JETS MEN WIN TWO TO ADVANCE TO SEMI FINALS
The Toronto Golden Jets senior men’s Gold team triumphed twice on Day 2 of the Canadian National Championships to advance to the semi finals in Calgary.
In the morning, Toronto played its last game of the round robin phase facing off against Hamilton.
The opening quarter featured a slow start by the Jets defence and Toronto found itself down 5-3. The teams reversed roles in the second period with Toronto outscoring Hamilton 6-3 to take a 9-8 lead into halftime.
The teams traded goals twice in the third leaving the Jets with a 11-10 lead heading into the final frame.
In that final frame, the Jets registered another three goal victory (5-2) to win 16-12.
Adam Mekni had a monster game scoring six goals. Teammate Filip Resanovic almost matched him by scoring five times. Diego Gonzalez netted two goals while Cam Hexter, Alex Leblanc and Euan Scoffield each tallied once.
The victory landed Toronto in second place in Group A which meant a quarterfinal match-up later in the day against Edmonton Tsunami, third place finishers in Group B.
This time, the Jets wasted no time determining the outcome of the game. Utilizing a stifling full court press defence coupled with a lethal counterattack offence, Toronto ran away to a 11-0 first quarter.
The Jets put up another shutout in the second quarter albeit only tallying three times to lead 14-0 at halftime. A 7-4 second half led to a 21-4 victory.
Scoffield led the way powering home five goals with Mekni right behind socring four times. Richard Laurie, Sam Madadian, Hexter and Leblanc each scored twice. Captain Mike Chapman, Harrison Young, Ethan Abblett and Gonzalez added singles as every Jets field player but one got on the scoreboard.
The quarterfinal win sets up a semi-final encounter with long time rival CAMO (Montreal) early in the morning on Day 3.
