Short-handed Force lose first road game

The Fergus Force hit the road for the first time this season, and despite another short bench, gave the perennial contender Bradford Rattlers all they could handle in a 6-2 loss.

Fergus’ Beau Janssen, scored the first ever goal for the Force, knocking in a rebound at 8:08 of the second period, and also assisted on a goal by Tommy Gramando at 17:18 of the second period.

The Force were down 1-0 after the first and 5-2 after two periods.

The Rattlers added one in the third.

The Force were outshot 57-34, but goaltender Kody Kushniruk was outstanding in goal, said officials, and Rattler goaltenders had plenty of good Force chances to deal with as well.

Overall, despite being out-manned once again, it was a much better performance, team officials stated, noting the Force was missing key players Andrew Ferlatte, Kolton Maguire, Milan Bango, Owen Routheut, Sean Caruso and newly-signed Fergus player Eric Egan.