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Blazers lead Fox by 3 points but a lot might change between now and Christmas break
The Liverpool Privateers entered the confines of the Sackville arena Mon Nov 15 hoping to tie the Blazers for first place in the Fred Fox Division. This did not happen but they also did not fall 4 points behind the Blazers either as the Privateerss settled for a hard fought 4-3 shoot-out loss to the Blazers, leaving them three points out of first place with a 6-4-2 record for 14 points compared to the Blazers 8-3-1 mark for 17 points. The teams were tied 1-1 after twenty minutes after Jude Greenwood put the visitors up 1-0 2:31 into the contest. Degen Noble with just slightly more than two minutes to play in the first tied the game at 1-1 for the Blazers. The second period saw only one goal and that went to the Blazers Sencer Langille-Crowe mid-way through the second. The Blazers Noble on the power-play made it 3-1 Sackville before the third period was four minutes old but the Privateers stayed determined as Dylan Patterson on the power-play and Kayden Nickerson scored 1:47 apart in the latter stages of the third to send the game into sudden-death overtime. The teams did no scoring in the five-minute overtime forcing the game into a shoot-out where three players from each team all took attempts and when it was over and done, 5 of the shooters were denied with Trey Faulkner, Sackville’s second shooter scoring to give his the team the victory. Degan Noble an Brian Grandy failed in their attempts for the Blazers while Alec Howie, Daniel Kline and Kayden Nickerson all missed for the Privateers who outshot the Blazers 42-35.
As to who will be in first place come the Christmas Break in the Fred Fox Division is anyone’s guess at this point as the Blazers, Privateers and East Hants all have very busy schedules over the next 2 weeks. The Privateers are idle this weekend but will play Cumberland and Sackville in back to back home games Sat Nov 26 and Sun Nov 27. Sackville has three games in four days this weekend with an away game in the Valley tonight at 7:30, a home game Sat Nov 20 at 5:30 against Membertou and then a home and home Monday and next Friday Nov 26 with the Cole Harbour Capstone Colts. As for the 6-5-0 East Hants Penguins, they have five upcoming games, all against Sid Rowe Division opponents. They entertain Port Hawkesbury tonight Fri Nov 19, Antigonish next Friday and Cumberland County Fri Dec 3 before playing a home and home series with the Pictou County Scotians Sun Dec 5 and Friday Dec 10.