They call them the Timbermen for a reason. They cut the Coquitlam Adanacs down to size Sunday.
The T-men raced to a 5-1 lead after the first period and bottled up the Adanacs for a surprising 9-4 Western Lacrosse Association victory at Frank Crane Arena in Nanaimo. The result left the A's at 3-3-0 while the T-men moved to 2-2-1. The A's other two defeats thus far were both one-goal losses to the Langley Thunder and Victoria Shamrocks.
Special teams cost the Adanacs, as they went 0-for-10 on the powerplay and coughed up two shorthanded goals. Matt King was solid in the T-men net in blocking 47 shots but Adanacs general manager Les Wingrove put the onus on his team's big guns for not bearing down in front of him.
"We had lots of chances but we didn't shoot very well and, quite frankly, didn't play very well," Wingrove groused. "Our defence didn't play well at all either and we gave up key shorthanded goals, which is pretty deflating."
The T-men broke up an early 1-1 deadlock by zipping in the game's next six goals to lead 7-1 three minutes into the second period.
Jason Jones, with a pair, Daryl Veltman and Dane Dobbie were the only Adanacs able to beat King. Scott Ranger rallied the T-men with four goals and two assists.
RAG LINE: The A's face a couple stiff tests on the weekend when they visit the 4-1-1 Victoria Shamrocks on Friday before returning home to meet the New Westminster Salmonbellies on Saturday at Porier Sports and Leisure Complex, 7 p.m. "We're fine, we have a good team. We just have to bounce back and play a bit better," Wingrove said... The A's will retire John Allen's No. 12 sweater prior the 'Bellies game. Allen was a seven-time WLA all-star who racked up 995 points, including 542 goals, to rank fourth in all-time scoring on the Adanacs. Allen joins Mike Reelie (21), Jim Aitchison (3), Kevin Parsons (6) and Bill Bradley (7) as ex-players whose A's jerseys hang in the rafters in the Coquitlam rink.
