Gold Miners no contest for hometown Rock

The Timmins Rock built an 8-0 lead and cruised to a 13-2 blowout victory over the visiting Kirkland Lake Gold Miners in Northern Ontario Junior Hockey League action at the McIntyre Arena in Timmins Friday night.

Lucas Lowe paced the offensive outburst with four goals for the Rock, while Jack Kelly and Brant Romaniuk had three-point outings as well.  
Harry Clark had two goals as well for the Rock.

The Rock opened the scoring as Mason Svarich on a transition play went below the goal line but found linemate Liam Wells who tapped it into the empty cage for a 1-0 llead. Just over a minute later, Jack Kelly came down the left side and he found Brant Romanuk all alone and he beat Graydon Mole upstairs.Then less than a minute after that it was Kelly who went upstairs on Mole with an assist from linemate Brant Romaniuk as the Rock made it 3-0 less than 8 minutes in.

The Rock continued to roll offensively in the opening period as Clarke fired home his 22nd for a 4-0 lead at 11:28. Just over two minutes after that, Lowe netted his eighth of the season at 13:51 of the first.  

The scoring continued in the second period as Clark collected his second of the night at 6:25 which made it 6-0. Just at the halfway point of the one-sided affair  Lowe netted his second of the game and ninth of the campaign which made it 7-0.  Then, less than 30 seconds later Brant Romaniuk scored his ninth of the season which made it 8-0 at 10:19 of the second.  

The Gold Miners finally broke the ice and spoiled Dryden Riley's shutout bid as Jonah McIndoo scored his second of the season.

The Rock continued to damage the Gold Miners on the scoreboard as Tenzin Nyman made it 9-1 at 17:04.

The Rock offence continued in the third period as Thomas Beard netted his 12th on the power play at 1:27 of the third. Lowe got the hat trick goal also on the power play at 2:19 with a helper from Kaeden McArthur. Ryan Armitage netted another power play marker at 10:33 to make it 12-1.  Lowe got his fourth at 13:18 which made it 13-1.  

Inde Abresch recorded his 10th of the campaign to finish the scoring in the 13-2 one-sided Rock win.

The win improved the Rock record to 25-11-2 while the Gold Miners dropped to 7-26-4-1.