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Fox and Rowe Division Best-of-Seven Semi-Finals now set to go

 
It will be the East Hants Penguins and the Sackville Blazers and the Liverpool Privateers going up against the Capstone Colts in the Best-of-Seven Fred Fox Division Semi-Finals after the Pens and Privateers advanced Saturday night. First off in Liverpool:
 
Liverpool  6   Valley Maple Leafs  1
 
The Privateers outshot the Maple Leafs 158-69 over the 3 games in their Best-of-Five Mini Series or an average of 52-23 per game.  They also outscored the Leafs 21-8 including 6-1 in the series clincher Saturday night at Queens Place Emera Centre.  Alec Howie led the way for the Privateers with a pair of second period goals while assisting on two others.  Joe Osborne and Carson Gallant scored a pair in the first period while Daniel Kline and Riley Hurlburt scored power-play goals in the third period for Liverpool.  Kyle Slingerland scored in the second for the Leafs, 19 seconds after Howie’s first goal put the Privateers up 3-0.  Osborne also collected a pair of assists for the Privateers.  The Best-of-Seven Schedule between the Privateers and Colts with the Colts having home-ice advantage is being worked on.
 
East Hants  7    Brookfield Elks  3
 
The Penguins swept the Elks in three straight, their third win coming Saturday in Brookfield by a score of 7-3.  The Pens took a 3-0 lead after twenty minutes and it stayed that way until Luke MacDonald’s goal for the Elks early in the third period made it 3-1.  Then in a span of 1:59, Sean Freeman scored the game winner for the Penguins, Coady Jollymore-Godfrey brought the Elks back to within a pair before Devin Meagher scored his second of the game to put the Penguins ahead 5-2.  Later in the third Evan McHenry scored his 2nd of the game and Jollymore-Godfrey added his second of the game in a span of 37 seconds to make it 6-3 Penguins.  The final goal of the game came from the stick of the Pens Brody Fraser to make the final 7-3.  The Pens other goal was scored by Noah Parent. Meagher also added an assist for the Pens and Logan Colter connected for three assists for East Hants who outshot the Elks 50-39.  The Elks were outscored 19-5 in the three games and outshot 157-115.  East Hants and Sackville open their Best-of-Seven Fred Fox Divisional Semi-Final Friday night in Lantz at 7:30 before returning to Sackville Monday night March 14 at 7:30 p.m.
 
Port Hawkesbury  4   Eskasoni Jr. Eagles  1
 
MacQueen Kendall scored with only 3 seconds left in the opening period to put the Jr. Eagles ahead 1-0 after twenty minutes but it ended up being the only goal of the game for the Jr. Eagles and Cameron Gillis and Gregor Yoell scored in the second period for the Strait and with the Pirates leading 2-1, Cullen MacEachern and Danny Gillis scored in the final 2:34 of the third to give the Strait Pirates their 4-1 win and a sweep of their Sid Rowe Best-of-Five Divisional Mini-series 3-0.  The Strait Pirates outshot the Jr. Eagles 32-24.  Port Hawkesbury  will now play the verocious 21-0-1 Antigonish Jr. Bulldogs in one of two Sid Rowe Best-of-Seven Divisional Semi-Finals.  Games 1 and 2 will be in Antigonish Friday March 11 and Sunday March 13.  Game time for Friday is 7:30 and for Sunday 7:00 p.m.
 
 
Membertou Jr. Miners  9    Cumberland County Blues  4
 
The Jr. Miners Josh MacKay scored three times and added an assist, his first goal coming only 40 seconds after the opening face-off to lead the Jr. Miners to their 9-4 win and a 2-0 Lead in their Best-of-Five Mini Series.  MacKay then made it 2-0 and before the first period was complete, Connor MacIntyre and AJ Ley both scored to give the Jr. Miners a 4-0 lead after twenty minutes.  Drew Baldwin scored the game winner Saturday night to make it 5-0 Jr. Miners.  Will Harrison then put the Blues on the Board with a power-play goal before Brady MacLean and Andrew McCarron scored between the Blues Aidan McBurnie to make it 7-2 after forty minutes.  Daniel MacKenzie showed there was still plenty of hockey in the blues as he scored a pair to bring the blues to within 7-4 before Josh MacKay completed his hat-trick and Blake Cox scored in the final stages of the third to make the final 9-4.
 
