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Jr. Miners knot series 2-2
Despite a superbly successful regular season, The AA Munro Antigonish Jr. Bulldogs realize it is crunch time now and have learned a couple of lessons in their Rowe Divisional Final with the Membertou Jr. Miners. The first is that they will somehow have to learn how to shut-down Andrew and Coby McCarron and Blake Cox and the second is how to hang onto leads. Wednesday night in Membertou they suffered an excruciating loss to the Jr. Miners as after taking a 4-2 lead with 8:45 to play, the Jr. Miners came back with three goals, the winner with only 38 seconds left in the first overtime by Cox. Dylan MacDonald scored short-handed with only 2:18 left in regulation to tie the game at 4-4. Brady MacLean brought the Jr. Miners to within a goal on the power play with 8:32 left in regulation. Jake MacDonald put the Jr. Bulldogs up 4-2 early in the third while Tyler Boyd, Ethan Twolan and Connor Doherty also scored for the Bulldogs who now find themselves tied with the Jr. Miners at two games apiece going into Game 5 in Antigonish Friday evening at 7:30 p.m. In Monday night’s 7-2 loss to the Jr. Miners, Cox, Andrew and Coby McCarron connected for a total of 13 points. Wednesday night, the trio managed a total of 8 points. Spencer Shebib was a key ingredient in the win for the Jr. Miners as he stopped 48 of 52 shots he faced as the Bulldogs held a 52-39 shots advantage.