WESTERN CAPITALS DEFEAT RAPIDS
SUMMERSIDE – The Summerside Western Capitals exploded with 10 goals on Saturday night, handing the Grand Falls Rapids their fourth loss in a row in a 10-2 victory at Credit Union Arena.
Elliott Mullen led the way with four goals while Alexandre Guy had a pair for Summerside who has lost only once on home ice thus far this season.
The game got out of hand early as the Western Capitals scored three times in the opening frame before the Rapids could register their first shot on net. Elliott Mullen scored his first two goals of the night at 3:35 and 7:25. Andrew Thompson brought the score to 3-0 on a power play tally at 9:21.
After Alexandre Guy added Summerside’s fourth goal at the 2-minute mark of the second period, Isaac Allard scored Grand Falls’ first goal on a power play with a wrister to the top corner of the net.
The Western Capitals added two more goals from Alexandre Guy and Justin Ouellette (power play) to make it 6-1 before Nathan Plamondon-Michaud scored his 14th goal of the season for the Rapids at 14:55 of the period. Matthew MacLean added another goal for Summerside who led 7-2 after forty minutes of play.
The Western Capitals scored three more times in the third period on goals from Elliott Mullen (his 3rd and 4th of the game) and Alex Hendry.
The final tally in shots on goal was 53 to 41 in favor of Summerside.
Adam Lecours (GFR) and Kolton Bourret (SWC) were the netminders for their respective teams.
The Rapids’ record now falls to 13-10-2 after 25 games this season. As the team approaches the midway point to the season, they now trail by 2 points the Chaleur Lightning who have taken sole possession of first place in the Eastlink North standings.
Greg Leland’s squad will return to home ice for five straight games, starting next Friday night when the West Kent Steamers will be the visitors for a 7pm contest at the E.&P. Sénéchal Centre.
EXTRA NOTES …
*Elliott Mullen (4g) and Justin Ouellette (1g 3a) both finished the game with 4 points for the Western Capitals.
For the Rapids, Nathan Plamondon-Michaud and Isaac Allard both led the way with identical records of 1g 1a.
*Summerside scored 3 power play goals on 5 PP opportunities while Grand Falls finished the game 1 for 5.
*Three stars of the game: 1- Elliott Mullen (SWC); Justin Ouellette (SWC); 3- Alexande Guy (SWC)
Patrick Thibault
Scoring
| 1st | |||
| 3:35 | SWC | Elliott Mullen (8) ASST: Ethan Dickson (19), Andrew Thompson (8) | |
| 7:25 | SWC | Elliott Mullen (9) ASST: William Patey (3), Brett Arsenault (17) | |
| 9:21 | SWC | Andrew Thompson (5) ASST: Jordan Shaw (11) (PP) | |
| 2nd | |||
| 2:06 | SWC | Alexandre Guy (11) ASST: Henry Ouellet (7), Justin Ouellette (2) | |
| 8:29 | GFR | Isaac Allard (6) ASST: Nathan Plamondon-Michaud (13) (PP) | |
| 11:58 | SWC | Alexandre Guy (12) ASST: Justin Ouellette (3), James Martin (4) | |
| 13:15 | SWC | Justin Ouellette (2) ASST: Simon Mullen (30), Ethan Dickson (20) (PP) | |
| 14:55 | GFR | Nathan Plamondon-Michaud (14) ASST: Isaac Allard (9), Zackarie Michaud (17) | |
| 18:41 | SWC | Matthew MacLean (3) ASST: Simon Mullen (31), Owen MacPherson (7) (PP) | |
| 3rd | |||
| 10:39 | SWC | Elliott Mullen (10) ASST: Austin Walker (4), Matthew MacLean (9) | |
| 12:56 | SWC | Elliott Mullen (11) ASST: Brett Arsenault (18) | |
| 14:04 | SWC | Alex Hendry (2) ASST: Austin Walker (5), Justin Ouellette (4) |