Membertou Jr. Miners  7    Cumberland County  6
 
The two teams went right back at it Sunday afternoon in Springhill and this was the hardest fought game of the series as just when the Jr.Miners thought they had some breathing space, the Blues would roar back and begin to make life uncomfortable before the Jr. Miners hung on for their 7-6 win and 3-0 Series win.  The Jr. Miners took a 4-0 lead after twenty minutes on goals from Nathaniel Fuller, Brady MacLean, Drew Baldwin and Liam Burke.  The Blues came out in the second breathing fire as they scored four straight goals including Noah Sutherland on a penalty-shot to tie the game 4-4.  Ezekiel Cormier, Burke Beed and Nate Stone were the other Blues scorers.  With 5:11 left in the second, Blake Cox put the Jr. Miners back in front 5-4.  Coby McCarron and Fuller’s second goal put the Jr. Miners back up 7-4 but the Blues refused to quit and goals by Alex Griffiths and Noah Sutherland’s second of the game with 1:22 remaining in regulation pulled the Blues to with 7-6 but they could not get the equalizer and fell in three straight.   The Jr. Miners will now travel to Pictou Thursday night for the opening game in their Best-of-Seven Rowe Divisional Semi-Final with the Pictou County Scotians at 6:30 in Trenton.  Game 2 will be back in Membertou Saturday night at 7:30 before returning to Pictou Sunday March 13 at 6:30 p.m.
Mar 6, 2022
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3 opening round series on the brink of being over

Deciding games in Three Best-of-Series could all be tonight (Saturday, March 5/22.)
 
Port Hawkesbury  5    Eskasoni Jr. Eagles  4
 
Gregor Yoell of the Port Hawkesbury Strait Pirates scored the game winner to give his team a 2-0 lead in their Best-of-Five Series going into tonight’s third game at the Dan K. Stevens Memorial Arena in Eskasoni starting at 7:30 p.m.  Yoell’s goal with 1:23 left in regulation was the Pirates 5th of the game and Yoell’s second of the game to give Port Hawkesbury a 5-4 win over the Eskasoni Jr. Eagles and a 2-0 lead in their series.  The win follows The Strait’s 6-4 win in the opener of the series earlier in the week.  The Strait Pirates held period leads of 1-0 before the Eagles tied it at 3-3 at the end of the second.  Other goal scorers for the winners were Cameron Gillis, Blake Hadley and Jayden Muise.  For the Jr. Eagles, Kinnon Williams, Thomas Simon, MacKenzie Erickson and Dante Basque on the power-play all recorded single markers.  Danny Gillis recorded three assist for the winners and the Strait outshot the Jr. Eagles 47-31.  The Dan K. Stevens Memorial Arena should be rocking tonight as the Eagles play in front of a home audience doing their utmost to prevent elimination and force a fourth game in this series Sunday night.  Game time once again in Eskasoni Saturday night is 7:30 p.m.
 
Liverpool   7     Valley Maple Leafs  4
 
Kayden Nickerson scored three times including a power-play marker while adding an assist as the Liverpool Privateers went up 2-0 in their Best-of-Five with the Valley Maple Leafs at the West Hants Community Sportsplex Friday night in Windsor.  The Privateers were not challenged in any great fashion as they took period leads of 3-1 and 6-2 and outshot the Leafs 52-34.  Nolan Greenlaw’s goal was the game winner for Liverpool with 12:32 to play in the second period.  Other Privateer goal scorers were John Shubaly, Dylan Patterson and Riley Hurlburt.  For the Leafs who have now been outscored 15-7 in the opening two playoff games, John Van Luxemborg, Hayden Richardson, Brent Levy and Griffin Radford all contributed single markers.  It is now back to Liverpool and Queens Place Emera Centre for Game 3 in this series with the Maple Leafs hoping that some how, some way, they can force a 4th game back in Windsor on Sunday March 6th.
 
