The Capstone Colts and Liverpool Privateers after tumultuous week of decisions going back and forth by the League Executive, the League Appeal Committee, Input from Hockey Nova Scotia and the League’s Board of Governors and after all these meetings, it is still unclear as to whether the Colts and Privateers will play one period to conclude Game 1 in their playoff series opener or whether they will be forced to play the game from start. No one will know until Hockey Nova Scotia’s Appeal Committee makes a decision. In the meantime, the Caps and Privateers played game 2 in their series at C.F.B. Shearwater Wednesday night with the Colts and the League's Coach of the year Justin Boone racking up their 14th consecutive win dating back to the regular season - 6-4 over the visiting Privateers. The Colts now lead their series 2-0 with Game 3 back in Liverpool Friday night.
Brady Crossley scored the first three goals for the Colts Wednesday evening to record a natural hat-trick, his first two goals came on the power-play but their 2-0 lead lasted only 11 seconds when Alec Howie connected for the Privateers. Daniel LeBlanc then tied it for Liverpool at 2-2 before the first period concluded. Crossley then made it 3-2 with less than 6 minutes gone in the second before Dylan Patterson and Carson Gallant scored 1:27 apart with five minutes or so to go in the second to give the Privateers a 4-3 lead after forty minutes. It was all Colts in the third as they scored three unanswered goals off the sticks of Ryan Welch with 2:41 played in the third, then co- Rookie of the Year Cooper Puma scored the game-winning goal with 6:55 to play to put the Colts up 5-4. Stephen Warwick added an empty netter to make the final 6-4. Puma and Warwick both added 2 assists and the Colts outshot Liverpool 50-33. In other playoff action Wednesday night….
Membertou 5 Pictou County Scotians 3
The Jr. Miners jumped in front of their Rowe Divisional Semi-Final 2-1 following their 5-3 win at home. Of the 8 goals scored, three were short-handed, 2 of them by the Jr. Miners Nathaniel Fuller and Josh MacKay to put the Jr. Miners up 2-1 before Blake Cox scored the third goal of the first period for Membertou to make 3-1 after twenty minutes. Connor Aucoin had opened the scoring for the Scotians. AJ Ley scored the game winner for Membertou with 7:12 left in the second period. Matt Chediac brought the Scotians back to within a pair with a short-handed effort with 1:25 remaining in the middle period. Andrew McCarron made it 5-2 Jr. Miners in the third before Jayden Hatchard concluded the game’s scoring for the Scotians who outshot the Jr. Miners 40-29. The teams return to Trenton tonight for Game 4 in a 6:30 start before going back to Membertou for Game 5 Saturday night. If a 6th game is required, it will be Sunday night in Trenton.
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