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Ley and Andrew McCarron - 4 pt nights
The Liverpool Privateers are going to Windsor Friday night in hopes of taking a 2-0 lead in their Best-of-Five Mini Nova Scotia Junior Hockey League Playoff Series with the Valley Maple Leafs. At Queens Place Emera Centre in Liverpool Wednesday night, the Privateers jumped in front 4-0 after one period and led 5-2 after forty minutes, with the final score being 8-3 Liverpool.
Joe Osborne scored the game winning goal for the Privateers with just under 9 minutes left in the opening period. Liverpool opened the game’s scoring with 3 goals before the first period was even five minutes old as Nolan Greenlaw with his first of two, Alec Howie’s power-play goal and Daniel Kline’s short-handed goal put the home team up 3-0. Other Privateer goal scorers were Josh Nicholson and Miguel D’Eon with a pair in the third period and Greenlaw’s 2nd of the game with less than a minute to play. Ben Fleckenstein, Kyle Slingerland and Ryan MacDonald tallied for the Leafs who were outshot 54-17 by the Privateers. Griffin Radford chipped in with a pair of assists for the Leafs. Game time in Windsor Friday is 7:30 p.m. Elsewhere Wednesday night:
Membertou Jr. Miners 10 Cumberland County Blues 1
The Jr. Miners thrashed the Blues in their playoff opener with AJ Ley and Andrew McCarron both playing starring roles with 2 goals and 2 assists each. Coby McCarron and Nathaniel Fuller also both notched pair for Membertou. Single markers were recorded by Josh MacKay and Brandon Grant who actually recorded the game winner just 2:16 into the game. The Jr. Miners held period leads of 1-0 and 8-1. Blake Cox recorded 3 assists for the Jr. Miners while Will Harrison’s power-play goal was the only one of the night for Cumberland who were outshot 47-19 by the Jr. Miners. Cumberland will now travel back to Springhill in hopes of being able to turn their game around as they prepare to host the Jr. Miners Saturday and Sunday.
East Hants 7 Brookfield Elks 0
Bruen Fisher, Evan McHenry and Marshall Plandowski all scored a goal and each added a pair of assists to pace the Penguins to a 7-0 shut-out win over the Elks in Lantz Wednesday evening. The teams were scoreless after one period but Fisher, Ethan Wheeler and Brody Fraser all scored in the second period to put the Pens up 3-0 after forty minutes. In the third period, McHenry, Riley MacDonnel, Nico Kane and Plandowski with a short-handed marker scored to make the final 7-0. The Pens outshot the Elks 32-28. Game 2 in this Best-of-Five Mini Series is slated for East Hants Friday night at 7:30 p.m.