East Hants  5   Brookfield Elks  2
 
The Penguins did not waste anytime in jumping out in front of the visiting Elks in Lantz Friday night.  Sean Freeman and Evan McHenry put the Pens ahead 2-0 before Nashon Thomas brought the Elks back to within a goal at the end of the first.  AJ Guildford scored a power-play game-winner for the Pens less than five minutes into the second to make it 3-1.  Marshall Plandowski scored as well in the second and it was 4-1 Pens after forty minutes.  Coady Jollymore brought the Elks back to within a pair in the third but Ethan Wheeler scored the Pens 5th goal to make the final 5-2 East Hants who outshot the Elks 52-35.  It is now about 30 kilometres up Highway 102 where the Elks will hope to avoid elimination against the Pens in a 7:00 p.m. start Saturday evening.
Mar 5, 2022
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Ley and Andrew McCarron - 4 pt nights

The Liverpool Privateers are going to Windsor Friday night in hopes of taking a 2-0 lead in their Best-of-Five Mini Nova Scotia Junior Hockey League Playoff Series with the Valley Maple Leafs.  At Queens Place Emera Centre in Liverpool Wednesday night, the Privateers jumped in front 4-0 after one period and led 5-2 after forty minutes, with the final score being 8-3 Liverpool.

 
Joe Osborne scored the game winning goal for the Privateers with just under 9 minutes left in the opening period.  Liverpool opened the game’s scoring with 3 goals before the first period was even five minutes old as Nolan Greenlaw with his first of two, Alec Howie’s power-play goal and Daniel Kline’s short-handed goal put the home team up 3-0.  Other Privateer goal scorers were Josh Nicholson and Miguel D’Eon with a pair in the third period and Greenlaw’s 2nd of the game with less than a minute to play.  Ben Fleckenstein, Kyle Slingerland and Ryan MacDonald tallied for the Leafs who were outshot 54-17 by the Privateers.  Griffin Radford chipped in with a pair of assists for the Leafs.  Game time in Windsor Friday is 7:30 p.m.  Elsewhere Wednesday night:
 
Membertou Jr. Miners  10     Cumberland County Blues   1
 
The Jr. Miners thrashed the Blues in their playoff opener with AJ Ley and Andrew McCarron both playing starring roles with 2 goals and 2 assists each.  Coby McCarron and Nathaniel Fuller also both notched pair for Membertou.  Single markers were recorded by Josh MacKay and Brandon Grant who actually recorded the game winner just 2:16 into the game.  The Jr. Miners held period leads of 1-0 and 8-1.  Blake Cox recorded 3 assists for the Jr. Miners while Will Harrison’s power-play goal was the only one of the night for Cumberland who were outshot 47-19 by the Jr. Miners.  Cumberland will now travel back to Springhill in hopes of being able to turn their game around as they prepare to host the Jr. Miners Saturday and Sunday.
 
East Hants  7     Brookfield Elks   0
 
Bruen Fisher, Evan McHenry and Marshall Plandowski all scored a goal and each added a pair of assists to pace the Penguins to a 7-0 shut-out win over the Elks in Lantz Wednesday evening.  The teams were scoreless after one period but Fisher, Ethan Wheeler and Brody Fraser all scored in the second period to put the Pens up 3-0 after forty minutes.  In the third period, McHenry, Riley MacDonnel, Nico Kane and Plandowski with a short-handed marker scored to make the final 7-0.  The Pens outshot the Elks 32-28.  Game 2 in this Best-of-Five Mini Series is slated for East Hants Friday night at 7:30 p.m.
Mar 3, 2022
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Pirates go up 1-0 in playoff opener

