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Scotians collapse in 3rd - Pens looking to sweep
The Pictou County Scotians played a consistent 50 minutes of hockey in Game 4 of their Rowe Divisional Semi-Final with the Membertou Jr. Miners in Trenton Thursday night. However, what happened in the final 10 minutes of the third period no doubt has many Scotians and their Coaching Staff scratching their heads as the Jr. Miners exploded for 5 unanswered goals for an 8-2 victory and a 3-1 lead in their series against the Scotians. Josh MacKay who leads the League in the playoff scoring race scored his 10th and 11th of the playoffs to go along with 5 assists for 16 points. Brandon Grant also scored twice for the Jr. Miners. In the third, there was no scoring until Coby McCarron scored with 10:51 left to give the Jr. Miners a 4-2 lead. In a span of 45 seconds, MacKay scored his second of the game and Blake Cox who has 4 goals and 11 assists so far in the 21-22 playoffs scored. Cox occupies 2nd place in the scoring race. After three minutes of scoreless hockey, the Jr. Miners demonstrated they were not finished as Nathan MacMillan who also had a pair of assists and Brandon Grant with his 2nd of the game scored 10 seconds apart to make the final 8-2 Jr. Miners. Grant’s first goal proved to be the game winner and the only goal of the second period. MacKay’s first goal was on the power-play and tied the game for the Jr. Miners at 2-2 with only 39 seconds to play in the first. Dylan MacDonald tallied the opening goal of the game for the Jr. Miners. For the Scotians Ryan MacLennan and Connor Aucoin scored 51 seconds apart with under five minutes left in the first period to put the Scotians up 2-1 until MacKay’s goal in the final minute. Andrew McCarron garnered 3 assists for the Jr. Miners giving him 6 goals and 9 assists for 15 points in six playoff games to date and third place in the scoring race. The Scotians outshot the Jr. Miners 47-46. Game 5 and potentially the final game in this series goes Friday night in Trenton at 6:00 p.m. Elsewhere in playoff action Thursday night:
East Hants 3 Sackville 1
The East Hants Penguins will hit the ice in Lantz Friday night with the potential of sweeping the Sackville Blazers in their Fox Divisional Semi-Final after their 3-1 win in Sackville Thursday night. The Blazers were up 1-0 on a goal from Noah Healy after one period but it was all the scoring they could do as Bruen Fisher and Marshall Plandowski added second period tallies to put the Penguins in front 2-1 and then Plandowski added his fourth of the playoffs mid-way through the third period for the final goal of the game and a 3-1 Penguins win. The Pens outshot the Blazers 42-38. The Pens have outscored the Blazers 16-6 to date in the series which have included a pair of 3-1 wins. If a 5th game is required in this series, it will be played Monday night in Sackville.