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Bulldogs start 2-0-0 at DO JO Cup

Two huge games Friday for the AA Munro Antigonish Jr. Bulldogs at the 2022 Don Johnson Memorial Cup in Cocagne, New Brunswick.  At 12:00 noon Friday, the Bulldogs square off against the Sherwood-Parkdale Metros, PEI Provincial Champions and at 7:30 tonight play the host Kent Coyotes.

 
Thursday afternoon, the Jr. Bulldogs put an exceptionally solid performance blanking Newfoundland Provincial Champions the Mount Pearl Blades by a count of 4-0.  Jake MacDonald put the Bulldogs ahead 1-0 with his goal with only 47 seconds left in the opening period.  In the second Sam Mattie scored his 3rd and 4th goals of the tournament, the first with 3:05 to play in the second and the second with 1:00 to play in the middle period.  Craig Landry then put the Jr. Bulldogs up 4-0 with his goal with only 12 seconds to play in the second.  There was no scoring in the third period with the win putting the Bulldogs in first place with 6 points as each win in regulation is worth 3 points.   Mt. Pearl  outshot Antigonish 33-28 including 18-10 and 11-8 in the first and second periods.  PEI and Nfld remain tied for 2nd place with 3 points but they had late games being played Thursday.  This page will be updated Friday morning.  Ryan MacLellan has collected five assists for the Bulldogs in their two games to date.
 
In the Bulldogs opening game of the tournament Wednesday evening, they doubled up NB Champions the Moncton Vitos 6-3.  The Bulldogs went in front 3-0 on goals from Jordan Etheridge, William Fitzsimmons and Ethan Twolan but with 8:43 gone in the third period, the Vitos had tied the game at 3-3 before the Jr. Bulldogs put it fourth gear scoring 3 times in the games final 3:17, two of them coming off the stick of Sam Mattie and the other an empty netter by Darren Waterman.  The teams were tied in shots on goal at 32-32.
Apr 29, 2022
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Jr. Bulldogs clinch NS Championship

The AA Munro Antigonish Jr. Bulldogs will be playing in the Don Johnson Memorial Cup in Cocagne, New Brunswick beginning at 4:00 p.m. Wednesday April 27 when they play their tournament opening game against the Moncton Vitos.  The Jr. Bulldogs advanced after winning the Nova Scotia Junior Hockey League Championship in Lantz Saturday night in thrilling fashion with a 4-2 win over the East Hants Penguins.

 
The Jr. Bulldogs struck for a pair of goals in the dying stages of the opening period, the first from Ryan MacLellan and the 2nd from Luke Baldwin.  MacLellan’s goal coming with 2:46 to play and Baldwin’s with 1:34 to play in the opening frame.  Brody Fraser tried to bring the Penguins back when he scored 49 seconds into the middle period but it stated 2-1 until there was 1:04 left in the second when Sam Mattie did significant damage as he scored a short-handed goal which stood up to be the game winner and gave the Jr. bulldogs a 3-1 lead entering the third period.  The score stayed 3-1 until there were under five minutes to play in regulation when Brody Fraser added his second of the game for the Penguins to make it 3-2.  East Hants fought hard but could not come yup with the tying goal and with 10 seconds to play, Sam Mattie replied for the Bulldogs to give them their first Nova Scotia Junior Hockey League Championship since 2006.  Antigonish outshot the Penguins 48-39.  Fearghus MacDonald after winning the 21-22 Regular season scoring championship, collected two assists Saturday in the Championship win but still ended up in third place in the Playoff scoring race, finishing 2 points back of Andrew McCarron of the Membertou Jr. Miners and one point behind Blake Cox of the Jr. Miners.  McCarron collected 27 points, Cox 26 and MacDonald 25.
 
The Jr. Bulldogs will enter the Don Johnson Cup and face 2 New Brunswick teams along with the Newfoundland Jr. League Champions the Mt. Pearl Blades and the Prince Edward Island Jr. Champions the Sherwood-Parkdale A&S Scrap Metal Metros.
 
After their 4:00 game Wednesday, the Jr. Bulldogs will square off with the Mt. Pearl Jr. Blades at 12:00 noon on Thursday and then on Friday will play a pair of games at 12:00 noon against PEI’S Sherwood-Parkdale and Friday evening at 7:30 against the host Kent Coyotes.  The top 4 teams from the round robin will meet in the semi-finals Saturday afternoon and evening and the Atlantic Championship Game will be played Sunday afternoon at 1:00 p.m.  The Jr. Bulldogs will be aiming for their first  Don Johnson Cup since they won it in back to back years in 1982-83 and 1983-84.
Apr 24, 2022
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Jr. Bulldogs 1 win away from Championship

The AA Munro Antigonish Jr. Bulldogs are now a single win away from the 2021-22 Nova Scotia Junior Hockey League Championship following their 2-1 win over East Hants Easter Sunday evening in Antigonish.  It was a tight-checking affair with both teams giving each other limited mobility to get in a groove with numerous scoring chances.  The teams were scoreless after one period and almost scoreless after two periods before the teams traded goals in the final 30 seconds with Devin Meagher giving East Hants a 1-0 lead before Ethan Price tied it for the Jr. Bulldogs five seconds later.  The Jr. Bulldogs who were assessed six of the game’s eight minor penalties played two men short for 21 seconds in the second but the Penguins could not connect on this golden scoring opportunity.  The line of Fearghus MacDonald, Sam Mattie and Jake MacDonald connected for the winning goal with 10:02 left in regulation with MacDonald scoring the game winner.  The 3 points gave the line an impressive 60 combined points in 17 playoff games.  Antigonish outshot the Penguins 30-28.  Game 6 and who knows, it could be the final game of this Junior Season in Nova Scotia goes Saturday night in Lantz at 7:30 and if a 7th and deciding game is necessary, it will go back to Antigonish the following evening Sunday April 24 at 7:30 p.m.  After 3 games in 4 nights over the Easter Holiday, the break this week should be good for both teams as the winner of this series will have only a maximum 2-3 days before their opening game in the 2022 Don Johnson Memorial Cup in Cocagne, New Brunswick scheduled for Wednesday April 27.

