.

After the lopsided first period, the Grads peppered Hawks netminder Philippe Magnan with 16 shots in the second, despite having to kill off a 5-on-3 for a full minute followed by a 5-on-4 for an another two minutes. Matt Miller would give the Grads a 4-0 lead at the 7:47 mark of the period.

Things went from bad to worse in the third for the Hawks who started to take a number of not so smart penalties. Brett Madigan put the Grads up 5-0 on a delayed penalty to Sebastien Lavoie at the 7:13 mark of the third and then Matheu Ouellette ended a nine game goal scoring drought with a power play marker 21 seconds later as Lavoie watched from the penalty box.

Grads defenceman Kevin Tansey drove the final nail in the coffin with his third goal of the year less than a minute later.

Of the six shots the Hawks managed to get in the third period, three of them came in the final two minutes, forcing Laderoute to make a couple of key saves to preserve his doughnut.

After the game, Grads head coach Paul Flindall said he was happy with his team's effort, especially in light of the fact that they had just upset the number one team in the league on their ice.

"I was a little worried they might have a bit of a letdown, but we asked for the same type of work ethic and they gave it to us. They stuck to the game plan and they played 60 minutes of solid hockey," said Flindall.

The Grads now have four days off before taking on the Smiths Falls Bears in Smiths Falls on Friday. Their next home game is on Sunday against the Nepean Raiders. Puck drops at 3 p.m.

(Posted 7:30 p.m., Nov. 9)

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