Ramblers come from behind to defeat Mariners

The Amherst Ramblers (25-18-1-3) came from behind to defeat the Yarmouth Mariners (35-10-2-1) 3-1 Tuesday night in Amherst.

With the win, the Ramblers now trail the Pictou County Weeks Crushers by two points. With the loss, Yarmouth still trail the Woodstock Slammers by three points but they do have two games in hand.

All of the scoring came in the second period as Jordan Scott (unassisted) opened the scoring at 1:05 to give the Mariners an early lead at 1-0. Travis Turner (powerplay) scored a little over 4 minutes later at 5:31 to tie the game 1-1. Trevor Steen (game winner) scored at 11:23 to give Amherst the lead at 2-1. Andrew Oakley (powerplay) added an insurance goal at 15:09.

Amherst went two for five on the powerplay while Yarmouth went 0 for six.

Andrew Flemming stopped 51 of 52 shots for the win, including all 22 shots over the final 20 minutes while Jocelyn Morrissette in the Mariners’ net stopped 20 of 23 shots in the loss.





1st Period Scoring

No 1st period scoring

1st Period Penalties

YM, Brandon Lowndes, High Sticking - Minor 11:35

AR, Lee Denny, Tripping - Minor 14:27

2nd Period Scoring

YM, Jordan Scott, , - Unassisted, 1:05

AR, Travis Turner, (Richard Belliveau, Jordan Escott), - PP, 5:31

AR, Trevor Steen, (Matthew Squires, Lee Denny), 11:23

AR, Andrew Oakley, (Richard Belliveau, Andrew Shears), - PP, 15:09

2nd Period Penalties

AR, Lee Denny, Charging - Minor 2:34

YM, Brendon MacDonald, Unsportsmanlike Conduct - Minor 4:40

AR, Brent Lynch, Roughing - Minor 13:20

YM, Matt Rhymer, Slashing - Minor 13:20

YM, Brendon MacDonald, Roughing After The Whistle - Minor 13:20

YM, Cody Lefrancois, Bench Minor - Minor 16:54

YM, Matt Rhymer, Slashing - Minor 17:30

3rd Period Scoring

No 3rd period scoring

3rd Period Penalties

AR, Adam Chipman, Boarding - Minor 0:52

AR, Shane Robar, Interference - Minor 2:52

AR, Adam Chipman, Roughing - Minor 8:35

AR, Derek Smith, Roughing - Minor 19:55

AR, Derek Smith, Roughing - Minor 19:55

YM, Scott Sack, Roughing - Minor 19:55









3 stars

Star 1: AR - Andrew Flemming

Star 2: AR - Richard Belliveau

Star 3: AR - Lee Denny



Game details

Start 7:30 p.m.

End 9:51 p.m.

Officials: Jamie MacIsaac, Rory Faulkner, Steve Rayworth

Attendance: 479

Played at: Amherst Stadium