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Colts score 3 late-Jr. Bulldogs go up 2-0.

The Capstone Colts and East Hants Penguins were deadlocked in a 5-5 draw with 1:25 remaining in regulation Sunday evening in Lantz in Game 2 of the Fred Fox Divisional Final.  As we have noted before, playoff hockey can be strange as overtime was not required, in fact the Colts scored three times sin the final 1:25 for an 8-5 win and they tied the Best-of-Seven Series at 1-1.  The score was 1-1 after one period and the Colts led 4-3 after forty minutes.  Tyler Puma was the big gun for the Colts with three goals and Joe Brown scored a pair for the winners including the game winner with 1:25 to go.  Tyler Puma recorded his hat-trick as he scored with 52 seconds left in regulation to put the Colts up 7-5 before Griffin Peers concluded the late game surge for the Colts with 19 seconds left in regulation.  Earlier in the final period, the Pens Evan McHenry tied the game at 4-4 with 6:36 gone in the third.  Tyler Puma scored his second of the game with 9:56 having been played to put the Colts ahead 5-4 before Bruen Fisher tied the game at 5-5 with 7:24 to go.  Other goal scorers for the Colts were Cooper Puma and Stephen Warwick.  Other scorers for the Pens were Brody Fraser, Logan Colter and Devin Meagher.  The Pens outshot the Colts 43-40.  Game 3 in this series goes Tuesday night at the Eastern Shore Community Centre with an 8:30 game start.  Elsewhere Sunday night:

 
Antigonish  5     Membertou  3
 
The AA Munro Antigonish Jr. Bulldogs took a 2-0 lead in their Sid Rowe Divisional Final over the Membertou Jr. Miners with a 5-3 win at home Sunday evening.  The Jr. Bulldogs took a 3-1 lead after one period and led 3-2 at the start of the third.  Fearghus MacDonald scored twice and added an assist for the Bulldogs while Jake MacDonald, Will Fitzsimmons and Ethan Price into an empty net were the other Bulldog scorers.  Andrew McCarron, Alex MacKinnon and Nathaniel Fuller’s short-handed effort were the three goals scored by the Jr. Miners who outshot the Bulldogs 40-34.  Games 3 and 4 in this series will be played Monday and Wednesday night in Membertou with both games starting at 7:30 p.m.
Mar 28, 2022