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Strait 4-0-0, Pens now 4-4-0
The East Hants Penguins finished Halloween weekend with a win and a loss and as a result maintained their .500 record in Nova Scotia Junior Hockey League Play with 4 wins and 4 losses at the one-quarter mark of the 2021-22 season. First let’s take a look at their high scoring affair against the Capstone Colts Friday Oct 29:
Capstone Colts 8 East Hants Penguins 5
Tyler Puma scored two of his three goals for the Colts in the opening period and as a result the Colts never looked back, taking 4-1 and 6-2 period leads. Cooper Puma and Stephen Warwick on the power-play added the other Colt goals in the fist while Logan Colter scored the first of his three on the night for the Penguins. In the second, Evan McHenry scored for East Hants to close the gap to a pair of goals but that lasted only 10 seconds before Brayden Hooper-Richard made it 5-2 Colts and Cole Good scored the game winner mid-way through the middle period. Colter then scored his 2nd and third goals on the evening in the third period that were sandwiched between a Colts marker from Patrick Oxner. With 6:35 to play, Evan McHenry brought the Penguins back to within a pair before Hooper-Richard scored his second of the night to make the final 8-5 Colts. Besides his pair of goals, Tyler Puma added two assists while Cole Good also garnered a pair of assists. Evan Meagher chipped in with 3 assists for the Penguins. The Colts held a 46-42 advantage in shots.
East Hants 3 Brookfield 2
The Elks received superlative goaltending from Aston Cutten as he stopped 41 of 44 shots in a 3-2 loss to the Penguins which brought their record back to .500 at 4-4-0. Riley MacDonell scored twice and added an assist for the Penguins while Nick Veinot scored the other Pens goal. Aiden Fisher and Sam Roers tallied for the Elks who are playing teams relatively close this season but are still seeking their first win, standing 0-5-1 after six games.
Port Hawkesbury 5 Brookfield 0
The Elks dropped their fourth game of the season while the Strait Pirates won their fourth consecutive game to go 4-0-0 on the season in blanking the Elks. Aston Cutten had another busy night in nets turning away 42 of 47 shots while the Elks managed 25 at the other end. Matthew Ellis scored a pair of goals for the Strait with single markers going to Matthew Raike, Gregor Yoell and Lewis Taylor. Next action for the Strait will be a huge home and home with the 4-3-0 Liverpool Privateers, Friday Nov 5 at the Civic Centre in Port Hawkesbury and then back to the Queens Place Emera Centre in Liverpool Saturday night.