Sharks Stymie the Opposition

Behind the solid goaltending duo of Jaxon Drysdale and Ethan Handley, the Wheatley Omstead Sharks shut down the opposing shooters, notching back-to-back shutouts in the past week, combining for 46 saves. 

Wednesday at home against the Walpole Island Wild, the defense combined for 8 of 15 assists in addition to their back-end work. 

Ethan Hamelin notched a perfect Oreo filling with a natural hatrick, sandwiched between the first 3 and last 2 goals. Sylvain Lessard opened the scoring followed by Isaac Legood (adding 2 assists), Charlie Coristine, Hamelin 3, Kyle Bleau and Shannon Olson. The assist parade was led by Braedon Caetano 3, Colm Smith 2, Jake Goudreault 2, Jaydon Ferguson 2, with singles to Kyle Kelly, Jake Eaton, Ryan Cronheimer, and Vito Alfano. 

Friday in Lakeshore, a tight checking game with few penalties the Sharks put up a wall for Handley enroute to a 3-0 empty net win. Lessard notched his second consecutive game winning goal midway through the second period.  Kyle Bleau gave the boys some breathing room late in the third with his second of the season and Colm Smith added an empty netter moments later. Caetano, Olson, Legood and Smith notched assists.

“We’ve got 12 new faces in the room this year and the boys are really buying into a solid defensive emphasis, it’s great to see both goalies grab a shutout early in the season,” said head coach Josh Carnevale. “We’ve got a good test coming up with four games in seven days so we’ll see how we stack up in a playoff style stretch so early in the year”.

Sharks return this week Wednesday at home vs. Amherstburg, Friday in Dresden, Sunday in Blenheim and next Tuesday in Essex. No home game on October 4^th