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Antigonish advances to semi-finals versus Moncton
It was an unfortunate setback for the AA Munro Antigonish Jr. Bulldogs at 2022 Don Johnson Memorial Cup in New Brunswick Friday as they suffered back to back to back losses to finish 2-2-0-0 for 6 points in the four game round-robin but the 6 points enabled them to make it to the playoff round where they will square off against the 3-1-0 Moncton Vitos Saturday night at 7:00 in the second of two semi-final games. With a win the Jr. Bulldogs advance to the Atlantic Championship Final Sunday afternoon.
The Jr. Bulldogs suffered their first setback in a 12:00 noon start Friday as they took a 1-0 lead over the Kent Coyotes after twenty minutes but it was all the scoring Antigonish could do as the Coyotes came back to take a 2-1 lead after forty minutes and add two more in the third to win 4-1. Kent outshot Antigonish 49-26 including 20-6 in the first period and 20-8 in the second period before Antigonish slowed them down somewhat in the third and outshot the host team 12-9.
In Friday’s 2nd game of the day, the Sherwood-Parkdale Metros from Prince Edward Island defeated the Bulldogs 4-1. The Metros wee leading 1-0 after the first period before they struck early in the second to go up 2-0. Jake MacDonald then tallied for the Bulldogs with 6:)6 having been played in the middle period before the Metros scored on the power-play with 47 seconds left in the third period to win it 4-1. Antigonish outshot the Prince Edward Island Provincial Champions 41-27 but could not buy a goal during key stretches of the game.
The Jr. Bulldogs garnered their first win of the tournament Wednesday when they doubled up the Moncton Vitos 6-3 but it turned out to be the Vitos only loss of the round-robin. The other semi-final Saturday afternoon pits the Mount Pearl Jr. Blades against Kent. PEI missed the playoffs despite having a better record than Mt. Pearl but the Don Johnson Website provides absolutely no explanation as to what error resulted in Mt. Pearl advancing and PEI missing out. The winners of the two Saturday semi-finals clash for the Don Johnson Memorial Cup Sunday afternoon.