Apr 18, 2022
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Meagher paces Penguins who tie series at 2-2

Devin Meagher’s two goals in a span of 39 seconds in the final half of the third period broke open a wide-open 2-2 game and enabled the Penguins to tie the Nova Scotia Junior Hockey League Championship Series at 2-2 with the AA Munro Antigonish Jr. Bulldogs in Lantz Friday evening.  The two teams now head back to Antigonish for Game 5 Easter Sunday evening at 7:30 p.m.  From a fairly solid-checking game and a 2-0 Bulldogs win Thursday night, the Pens outshot Antigonish 58-56 Friday night and after allowing no goals Thursday, Cody MacEachern was beaten for 6 Friday.  The Pens held a 1-0 lead after the opening period on the first of two goals from Nico Kane with only 2:23 left to go in the opening frame.  In the second, Jake MacDonald tied it for the Jr. Bulldogs with 5:43 having been played but Kane then scored his second of the game to put the Pens in front 2-1.  With less than four minutes to play in the middle period, Sam Grant tied it once again for Antigonish.

 
The third period then started and there was no scoring through the opening ten minutes before Meagher struck with his pair and Robbie Dowell and Brody Fraser followed up with goals in the final 6 minutes to give the Pens their 6-2 win.  One thing is for sure and that is we are now guaranteed a 6th game in this Championship series Saturday April 23 in Lantz.
Apr 16, 2022
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MacEachern SO-Jr. Bulldogs go up 2-1.

Cody MacEachern was not kept overly busy in the Jr. Bulldogs net Thursday evening in Antigonish but what he faced, he stopped as he recorded a shut-out in the AA Munro Jr. Bulldogs 2-0 win over the East Hants Penguins.  The win enabled the Jr. Bulldogs to move ahead in their Nova Scotia Junior Hockey League Championship series 2-1 with game 4 back in Lantz tonight (Good Friday) starting at 7:30.  MacEachern stopped 24 shots for Antigonish while Grant Sanford stopped 23 of 25 shots for the Penguins who will now face the unenviable task of playing Game 4 tonight and trying to tie the series at 2-2 and not going to Antigonish for Game 5 Sunday night down 3-1.  Sam Mattie put the Jr. Bulldogs on the scoreboard with his 9th goal of the 21-22 playoffs with a little more than 6 minutes to play in the opening period.  It stayed 1-0 Bulldogs until the third period when Sam Grant scored his fourth of the playoffs with 7:43 having elapsed in the final frame.  Game tonight in Lantz once again is 7:30.  The winner of this Provincial Championship Series will go to Cocagne, New Brunswick for the Don Johnson Memorial Cup presented for Atlantic Junior Hockey Supremacy.  The tournament starts Tuesday April 26 and concludes with the Championship Game Sunday May 1.

Apr 15, 2022
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Bulldogs and Pens tied 1-1 in Chmps Series

Game 3 is now set in the Nova Scotia Junior Hockey League Championship Series for Thursday night in Antigonish after the AA Munro Antigonish Jr. Bulldogs and East Hants Penguins split their opening two games in 21-22 Championship Series.  Both games were exceptionally close with the Jr. Bulldogs after a prolific season managed to tie the series at one game apiece on a power-play goal from Sam Mattie with 3:15 left in the opening ten-minute overtime period Saturday night in Lantz.  Mattie’s goal came while Noah Parent of the Pens was serving a cross-checking penalty.

 
The Penguins jumped in front 2-0 after one period on goals from Ethan Walker two minutes into the game and Nico Kane with 7:41 to play in the first.  The Jr. Bulldogs came right back in the second as Mattie scored his first of two 41 seconds into the middle period and Ryan MacLellan tied it for the Jr. Bulldogs 3:13 later.  The score stood 2-2 heading into the third period when Bruen Fisher scored 7:46 into the third period but the Pens could not hang on as Will Fitzsimmons tied it for Antigonish just 1:02 later to knot the game at 3-3 and force the overtime.  This game was wide-open and a far cry from the defensive effort put forth in Friday’s Penguins win as the Jr. Bulldogs outshot East Hants 65-59.  In Friday’s Opener:
 
East Hants   4      Antigonish  2
 
The two teams exchanged a pair of goals in the opening period as Brody Fraser scored twice for the Pens while Jake MacDonald and Fearghus MacDonald tallied for the Bulldogs.  The teams played scoreless in the second before Evan McHenry scored on the power-play with 9:00 left in regulation to put the Pens in front 3-2.  Logan Colter added an empty net marker with 1:10 to play in regulation to make the final 4-2 Penguins. East Hants outshot the Jr. Bulldogs 29-23.  The teams now have a four-day break before they go at it hard over the Easter Weekend as the Pens play in Antigonish Thursday night, the teams come back to East Hants for game 4 Good Friday evening at 7:30 and then go back to Antigonish for a 7:30 clash Easter Sunday evening.  For Junior Hockey Fans, it could be all the Easter Bunny can bring, 3 phenomenal hockey games in four days over the Easter Weekend.  Stay tuned.
Apr 10, 2022
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