Diamond Mineral Water Indoor Hockey Festival...Lions fire warning to all pretenders; Toros setup clash with Pizza Hut GCC

Diamond Mineral Water Indoor Hockey Festival…Lions fire warning to all pretenders; Toros setup clash with Pizza Hut GCC

Nov 27, 2016 Sports

The Toronto Lions fired warning shots to all pretenders on Friday evening, cruising to

Woodpecker Hikers Krezia Layne (centre) is being checked by a Toronto Toros player during their clash on Friday.

a comfortable 5-0 win over local top side Old Fort as the Diamond Mineral Water Indoor Hockey Festival continued at the National Gymnasium on Mandela Avenue.
The Toronto side put together strings of passes in a disciplined approach to picking apart their opposition and was devastating when the eventual scoring opportunities appeared. Tony Cole was his usual outstanding self in goal for Old Fort and kept the game scoreless at the half, but the Lions made their breakthrough in the opening minute of the second half through a Jonathan Roberts deflection goal.
After being foiled by Cole on several occasions, the Lions seemed to opt for hard passes across the goal for deflections to achieve success. This tactic worked as Shane Rajaraman scored two goals similar to Roberts and a third field goal to give Lions a 4-0 lead by the 36th minute.
Satnam Dosanjh put the exclamation mark on the performance with a final minute goal to take his team’s tally to 5. Old Fort created opportunities in the match, but Shankar in goal matched each threat to earn the shutout.
Following their impressive performance on Thursday evening, the Queen’s Park men destroyed their opposition Bal-Wash-ers 11-2. Trinidadian nationals Akim Toussant and Jordan Vieira proved too much for the Washers hammering home four and three goals respectively.
Darren Cowie scored a double with Dominic Young and Jerazeno Bell completing the Queen’s Park scorers. Rishi Bhagava and Jesse Larson each managed singles for the Bal-Wash-ers. The Toronto Lions only needed three minutes to get on the score sheet against Carib HC as match top-scorer Jonathan Roberts pierced the air with a penalty corner strike that was too fast for the Carib goalkeeper.
Roberts scored four more goals in the match en route to a convincing 10-1 victory for the Lions. Shane Rajaran added two goals, while brothers Micah and Devohn Texeira along with Satnam Dosanjh netted one each to complete the Lions scoring. Jael St. Louis was the lone marksman for Carib.

Toronto Lions star player Jonathan Roberts (centre) attempts to dribble past Old Fort’s Dwight Sullivan (right) and Christopher Low-Koan during their encounter on Friday.

The Bal-Wash-ers returned later in the evening to chalk up their first win of the division against the Avengers with a 4-1 final score. The goals for the winners were shared among Dean Schiller, Rishi Bhargava, Yannick van Bavel and Jugwinder Mahal, while Meshach Sargeant scored for the Avengers.
In the ladies fixtures, the Toronto Toros managed their second win of the competition, beating Woodpecker Hikers 4-3 to setup an interesting clash yesterday with local champs Pizza Hut GCC.
After a bit of a slow start, the Toros seized control of the match and were up 3-0 by the 32nd minute as Kaelen Watson scored a double and Danica Jayme added a single. The match then took a strange turn as the Hikers clawed themselves back into contention with a pair of goals from Nicole Eastman and Krizia Layne.
The boisterous Hikers supporters seemed to provide just the catalyst needed for the Hikers to craft their comeback, but Jayme carved a chunk out of their enthusiasm with a 37th minute field goal to take the score to 4-2.
Alana Lewis managed a final goal for Hikers in the very last minute of the match, but with all spectators on edge, the final horn saw the score remain 4-3 in favour of the Canadians. Striker Sonia Jardine of Pizza Hut GCC took 15 minutes to get on the score sheet, but then rattled off three more goals for the 4-0 win over Old Fort.
Jardine was the lone scorer of the match and showed her class as she produced a goal each time she was on the court for the second half of the game. In Pool A of the veteran’s competition, Old Old Fort made a strong bid for a place in the final with a 5-3 victory over Malvern HC of Trinidad.
After a 1-1 halftime score, Old Old Fort fell behind in the 29th minute by 2-3, before storming back with three unanswered goals for the win. Veterans pool B saw Antonio’s Hickers edge Carib HC by 3-2, while the Queens Park vets managed a 6-2 victory over Bal-wash-ers and a 7-3 win against Carib HC. The finals in all the categories are set for today, starting from 16:00hrs.

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