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Stunning upset by Elks, Scotians now 4-4-0 on season

The Brookfield Elks stunned everyone Saturday afternoon, Nov 13 at the Don Henderson Memorial Rink in Brookfield by defeating the Port Hawkesbury Strait Pirates 6-5 on a power-play goal from Brennan MacDonald with only 40 seconds remaining in regulation as Luke Hadley was serving a hooking penalty for the Pirates which had been called 16 seconds earlier and with 56 seconds left in regulation.  Even crazier is the fact, the Strait Pirates coming into the game stood at 6-1-0 compared to the Elks 0-7-1 record.  The Strait Pirates led throughout much of the game taking leads of 2-0 and 4-2 before stretching their lead to 3 goals at 5-2 in the third period before the roof collapsed on the Canadian Tire Strait Pirates.  Noah Latimer was the artillery man for the Elks firing 3 goals and adding an assist to bring the Elks back from 5-2 down to just a single goal behind at 5-4 before Owen Gravel tied it for the Elks 44 seconds after Latimer’s 3rd goal and the Elks 4th of the afternoon, Then it was MacDonald’s turn for the game winner with 40 seconds showing to give Brookfield their first win of the 21-22 NSJHL Season.  The Strait Pirates fell to 6-2-0.  Port Hawkesbury outshot Brookfield 49-46.  Jayden Muise scored twice for the Pirates with single markers going to Gregor Yoell, Owen Stockdale and Blake Hadley.

 
Membertou  6   Pictou  4
 
The Jr. Miners now at 6-2-1 as they head to Halifax Regional Municipality for a pair of games this weekend squeezed out a 6-4 win over the Scotians Sat Nov 13 in Membertou.  The teams traded goals until the mid-way mark of the third period when Nathan MacMillan and Brandon Grant scored the Jr. Miners 5th and 6th goals to record their 6-4 win.  Connor Aucoin had a huge night for the Scotians as he scored three times, his first on the power-play to open the game’s scoring, his second to bring the Scotians back to within one at 3-2 in the second and his third to tie the game at 3-3.  Coby McCarron for the Jr. Miners and Keegan Macumber of the Scotians then traded goals to tie the game again at 4-4 before Nathan MacMillan’s game winner for the Jr. Miners with 10:16 left in regulation.  Brandon Grant added an insurance marker for the Jr.Miners with 3:32 left in the third period.  Scoring other goals for the Jr. Miners were Archer Balcom, Blake Cox and Logan Snow.  Pictou has reached the 1/4 mark in their schedule at .500 with a 4-4-0 record. 
Nov 18, 2021