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Colts dethrone Bulldogs
The Capstone Colts led by three goals from Jacob Troini-Willis are the 2024-25 Nova Scotia Junior Hockey League Champions as a result of their 4-3 sudden-death overtime win over the Antigonish Jr. Bulldogs Saturday evening at the former C.F.B. Shearwater Forum.
Troini-Willis who scored twice in the first period after the Bulldogs took an early 2-0 lead, scored 1:17 into the second overtime to provide the Colts with their margin of victory and prevent the Bulldogs from securing a fourth consecutive Veteran’s Cup and a Nova Scotia Junior Championship Series win. It marked the always competitive Colts first provincial Championship series win since originating in the Eastern Shore in 2011 before transferring to Cole Harbour in 2014 and then to Shearwater a couple of years later.
In Saturday’s win, the Colts only other goal besides the three from Troini-Willis was scored by Luke McPhee with 2:41 left in the second period which resulted in the game requiring five-overtime periods before a Provincial Champion was decided as the teams played a scoreless third period. Earlier goals for the Bulldogs were scored by Owen Flemming and Owen Juurlnk who put the Bulldogs ahead 2-0 in the first before Brody MacPherson gave the Bulldogs a 3-2 lead 6:56 into the second period. However it was all the scoring the Bulldogs would do. Antigonish did outshoot the Colts 34-24.