Bandits bounce back, notch first win 9-3 in Calgary
CALGARY, AB – Nathan Plessis (Salmon Arm, B.C.) had two goals, while Simon Boyko (Mississauga, ON) also found the back of the net twice, as the Brooks Bandits (1-1) got their first win of the 2018-19 AJHL season with a 9-3 victory on the road over the Calgary Canucks (0-2) on Sunday afternoon at the Max Bell Centre.
Brooks outshot the Canucks 58-21 in the game, never trailing en route to a major bounce-back from their 11-3 loss on Friday in Drumheller.
The Bandit captain opened the scoring 8:16 into the game when Brandon Scanlin (Hamilton, ON) fed a pass from behind the net to a waiting Plessis at the top of the crease for a quick one-time goal. Less than a minute later, the Bandits doubled that lead when Jakob Lee (Owen Sound, ON) tapped home a rebound for his first Junior A goal.
In the second, Mack Hancock (Kingston, ON) wristed one home from the right circle to make it 3-0, but within a minute, a backdoor tap in by Jackson Zloty of the Canucks got the home side on the board.