Mariners take two at home

The Yarmouth Mariners defeated the Halifax Lions 6-2 Sunday night in Yarmouth to improve their early season record to 2-1. The Mariners lost their first game to Bridgewater 8-2 on Friday but won Saturday night in their Yarmouth home opener against the Dieppe Commandos by a score of 1-0.



On Sunday Steve Pearson led the Mariners with two goals and an assist while Cody Lefrancois added a goal and two assists. Michael Best collected three assists.



Lynden Proctor opened the scoring at 8:01 to give the Mariners a 1-0 lead. Pearson scored at 10:28 to extend the lead to 2-0. Riley Lewis (powerplay) scored at 17:50 to cut the lead to 2-1 after the first period. Jordan Scott (powerplay) scored at 9:18 to extend the lead to 3-1. Lefrancois scored at 12:34 to increase the lead to 4-1 after the second period. Pearson scored at 6:32 to widen the lead to 5-1. Stephen Popovich scored at 12:36 to make the score 5-2. Drew Melnick (powerplay) rounded out the scoring at 19:11.



Yarmouth went 2 for 8 on the powerplay while Halifax went 1 for 5.



Dallas Ungurian stopped 29 of 31 shots for the win while Daniel Stein stopped 30 of 36 shots in the loss.





1st Period Scoring

YM, Lynden Proctor, (Mitch McLeod), 8:01

YM, Steve Pearson, (Cody Lefrancois, Michael Best), 10:28

HL, Riley Lewis, (Chad Locke, Jonathan McArthur), - PP, 17:50





2nd Period Scoring

YM, Jordan Scott, (Michael Best, Dakota Johnson), - PP, 9:18

YM, Cody Lefrancois, (Steve Pearson), 12:34

3rd Period Scoring

YM, Steve Pearson, (Cody Lefrancois, Michael Best), 6:32

HL, Stephen Popovich, (Tanner Manson, Wayne Bedecki), 12:36

YM, Drew Melnick, (Graham Ferguson, Lynden Proctor), - PP, 19:11

3 Stars

Star 1: YM - Cody Lefrancois

Star 2: YM - Dakota Johnson

Star 3: YM - Michael Best







Attendance: 864.



Mariners Blank Commandos



On Saturday at the Mariners Centre the Yarmouth Mariners blanked the Dieppe Commandos 1-0.

Michael Best scored to only goal of the game at 7:49 of the first period with assists going to Cody Lefrancois and Mitch McLeod.



Yarmouth went 0 for 8 on the powerplay while Dieppe went 0 for 7.



Dallas Ungurian was outstanding in the Mariners goal as he stopped all 32 shots he faced for the shutout victory while Matt Cooling stopped 28 of 29 shots in the loss.





1st Period Scoring

YM, Michael Best, (Cody Lefrancois, Mitch McLeod), 7:49



2nd Period Scoring

No 2nd period scoring







3rd Period Scoring

No 3rd period scoring







3 Stars

Star 1: YM - Dallas Ungurian

Star 2: YM - Michael Best

Star 3: DC - Mike Ford





Attendance: 1190.