The Capstone Cole Harbour Colts were on the road in Windsor Friday Dec 3 to play the Valley Maple Leafs where they recorded their 4th consecutive win, 5-2 over the Leafs. The Colts struck first on a goal off the stick of Will MacRae in the opening period. In the second frame, Patrick Oxner had the Colts up 2-0 just 2:37 in before the Leafs who were outshot 2-1 by the Colts 51-25, struck for a pair of goals from Dawson Lavers and Andrew McCarron with his 9th of the season to knot the game 2-2 after forty minutes. Special teams took over in the third for the Colts as Brayden Hooper-Richard scored the game winner - shorthanded with 6:36 left in the contest to put the Colts up 3-2. Brady Crossley made it 4-2 with 3:09 left and then Tyler Puma made the final 5-2 when he scored the Colts third unanswered goal of the third. Cooper Puma collected a pair of assists for the Colts to give him his 10th and 11th on the season. The Colts are now 7-5-0 on the season, good for fourth place in the Fred Fox Division but trail the East Hants Penguins by a pair of points for third place and the Liverpool Privateers by three points. In fact they are only 7 back of the 1st place Sackville Blazers while holding a commanding 5 game in hand on the Blazers. Elsewhere Friday night……..
Antigonish 7 Port Hawkesbury 1
The AA Munro Jr. Bulldogs after a couple of recent 1 and two goal victories, blew the barn door wide open on their arch-rival the Port Hawkesbury Canadian Tire Strait Pirates in the Strait Friday evening 7-1. The Jr. Bulldogs now 15-0-1 led 2-0 after the first period and 4-0 after the second on goals from Connor Doherty, Sam MacNeill, Darren Waterman and Ethan Price. 34 seconds into the third the Bulldogs Ethan Twolan put Antigonish up 5-0 before the 7-4-1 Strait Pirates Gregor Yoell on the power-play ended up scoring the Strait’s lone goal of the game. MacNeill with his second of the game and Zachary Stewart finished the game’s scoring giving the Bulldogs their 7-1 win. These same two teams collide in Antigonish Sunday evening to complete their weekend home and home before the Canadian Tire Strait Pirates head to Sackville for a 7:30 start Monday evening.
East Hants 9 Cumberland County 4
The Cumberland County Blues went into Lantz Friday evening hoping for their 5th win of the season and they stayed pretty even with the Pens trailing only 4-3 as the second period reached it’s mid-way point. However. the Pens then took control and went on to a 9-4 victory giving the Pens a 9-4 win and their 8th win of the season while having lost 6. Cumberland County now 1 game shy of the half-way mark in their 21-22 schedule suffered their 10th loss to go along with 4 wins and an overtime/shoot-out loss. Logan Colter, Brody Fraser and Marshall Plaandowski scored a pair of goals each for the Pens with singles going to Nick Veinot, Tyler Thomas short-handed and Sean Freeman who also chipped in with a pair of assists. Bruen Fisher also recorded 3 assists for the Pens and Evan McHenry also recorded 2 assists for the Pens who now trail the 2nd place Liverpool Privateers by a single point in the Fred Fox Division. Jessie Estabrooks scored twice for the Blues with singles going to Nate Stone and Ezekiel Cormier. East Hants outshot the Blues 46-27. The Pens will conclude the pre-Christmas portion of their 21-22 schedule with a home and home series against the Pictou County Scotians starting Sunday in Trenton before coming back to Lantz Friday Dec 10 for a 7:30 start and then wrapping up until 2022 by hosting the Sackville Blazers Friday, Dec 17 at home at 7:30 p.m. The Blues will also surpass the half-way of their schedule with 2 road games before the Christmas break. They visit the Capstone Cole Harbour Colts in Shearwater Friday Dec 10 and then go to Membertou for a Saturday Dec 18 game with the Jr. Miners at 7:30 p.m.
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