Admirals win back-to-back games over the weekend

Walpole Island’s Breck Rainey (66, left) gets a backhand shot away during last Saturday night’s game against the Admirals. Amherstburg won the game 4-3.

The Amherstburg Admirals won two games last weekend to extend their winning streak to three games.

Coming off a 2-1 win over Blenheim Oct. 12, the Admirals went to Dresden last Friday night. Thanks to a goal from Jack Bulmer with just 4:13 left to play in the third period, Amherstburg came away with a 3-2 victory.

It was Bulmer’s second goal of the hockey game.

After a scoreless first period, the Admirals and Kings had traded goals in the second period. The first three goals of the game came in a span of just over two minutes. Dresden’s Xandre Aitken opened the scoring but Amherstburg scored two quick goals with Bulmer and Cory Leach finding the back of the net.

Aitken scored again with two minutes left in the middle frame to send it to the third period deadlocked at two.

Russell Vaughan stopped 23 of 25 shots to pick up the win in goal for Amherstburg.

The Admirals were back on their home ice 24 hours later as they welcomed the Walpole Island Wild back to the Libro Centre. Amherstburg won that game by a final score of 4-3, with Brett Jones scoring twice and adding an assist.

The Admirals got off to a fast start and had a 3-0 advantage after the first period. Cooper Bulmer, Drew Booker and Jones scored in the opening 20 minutes.

Walpole Island made a game of it in the second period thanks to goals by Josh Hazzard and Xavier Gelinas but Jones’ second of the game with just over four minutes to play in the second period gave the Admirals a 4-2 lead.

Connor Debot scored for the Wild at the 18:51 mark of the third period, but they could get no closer and the Admirals got the two points.

Amherstburg climbed into fourth place in the PJHL Stobbs Division with the four-point weekend. Their record after Saturday night’s game is now 6-5-1, good for 13 points.

The Admirals have a pair of home games this weekend. The Lakeshore Canadiens come to town Saturday for a 7:30 p.m. game while the Mooretown Flags arrive at the Libro Centre Sunday evening for a 6:30 p.m. game.

Admirals win back-to-back games over the weekend

By Ron Giofu