BLOOMFIELD HILLS \u2014 Lakes Area United edged its way past the Walled Lake United Whitecaps 3-1 Thursday evening.<\/p>\n
The Whitecaps were the better team early, getting their forecheck going and keeping the puck in Lakes Area\u2019s end. But it was Lakes Area who opened the scoring, a bit against the run of play. Nick Falkowski slipped a pass from behind the net toward the front of the goal, and Garrett Springs was waiting in the low slot to quickly one time the puck into the net, scoring his eighth goal of the campaign and giving Lakes Area a 1-0 lead with 7:43 left in the first period.<\/p>\n
The line of Falkowski, Springs, and captain Logan Scheidt struck again four minutes later. This time it was Scheidt weaving his way through the defense and getting a power play marker for a 2-0 Lakes Area lead.\n<\/p>\n
\u201cWe just kind of shook them up a little bit. Springs is bringing a little spark to that line. So that\u2019s definitely nice to have and nice to see,\u201d Lakes Area United head coach John McMahon said.<\/p>\n
The game went back and forth after that. The Whitecaps picked things up offensively in the second period and had a series of near misses on back-post feeds that just did not quite connect. The Whitecaps would finally get on the board early in the third period when Thaddeus Robson\u2019s shot snuck through all the traffic for a power-play goal. That cut Lakes Area\u2019s lead to 2-1 with 14:33 still to play in the game.<\/p>\n
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Lakes Area United’s Logan Scheidt controls the puck as Walled Lake United’s Cooper Auten (34) looks on in Thursday’s game contested at the Detroit Skating Club. Scheidt scored a power-play goal in the 3-1 win over the Whitecaps. (KEN SWART – For MediaNews Group)<\/p>\n
The Whitecaps had a series of power plays later in the period, but Lakes Area United was able to shut those down without any serious threats from the Whitecaps.<\/p>\n
\u201cAll season, we\u2019ve been awesome on the kill. I think we\u2019re over 90 percent on the kill,\u201d McMahon said. \u201cWe\u2019ve been there a lot unfortunately, but we\u2019ve worked our way out of it.\u201d<\/p>\n
Eventually, Lakes Area added a late power play goal of its own as Falkowski picked up his third assist of the night, setting up Gavin Grondin with 1:24 to play, sealing the game.<\/p>\n
Scheidt picked up his 60th point of the season on the evening, and his 35th goal of the season puts him inside the top-20 scorers in the state. Falkowski, who is also a double-digit goal scorer on the year, now has 15 assists as well.<\/p>\n
With the win, Lakes Area United improves to 16-10 overall. Its final regular season game is this Saturday at home against Romeo.<\/p>\n