The Toronto Golden Jets men’s Navy team came up short in two contests on Day 2 of NCL tournament action at the Markham Pan Am pool.
The day began with an intra-club matchup against the Golden Jets Gold team.
The Navy Jets fell behind 4-1 in the first quarter, then trailed 7-3 at the half. The Gold team increased its lead to five goals entering the fourth quarter before posting a 3-0 final frame en route to a 14-6 win.
The game featured a duel of brothers with Navy’s Daniel Gonzalez netting a hattrick only to see his older brother Diego put up five scores for the Gold team. Colin Thomas pitched in with a pair for the Navy team while Darren Ablett, father of Ethan who was also playing for Jets Navy, added the final tally.
A few hours later, the Jets Navy team was back in the pool to face Hamilton 2 which was playing its first game of the day.
The teams tied three of the four quarters. However, during the second period, Hamilton 2 won by three to lead to a 14-11 win.
Andrew Reed led the Jets Navy attack with three goals. Victor Laslop and Thomas popped in a pair each while Sean Gripp, Adrian Cheung, Ethan Ablett and Gonzalez netted single tallies.
The losses left the Jets Navy team in 9th place for the second consecutive NCL tournament.
Next action for the Jets Navy team will be March 27-29 at the Scarborough Pan Am pool to wind up its NCL season.