Gananoque Islanders Down Smiths Falls 6-5 Saturday in EOSHL

Gananoque – The Gananoque Islanders downed the Smiths Falls Rideaus 6-5 on Saturday in EOSHL action at the Lou Jeffries.

The Islanders’ #13 Justynn Steven (#10 Chris Latimer, #18 Matt Donovan) scored the first goal in the first period, followed by the first goal by Smiths falls, #10 Theo Todd (#92 Tate Leeson, #19 Nathan Slack).

#19 Ben Blasko would score two goals in the first for Gananoque and Smiths Falls would score two additional goals in the first to end the period with a 3-3 tie.

In the second period, the Islanders would score two more goals from #15 Aidan Harris (#8 Graeme Brown), and #19 Ben Blasko (#20 Ryan Pawlikowski, #8 Graeme Brown) his third of the game, while the Rideaus scored one more.

#19 Ben Blasko (#20 Ryan Pawlikowski, #10 Chris Latimer) scored his fourth goal of the game in the third period for the Islanders. Smiths Falls would pick up one more in the third, but it was short by one as Gananoque went on to win 6-5.

The Islanders are off for Christmas and back on the ice this Saturday night as they take on the Frontenac Phantoms at the Frontenac Community Arena starting at 8:00 pm.