Nine goals were scored on Friday night and once the dust had settled, it was a 9-5 victory for the Valencia Flyers. “It wasn’t pretty, but it was definitely an exciting home opener” said Coach Hartly, as the Flyers took on the Capital Thunder from Sacramento to begin the 2008/2009 Junior A Tier III Hockey Season.
Daniel Chang was the local hero as he notched 4 goals and his line accounted for a total of 13 points as his linemates Andy Monesi and Brian Voogt added goals of their own. Noble Tucker was solid between the pipes as the Thunder wouldn’t go away all night. They took 43 shots on the Flyers netminder and as coach Hartly stated after the game. “This team is going to have to get a whole lot better defensively if we’re going to be successful this year”.
“Fourteen goals means a lot of good and bad things happened out there tonight,” said Coach Hartly, “but obviously we’re pleased with the results.”