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Elliott and Bussey - 4 pt nights
The Liverpool Privateers and the Eskasoni Jr. Eagles both recorded wins in playoff action Tuesday night. The following is a recap:
Liverpool 7 East Hants 5
The Privateers went up 2-1 in their Best-of-Seven series with the Penguins in Lantz. The Privateers and Pens were knotted at 2-2 after twenty minutes and the Privateers led 4-3 after two periods. In the opening period, Logan Colter put the Penguins on the scoreboard 31 seconds into the game before the Privateers Cole Elliot came back with a pair 2:09 apart to take a 2-1 lead. Eight seconds after Elliot gave Liverpool their first lead of the game, Bruen Fisher tied it for the Penguins. In the second, Malcom Bussey put Liverpool up by a pair in a span of 2:37 before Blake Irvine brought the Pens back to within one before the second period ended. Elliot and Bussey both finished the game with a pair of goals and 2 assists. In the third, Carson Gallant scored a natural hat-trick as he put the puck in the East Hants net on three separate occasions, the first one coming 52 seconds into the third, the second with 11:40 to play and his final one came with 51 seconds left in regulation. In between Gallant’s three goals, Marshall Plandowski and Devin Meagher tallied for the Penguins but it wasn’t quite enough as Liverpool went up 2-1 in Games with the series returning to Liverpool Saturday night for a 7:00 p.m. start at the Queens Place Emera Centre. Sunday night’s 5th game will be played in Lantz beginning at 7:45 p.m. The Privateers outshot the Penguins 48-38.
Eskasoni Jr. Eagles 7 Pictou County Scotians 3
The Jr. Eagles went up 2-1 in their series with the Scotians with Game 4 back in Trenton Thursday night for 6:20 p.m. start before they move back to Eskasoni for a 7:30 start Saturday evening. The Jr. Eagles were outshot by the Scotians 33-28 but still managed to score on seven of their 28 shots. Cale MacLaughlin gave the Scotians an early 1-0 lead before Trey Sturge and Bryce MacKenzie put Eskasoni in front 2-1. Blaise MacDonald tied it for the Scotians with only 1:29 left in the first but Pictou could not hang on and 34 seconds later, Eskasoni’s Dante Basque who also picked up a pair of assists gave the Jr. Eagles their 3-2 lead after twenty minutes. Eskasoni padded their lead in the second on goals from Kendall MacQueen and Sonny Kabatay. In the third period, Eskasoni’s Arlen Denny made it 6-2 before Alex Newell scored the Scotians third goal of the game 1:06 later. The game’s scoring concluded with Marcellus Francis tallying for Eskasoni to gove them their series lead and a 7-3 win.