Page 8 - Thursday, March 5, 2020 - The Listowel Banner Serving the Community since 1866 Listowel Banner SPORTS Cycs fall behind 2-1 in Midwestern quarter-final ference’s hottest team entering the post- Listowel Juniors take season, going 9-1-0-0 over their last 10 Game 1, Stratford roars games of the regular season. Game 1 back for series lead Verbeek and netminder Evan Morrison stole the show in Game 1, as the pair led WARRIORS 5 FINAL the Cyclones to an early 1-0 series lead CYCLONES 1 with a 5-2 win. Morrison stopped 41 shots – including a DAN MCNEE 17-shot barrage in the third period – for his
[email protected] 12th career playoff victory with Listowel. The Cyclones were outshot 43-23 overall LISTOWEL – After making the most of and trailed 2-1 midway through the second their chances in Game 1 of the 2020 Mid- before Verbeek took over the game offen- western Conference quarter-finals, the Lis- sively. towel Cyclones have found those chances The Flesherton native brought Listowel more recently hard to come by in their even at 10:06 of the second with an un- best-of-seven playoff series with the Strat- assisted short-handed tally. After Rylan ford Warriors. Dan McNee Photos Bowers gave the Cyclones a 3-2 lead at CLUTCH PERFORMANCE – The Listowel Bantam Cyclones celebrate Jeremy Hamilton’s The fifth-seeded Cyclones overcame a 11:27 of the third on the power play, Ver- game-tying goal with 12 seconds left in regulation in Game 1 of the OMHA ‘B’ semifinals on heavy shot differential in Game 1 to pre- beek scored another unassisted goal five Feb.