Eduardo Curros – Western Correspondent, All Lacrosse All The Time
The Calgary Roughnecks visited the Vancouver Warriors Friday night for the second of their two meetings this season. The Warriors beat Calgary 14-10 in Calgary in the first matchup back in Week 5. The Roughnecks were coming off a big road win in Ottawa last week, attempting to climb higher in the Unified Standings. Calgary squandered a 9-3 lead in the second quarter, but ultimately prevailed 15-12 as nine different Roughnecks recorded goals. Calgary improves to 5-3; they have a doubleheader in Week 12, hosting Saskatchewan on Friday night and Las Vegas Sunday evening. Vancouver drops below .500 (4-5); they play at Las Vegas in Week 12.
Roughnecks take commanding lead in second quarter, then falter
The Warriors took a quick 2-0 lead on goals from Riley Loewen at 1:07 and Kevin Crowley at 1:28. Tyler Pace would start the Roughnecks’ barrage, with help from Tanner Cook and Curtis Dickson, at 4:24. Dane Dobbie then netted two more, at 4:59 and on a power play at 5:58 for a 3-2 lead. Goals from Haiden Dickson at 8:03 and Ethan Ticehurst unassisted at 8:18 extended the lead to 5-2. Loewen scored his second goal of the game with three seconds left in the quarter, but Vancouver trailed 5-3.
Curtis Dickson ignited another Roughnecks run 31 seconds into the second quarter, then Tanner Cook scored unassisted at 2:06. Bennett Smith took a pass from Kieran McKay and scored in transition at 2:23, followed by Curtis Dickson finding the net again at 2:42 to give the Roughnecks a 9-3 lead. Vancouver woke up, scoring five of the next six goals. Loewen scored his hat trick goal, with help from Adam Charalambides and Crowley at 3:40. Marcus Klarich then scored twice, at 7:12 and 8:44 to cut the lead to 9-6. Haiden Dickson buried a feed from Smith at 9:44 to make it 10-6 Calgary, but Vancouver would light the lamp three more times. Johnathan Peshko scored at 12:31, with help from Ryan Martel and Keegan Bal. Bal then scored 24 seconds later, and Crowley’s second goal at 14:01 made it a one-goal game, 10-9 at 14:01.
Roughnecks second half
Charalambides tied the game with help from Loewen and Bal at 2:16 to open the second half. Curtis Dickson scored his hat trick goal with help from Cook and Dobbie at 3:25. Bal tied the game at 11-11 with an assist from Charalambides at 8:33. Mathieu Gautier put the Roughnecks up one again at 11:46, only for Vancouver to tie the game at 12-12 on Charalambides’ second goal at 12:04. However, two quick goals from Jesse King at 12:26 and Cook at 12:38 gave Calgary a 14-12 lead going into the fourth quarter. Haiden Dickson added an insurance goal at 4:15 of the fourth quarter, as the Warriors could not find the back of the net in the final frame.
Curros’s Corner
The Roughnecks snapped Vancouver’s 7-game home winning streak; Calgary has won every road game against the Warriors since the franchise moved downtown to Rogers Arena.
Curtis Dickson’s second goal gave him 552 for his career, passing Dan Dawson for 6th place all-time in goals scored.
Vancouver’s Alec Stathakis and Calgary’s Justin Inacio battled to a stalemate at the faceoff dot, with each team winning 15 of 30 draws.
Cam MacLeod made 40 saves in the win, while Aden Walsh stopped 34 shots in the losing effort.