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3 opening round series on the brink of being over
Deciding games in Three Best-of-Series could all be tonight (Saturday, March 5/22.)
Port Hawkesbury 5 Eskasoni Jr. Eagles 4
Gregor Yoell of the Port Hawkesbury Strait Pirates scored the game winner to give his team a 2-0 lead in their Best-of-Five Series going into tonight’s third game at the Dan K. Stevens Memorial Arena in Eskasoni starting at 7:30 p.m. Yoell’s goal with 1:23 left in regulation was the Pirates 5th of the game and Yoell’s second of the game to give Port Hawkesbury a 5-4 win over the Eskasoni Jr. Eagles and a 2-0 lead in their series. The win follows The Strait’s 6-4 win in the opener of the series earlier in the week. The Strait Pirates held period leads of 1-0 before the Eagles tied it at 3-3 at the end of the second. Other goal scorers for the winners were Cameron Gillis, Blake Hadley and Jayden Muise. For the Jr. Eagles, Kinnon Williams, Thomas Simon, MacKenzie Erickson and Dante Basque on the power-play all recorded single markers. Danny Gillis recorded three assist for the winners and the Strait outshot the Jr. Eagles 47-31. The Dan K. Stevens Memorial Arena should be rocking tonight as the Eagles play in front of a home audience doing their utmost to prevent elimination and force a fourth game in this series Sunday night. Game time once again in Eskasoni Saturday night is 7:30 p.m.
Liverpool 7 Valley Maple Leafs 4
Kayden Nickerson scored three times including a power-play marker while adding an assist as the Liverpool Privateers went up 2-0 in their Best-of-Five with the Valley Maple Leafs at the West Hants Community Sportsplex Friday night in Windsor. The Privateers were not challenged in any great fashion as they took period leads of 3-1 and 6-2 and outshot the Leafs 52-34. Nolan Greenlaw’s goal was the game winner for Liverpool with 12:32 to play in the second period. Other Privateer goal scorers were John Shubaly, Dylan Patterson and Riley Hurlburt. For the Leafs who have now been outscored 15-7 in the opening two playoff games, John Van Luxemborg, Hayden Richardson, Brent Levy and Griffin Radford all contributed single markers. It is now back to Liverpool and Queens Place Emera Centre for Game 3 in this series with the Maple Leafs hoping that some how, some way, they can force a 4th game back in Windsor on Sunday March 6th.
East Hants 5 Brookfield Elks 2
The Penguins did not waste anytime in jumping out in front of the visiting Elks in Lantz Friday night. Sean Freeman and Evan McHenry put the Pens ahead 2-0 before Nashon Thomas brought the Elks back to within a goal at the end of the first. AJ Guildford scored a power-play game-winner for the Pens less than five minutes into the second to make it 3-1. Marshall Plandowski scored as well in the second and it was 4-1 Pens after forty minutes. Coady Jollymore brought the Elks back to within a pair in the third but Ethan Wheeler scored the Pens 5th goal to make the final 5-2 East Hants who outshot the Elks 52-35. It is now about 30 kilometres up Highway 102 where the Elks will hope to avoid elimination against the Pens in a 7:00 p.m. start Saturday evening.