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Colts win 6th and 7th straight games
The Capstone Cole Harbour Colts continue to rumble and have not lose a game since back on Nov 19 to Membertou. Since that time, the Colts have reeled off seven consecutive wins to improve to 10-5-0 and take over sole possession of second place in the Fred Fox Division of the Nova Scotia Junior Hockey League. The Colts were at home for a pair of games over the weekend…first we will take a look at Saturday’s wild affair played at the CFB Shearwater Arena.
Capstone 7 Valley Maple Leafs 6 (overtime)
This game was wild from beginning to end as the Leafs started extra strong taking 4-0 and 5-1 leads before the Colts found their rhythm and come back with four consecutive goals to knot the game at 5-5 with 10:15 having been played in the third period. The tying goal was scored by Cooper Puma who also had an assist in the game. The Leafs then went ahead 6-5 with 7:48 to play in regulation as Andrew McCarron scored his 1st of the game to go along with a pair of assists. The Leafs as hard as they tried could not hold onto their one-goal advantage giving up the game tying goal to Tyler Puma with 1 minute left in regulation to tie the game at 6-6 and send it into overtime. 2:47 was played in the five-minute sudden-death when Brady Crossley rifled his second goal of the game for the Colts to go along with a pair of assists to give the Colts a 7-6 win and a now impressive 10-5-0 record for 20 points and second place in the Fred Fox Division, only 3 back of first place Sackville. The Colts have 3 games in hand on the Blazers. The 9-6-0 East Hants Penguins are third with 18 points while the Liverpool Privateers have dropped back to fourth place at 7-5-3 for 17 points. The loss for the Maple Leafs dropped them to 4-10-1 for 9 points and 8 full points behind the Privateerss for the final playoff spot in the Fox Division. Other scoring Saturday night earlier in the game saw Ryan MacDonald, Hayden Richardson, Brett LeBlanc and Brady MacLean who also connected for three assists give the Leags their 4-0 lead with 4:52 to play in the opening frame. Will MacRae scored on the power-play for the Colts to make it 4-1 after twenty minutes. Just 2:30 into the second period, Liam Ferguson tallied for the Leafs to make it 5-1 Valley before Tyler Puma with his first of the game, Samuel Beaton and Brady Crossley with his first of two made it 5-4 Leafs after forty minutes. Cole Harbour after their rugged start were still drivng to the net the entire game as they outshot the Valley 81-34 with Leafs net minder Aidan Durnford played absolutely brilliant at times. Patrick Oxner chipped in with 3 assists for the Colts who are now off until the New Year when they entertain the now 2-11-1 Brookfield Elks in a 7:30 start at CFB Shearwater. The Valley Maple Leafs now are idle until after Christmas when they will hit the ice Friday Jan 7 at home against Cumberland and Saturday afternoon Jan 8 in Brookfield. In the Colts Game Friday:
Capstone Cole Harbour Colts 5 Cumberland County 3
The Blues recorded win number 6 in a row Friday night at home against the Cumberland County Blues jumping in front of the Blues 2-0 after the first on goals from Patrick Oxner and Brady Crossley before the Blues Aiden Fisher and Nate Stone with goals 55 seconds part in the second period tied the game at 2-2. The Colts then stormed back with 3 unanswered goals from Braden Cheney, Connor McNamara and one from Patrick Oxner with 52 seconds left in the middle frame to go up 5-2. The Blues Zack Chatfield tallied the lone goal of the third period as the Blues fell to 4-11-1 with the Colts outshooting them 47-26. The Blues have 2 games left in their pre-season schedule as they travel to Membertou Friday and Saturday Dec 16 and 17 and that will be it for the Blues until 2022 when they host the Port Hawkesbury Strait Pirates in a Sunday afternoon game Jan 2.