Despite being without injured forward Mitch Jones, the Warriors scored a season total of goals in a 17–11 win over expansion Panther City.
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In their first game since learning star forward Mitch Jones would be out for eight weeks due to foot surgery, the Vancouver Warriors went to town on the expansion Panther City Lacrosse Club.
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The Warriors used a 7-1 run through the second and third quarters to battle their way to a 17-11 victory over the new National Lacrosse League team from Fort Worth, Texas, on Saturday at Rogers Arena.
Vancouver (3-3) ended a three-game losing streak before an advertised crowd of 7,483, which was sparked by a College Night promotion.
They also posted a season-high goal total after being under control last week in a 9-4 loss to the Colorado Mammoth in Denver.
Jones was injured preparing for practice before that game and did not play against the Mammoth. He was re-evaluated after returning to Vancouver and it was confirmed that he had a broken bone in his foot. The left-handed forward, who was eighth in the league in scoring before being withdrawn, underwent surgery on Wednesday.
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The Warriors, who sit third in the six-team Western Conference, play fourth-place Saskatchewan Rush (2-4) on Friday at Rogers Arena as they continue their 18-game regular-season schedule.
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In Jones’s absence against Panther City, the Vancouver left-handers had eight goals and 17 points, including two goals and two assists from Adam Charalambides, one goal and two assists from Riley Loewen, two goals and three assists from Logan Schuss and three goals and two assists from Ryan Martel.
The Vancouver right-handers had seven goals and 13 points (one goal from Jordan McBride, two goals and six assists from Keegan Bal and four goals from Kyle Killen).
Defenders Reid Bowering and Brandon Goodwin also scored for Vancouver. Bowering stepped in with 17 fumbles.
Alex Buque made 40 saves in the Vancouver net.
Panther City (1-6) gave up a season high in goals. His average goals against in the campaign is 13.43.
New Westminster product Will Malcom had three goals and two assists for Panther City.
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