Game 2 back in Port Hawkesbury Friday

Port Hawkesbury Strait Pirates took a 1-0 lead in their Best-of-Five Nova Scotia Junior Hockey League playoff opener over the Eskasoni Jr. Eagles with a 6-4 win in the Strait Tuesday night.  Danny Gillis and Jack Neilsen both scored a pair while Gregor Yoell had one goal and 2 assists and Jayden Muise tallied for the winners. Owen Stockdale assisted on 3 for the Strait.  Thomas Simon scored a pair for the Jr. Eagles with singles being recorded by Nicholas Pastuck and Dante Basque.  Game 2 is Friday in the Strait at 7:30 p.m.  Port Hawkesbury outshot Eskasoni 42-33.

3 other playoff openers are scheduled for tonight with the Valley Maple Leafs travelling to Liverpool, the Brookfield Elks going to East Hants and the Cumberland County Blues visiting Membertou.

Mar 2, 2022
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Blues Governor honored at Caps Face-off

At the age of 71 and with decades of hockey success behind him, Bill Riley’s number-one passion in life remains unchanged.

“I love hockey to death and there’s no game like it in the world," said Riley.

Together they made hockey history.

“We were the first two to ever play in the National Hockey League, to play on the same team and at times on the same line,” said Riley, who was also the first Black Nova Scotian to reach the NHL.

Counting his final season with the Winnipeg Jets, Riley played 139 career NHL games along with 391 games in the American Hockey League.

“I played power play and I was out there in the last minute in a period and in the last-minute of games,” said Riley.

The Capitals flew Riley back to Washington this past weekend to celebrate Black History Month, his first visit back to his former hockey home in more than three decades.

Riley’s granddaughter Kryshanda Green made the trip with him. She is an elite hockey player in her own right and the first-ever Black captain of the Ryerson Rams women’s hockey team.

Mar 1, 2022
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Cox stars for Jr. Miners -Blazers await next opponent

Cox 7 point night for Jr. Miners — TJ Norris 3 goals for Blazers

 
The Eskasoni Jr. Eagles obviously love the game of hockey as they will enter their Best-of-Five Mini Playoff Series with the Port Hawkesbury Strait Pirates Tuesday evening in the Strait at 7:30, after being hammered by the Membertou Jr. Miners 11-1 Monday night in their final regular season game of 21-22.  The Jr. Eagles finished 21-22 with a 6-15-0 record while the Jr. Miners went 11-5-3.  Blake Cox had an awesome night for the Jr. Miners finishing with 4 goals and 3 assists for seven points.  The Jr. Miners led 9-0 before the Eagles scored their first and only of the game off the stock of Dante Basque.  Other Membertou goal scorers were Coby McCarron with a pair including the game winner while also collecting 4 assists, Camden Langlois with a pair and singles to Andrew McCarron, Brady MacLean and Josh MacKay.  The Jr. Miners held a 52-19 advantage in shots.
 
Sackville  7    Brookfield  1
 
The Blazers finished their 21-22 season with a 7-1 verdict over the Brookfield Elks as TJ Norris connected for a hat-trick to pace the winners.  Other Blazer goal scorers were Daniel Surrette, Brian Grandy, Tyler Pottier and Samuel Gallant who also chipped in with a pair of assists.  Sam Rogers scored the lone goal for the 2-15-1 Elks who open a Best-of-Five Playoff series with East Hants Wednesday night in Lantz.  Sackville outshot the Elks 51-40.  Despite going 14-7-1, the Blazers had to settle for 2nd place in the Fred Fox Division due to the Capstone Colts 12-5-0 finish to the season including a 9 game winning streak.  The Standings are based on a winning percentage due to the 2 month break because of Omnicron.  The Blazers and Colts are now awaiting the winners of the Best-of-Five series to see who they will play in the best-of-Seven Divisional Semi-Finals.
Mar 1, 2022
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