Ethan Tatomir scored three goals and set up two more on Friday, Nov. 13, as the Burlington Cougars pulled away late to beat the Mississauga Chargers 8-5 at Central Arena. The Cougars are Burlington's team in the Ontario Junior Hockey League, a junior A league for teenage and young adult players. Tatomir's five-point night made him Lokul's Player of the Game.
The teams were tied 2-2 after the first period, and Burlington led 4-2 after two. The third produced seven goals. Mississauga twice pulled within one early in the period, first on the power play and then shorthanded, and Burlington answered both times, the second on a goal by Ferguson. Daniels scored 23 seconds later to put the game away. It was his 19th goal of the season.
| Time | Team | Scorer |
|---|---|---|
| 3:12 | Mississauga | Lecce (power play) |
| 4:16 | Burlington | Tatomir |
| 5:27 | Mississauga | Pereira (shorthanded) |
| 8:04 | Burlington | Ferguson |
| 8:27 | Burlington | Daniels |
| 17:46 | Mississauga | Herrington |
| 19:40 | Burlington | Tatomir (power play) |
Tatomir completed the hat trick with 20 seconds left, scoring on the power play at 19:40 with help from Daniels and Lamb. It was his 10th goal of the season.
Keeler, Bondy and Hraiche also scored for Burlington. Keeler was thrown out of the game in the first period with a game misconduct for spearing, jabbing an opponent with the blade of his stick.
The Cougars outshot Mississauga 52-34 and went 3 for 10 on the power play. Goalie Paddy Landry made 29 saves to improve to 5-2. The crowd was 319.
It wasn't Burlington's first win over the Chargers this season. The Cougars beat them 8-1 on Saturday, Oct. 10, at Port Credit Memorial Arena in Mississauga, where Landry made 36 saves in what the team's own writer called his best game of the year so far.
The Cougars have now won four straight. In the league's West Conference standings as of Saturday, Nov. 14, they sit 5th of 12 teams with 36 points.
Burlington goes on the road Sunday to play the Jr. Sabres in Buffalo.
