The Adirondack Thunder returned home on Friday Night after a seven-game road trip where they went 2-4-1-0, with four out of the five points coming on the East Coast. Adirondack was coming off a strong performance on Wednesday in TR to finish the road trip, where they held the Lions to 25 shots despite a 4-1 loss. On Friday, it would be a similar start as the Thunder held the Trois-Rivieres Lions without a shot on goal for the first 4:50 of the opening frame. Trois-Rivieres would only have five shots on goal in the opening 20 minutes, but Morgan Adams-Moisan fed Tyler Hylland in the slot to open up the scoring at the 14:50 mark of the opening frame. The second period wouldn’t have much action, but Adirondack looked to have had a golden opportunity at the 8:15 mark as Kishaun Gervais looked to have had a two-one-one with Loven exiting the box but instead took the shot and missed high. The two teams would combine for nine shots in the middle frame. However, the Thunder were still down one heading into the final frame.
“Ya, we should be winning these games but it’s unfortunate that we’re not”
Head Coach Pete MacArthur on Friday Night’s loss
Adirondack would finally get on the board as Ryan Conroy fed Kevin O’Neil for a one-timer for his 13th of the year at the 7:48 mark of the period. Adrien Bisson would pick up the secondary assist, as he has four assists in eight games since joining the Thunder. Unfortunately for the Thunder, love wasn’t in the air as Jakov Novak found the back of the net at 11:49 for his 18th of the season. The 25-year-old forward now has seven goals and three assists for 10 points in eight games against Adirondack this season. Luke Cavallin would make 24 saves for the Lions as he picked up his 10th win of the season in a big bounce-back game after giving up 11 goals in his two previous starts coming into Friday Night.
“For me it was just a lot more oppurtunity, lot more freedom to play the way I know I can play, getting the guys to trust me, getting the trust from the coaches really opened up a new game. I’m riding with that, I’m confindent i’m playing well, but in the end we need to find a way to win games. So it is fun personally, I gotta find way to make a bigger impact apparently because we need to win games”
Adrien Bisson on the move from Florida to Adirondack
Despite the loss, some positives came out of Friday’s game as the Thunder allowed just 18 shots, which was a season-low for an opponent and the first time they held a North Divison opponent under 20 shots since November 15th vs Reading. Adirondack is expected to get another healthy body back, and Alex Young is expected to return this weekend as he’s been out since January 5th. Adirondack and Trois-Rivieres will continue their “seven-game series” tomorrow at 7 pm.
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