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East Hants and Antigonish continue to show plenty of polish
The East Hants Penguins and the Antigonish Jr. Bulldogs are continuing to play dominant hockey and both registered wins Friday night in Nova Scotia Junior Play. The Bulldogs are now 10-1-0 on the season after defeating arch-rival Pictou on home ice by a score of 5-1. The Scotians did not register their goal until there was only 1.29 left in regulation allowing the Bulldogs to run up a 5-0 lead. Kellen Fuller and Will McKinnon scored in the first for Antigonish 40 seconds apart and the Jr. Bulldogs pushed that lead to 4-0 after two on goals from Owen Juurlink and Zachary Lorette. In the third, McKinnon scored his second of the game for Antigonish on a short-handed effort before Drew Williams recorded the Scotians lone goal. Owen Forsyth collected two more assists giving him eight in his past four games. Antigonish outshot the Scotians 30-22. Elsewhere Friday:
East Hants 5 Capstone Colts 4
The Penguins are a locomotive and only counting to speed up as they registered their 10th consecutive win to start the NSJHL Season with a 5-4 win over the Capstone Colts. They remain the only undefeated team in the entire loop. Alex Field, Nova Scotia Egg Farmers player of the week in the Fox Division last week continued his rampage of scoring as he scored his 5th goal and recorded his 2nd assist in the Penslast three wins. Finley Diab added a pair of the Penguins who quickly took a 3-0 lead after the opening period before the Colts on a power-play goal from Finn Merritt and another from Trainer McCulloch within a span of 11 seconds late in the second brought the Colts to within a goal at 3-2. Liam Andrew tied it for the Colts 43 seconds into the third period before Ryan Langlois and Diab with his second of the night, this time the game-winner put the Pens up by a pair at 5-3. Finn Merritt with his second of the game for the Colts made it a one-goal game again but the Colts could get no closer. East Hants outshot the Colts 40-26.
Port Hawkesbury 4 Membertou 3 (Overtime)
It took Cadyn Power’s overtime goal with an assist from Pirates goalie Manny Strong to carry the Strait to a 4-3 win over the Membertou Jr. Miners. The clubs were scoreless after one before the Jr. Miners went up 2-1 after two periods. Jarred Hicks scored early and Tyler Cormier late in the middle period with Jesse Gillis scoring in between for the Pirates. In the final period of regulation, Drew MacDonald tied the game at 2-2 for the Strait before Jarred Hicks with his second of the game put the Miners in front once again 3-2. With only 1:24 left in regulation, Landon MacIntosh scored for the Pirates to knot the game at 3-3 and send it to overtime where Power scored the must-goal for the Strait to give them a 4-3 win. Four points now separate the second place Scotians and Pirates from the third and fourth place Miners and Eskasoni.