It was a good run, but Firelands unfortunately witnessed the end of their six-game winning streak on Monday. They took a 3-1 hit to the loss column at the hands of the Rocky River Pirates. The Falcons were red-hot offensively headed into the contest (they scored no less than four goals in the five matchups prior) but the Pirates' defense proved too tough.
Firelands' goal came courtesy of
Jesse Yakunovich, who's now up to 12 this season.
Having lost for the first time this season, Firelands fell to 10-1-1. As for Rocky River, their victory was their third straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 7-2-1.
Firelands has the luxury of staying home for another game and will welcome Keystone at 7:00 p.m. on Wednesday. Firelands is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 5.1 goals per game this season. As for Rocky River, they will be staying on the road on Wednesday to face off against North Olmsted at 7:00 p.m. Rocky River is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 3.2 goals per game this season.
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