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Blues stun Liverpool -- Leafs upend Membertou
A shocker in Liverpool at the Queens Place Emera Centre Saturday evening as the Cumberland Blues came back from their shut-out loss to the Pictou County Scotians Friday night at home to eke out a 3-2 sudden-death overtime win over the Privateers. Zack Gould’s goal just 21 seconds into the five-minute overtime period was all the Blues required for the win and to improve their record to 4-9-1. Alec Howie and Jacob Estabrooks tallied single markers in the first as teams entered the second tied at 1-1. Liverpool’s Whelan Matthews goal in the second provided the Privateers with a 2-1 lead after forty minutes before Jacob Estabrooks with his second of the game tied it for the Blues mid-way through the third. Jacob also assisted on the overtime winner while Jessie Estabrooks chipped in with a pair of assists. Joshua Doyle was rock solid in the Blues net, turning away 49 of 51 shots as Liverpool outshot Cumberland 51-25. Daniel Kline assisted on both goals for the Privateers.
Capstone Cole Harbour 4 Brookfield 3
The Capstone Cole Harbour Colts after their upset win over the Sackville Blazers at home Friday evening went to the Don Henderson Memorial Sportsplex Saturday afternoon Nov 27 and nosed out the Brookfield Elks 4-3 to even their record at 5-5-0 in the 21-22 NSJHL season. Will MacRae provided the Colts with a 1-0 lead after twenty minutes before Evan McNea tied it for the Elks 1:40 into the second period. Cole Good then put the Colts up by a goal once again with 8:31 to play in the second. With only three goals in the opening two periods, the teams launched up their offence in the third period with a pair of goals apiece. Brayden Hooper-Richard put the Colts ahead 3-1 4:29 into the third before the Elks stormed back with a pair as Connor Miller scored for the Elks 1:16 later and that in turn was followed by a tying goal from Noah Latimer 1:45 later. The flurry of scoring finished 1:20 later when Tyler Puma scored the game winner for the Colts who outshot the Elks 39-29. MacRae, Good, and Puma all added a single assist for the Colts while Latimer also added an assist for the Elks.
Valley 4 Membertou 2
Andrew McCarron had a prolific night on offence for the Valley Maple Leafs scoring once and assisting on his team’s other three goals as the Leafs after losing in Port Hawkesbury Friday night, rallied to defeat the Membertou Jr. Miners 4-2. McCarron’s goal in the first period Saturday came on a penalty shot and Ben Lawrence then scored for the Leafs to give them a 2-0 lead after one period. Nathaniel Fuller then scored for the Jr. Miners mid-way through the second to bring the Jr. Miners back to within a goal before Brady MacLean made it 3-1 Leafs with under five minutes to play in the second. MacLean’s goal proved to be the game winner. Blake Cox then brought the Jr. Miners back to within a goal but it was all the scoring to be done by Membertou. The final goal of the game was an empty-net marker by the Leafs Griffin Radford with 3 seconds to play. Aidan Durnford played a strong game for the Leafs in nets as the Jr. Miners outshot the Valley 45-29. Ashton Paul assisted on other Jr. Miner goals.