Clinton Radars beat Wingham Ironmen over the weekend

BY SHAWN LOUGHLIN

After opening the season with two wins and one loss, the Clinton Radars were back in action over the weekend, beating the Ironmen on Saturday night in Wingham after suffering a shootout loss to the Walkerton Capitals in Clinton on Friday night.

 

Weekend play for the Radars began on Friday night in Clinton with a 4-3 shootout loss to the Walkerton Capitals, despite opening the scoring with a power play goal scored by Teegan Middleton with less than a minute left in the first period, assisted by Kingston Powell and Jack O’Donnell.

 

With 16:11 left in the second period, Brodie Palinsky scored to tie the game for the Capitals, assisted by Nathan Binkley and Jacob Carroll. However, the Radars scored the next two goals to head to the third period up by a score of 3-1. Rodney Ansley scored with 15:47 left in the period, assisted by Denver Mason and Jacob Corriveau, followed by an Evan Denunzio goal with 10:35 left in the second, assisted by Kingston Powell.

 

The third period, however, was all Walkerton, with the Capitals scoring two goals to tie the game, sending it to overtime. Nathan Binkley scored with 16:09 left in the third, assisted by Hunter Stewart and Carsyn Jeffray, followed by a Hunter Stewart goal with 7:49 left in the third, assisted again by Jeffray.

 

There were no goals scored in overtime, sending the game to a shootout, where the Radars could not solve Walkerton goaltender Noah Ricci. Clinton sent Nathan Bloemberg, Jack O’Donnell and Denver Mason to the shootout, but none of them could find the back of the net. For Walkerton, Kolby Reay and Dylan Becker were stopped by Clinton goaltender Jack Dalrymple on the first and third shots, respectively, but Jacob Carroll scored on the second shot, winning the game for the Capitals.
The next day, the team travelled north on London Road to Wingham to take on the Ironmen, who they would end up beating by a score of 3-1.

 

Erick Gulutzen opened the scoring for the Radars just over two minutes into the first period, assisted by Myles Phillips. The Radars then doubled their lead just over five minutes later when Sawyer Olmstead scored a power play goal, assisted by Keaton Middleton and Brody Lyndon.

 

After no scoring in the second period, the Ironmen cut the Clinton lead in half with a power play goal scored by Kaleb Schouten with just under six minutes left in the third period, assisted by Nate Fritz and Timothy Kraayenbrink.

 

The Radars, however, left no doubt less than a minute later with Gulutzen scoring his second goal of the game, assisted by Denver Mason, to put the game away.

 

Looking ahead, the Radars have two games again this weekend. Tonight - Friday, Oct. 2 - the team will host the Mitchell Hawks, followed by a Saturday, Oct. 3 game with the Ironmen, again in Wingham.

 

The following weekend, the Radars will host the Kincardine Bulldogs on Friday, Oct. 9 before heading to Mitchell on Saturday, Oct. 10 to play the Hawks.