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Bench Suspensions handed out and Chediac dominates for Scotians

It was a wild night at the OK Corral in Port Hawkesbury Friday night as 98 minutes in penalties were dished out in the Strait Pirates 8-5 win.  The penalty minutes were not actually huge but it was the suspensions that resulted as both Port Hawkesbury Head Coach Taylor Lambke and Assistant Tim MacMillan will both three-game suspensions while Eskasoni Trainer Lindros Denny will also serve a 3 game suspension.  All suspensions fell under the category of actions unbecoming to the game. 

 
As for the game which saw the Strait Pirates improve to 3-0-0 and the Jr. Eagles fall to 1-5-0, Matthew Ellis and Jason Johnson both scored a pair of goals for the Strait Pirates with singles going to Gregor Yoell, Jack Nielsen, Matthew Raike and Lewis Taylor.  The game was close through two periods with the Strait Pirates holding leads of 2-1 and 5-4.  The Jr. Eagles knotted dit at 5 with 5:07 having elapsed in the third period before the Pirates exploded for three goals in the game’s final 3:36 for the victory. Kinnon Williams scored a pair of goals for the Jr. Eagles and Curtis Novak added a single marker.
 
The Jr. Eagles then travelled to Trenton Sunday night looking for their 2nd win of the season but came up short once again dropping a 5-3 decision at the hands of the Pictou County Scotians to fall to 1-7-0.  The Jr. Eagles appeared on the right track taking a 3-0 lead twenty-seven minutes into the game before the Scotians breathed fire, with that fire coming from essentially two players.  Matt Chediac scored three times and added two assists while Connor Aucoin added one goal and assisted on three others.  Matt Carson also scored for the Scotians.  Eskasoni narrowly outshot the Scotians 35-34.  There were 58 minutes in penalties called in the contest and the Scotians Cale McLaughlin took 34 of them including a pair of misconducts.  Thomas Simon, Jacob Denny and Jaden Martin on the power-play scored for the Jr. Eagles who have now completed 1/4 of their season.  The Jr. Eagles will play their ninth and tenth games of the season Halloween Weekend when they travel to Membertou Saturday evening and then entertain the Strait Pirates for a rematch Sunday afternoon at home.
Oct 24, 2021
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Pirates rout Scotians - Pens struggle in third

The Port Hawkesbury Strait Pirates had absolutely no difficulty with the Pictou County Scotians at the Civic Centre in Port Hawkesbury Fri Oct 15 as they routed the Scotians 7-0.  Brady MacNeil and Danny Gillis both scored twice for the Strait Pirates with single markers going to Matthew Ellis, Gregor Yoell and Matthew Raike.  Logan Saulnier chipped in with 3 assists for the winners who held period leads of 2-0 and 7-0 with no scoring taking place in the final period.  Strait Pirates outshot Pictou 45-32.

 
Capstone Colts 4   East Hants Penguins 1
 
Before their trip to Liverpool and their win Saturday night Oct 16, the Penguins were stymied by the Capstone Colts 4-1.  The Colts led 1-0 after forty minutes on a goal from Josh Moore. Bruen Fisher tied it for the Penguins 2:09 into the final period before the Colts breathed some fire and came back with three unanswered goals from Cole Good, Patrick Oxner and Tyler Puma.  The Colts held a wide advantage in shots outshooting the Pens 44-20.
Oct 21, 2021
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Blazers 4-2-0 on season after weekend split in Cape Breton

Saturday Night Oct 16 in Membertou against the Jr. Miners, the Blazers fell 6-4 after falling behind 4-1 after two periods.  Josh MacKay and Ashton Paul both rifled a pair for the Jr. Miners while Blake Cox picked up a goal and added 2 assists.  Kody Groves added the other goal for Membertou who still trail the red-hot 5-0-0 Antigonish Jr. Bulldogs in the Sid Rowe Division.  Paul’s second goal of the game 1:38 into the third period proved to be the game winner.  Scoring for the Blazers was Luc Arsenault, Degen Noble Noah Healy and Brian Grandy.
There were 120 minutes in penalties called during the contest with 116 of them in the opening period as officials dished out 10 of 11 misconducts with only 1:01 to play in the opening frame.  The other misconduct came earlier in the period.  The Blazers despite the loss did outshoot the Jr. Miners 30-25.
 
Sackville  6  Eskasoni  3
 
Sunday afternoon Oct 17 in Eskasoni, the Blazers Degen Noble paced the way for the visiting team scoring three times and adding an assist.  His first goal of the afternoon with slightly less than 5 minutes to play in the opening period put the Blazers up 4-0 and proved to be the game winner.  Duggan Gauthier scored twice and added an assist with the other Blazers goal going to Brian Grandy.  Thomas Simon and Jacob Denny both chipped in with a goal and an assist for the Jr. Eagles with other goal going to Omar Gould.  The Blazers outshot Eskasoni 31-21.
Oct 21, 2021
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Leafs garner 1st of season - Elks lose their first of two on the weekend

The Valley Maple Leafs have yet to play a road game in the early part of the 21-22 NSJHL season and after what happened in their two home games to date, the Leafs were looking for a far stronger performance from themselves.  They had already lost to East Hants and Antigonish by scores of 6-3, but came up with a much better performance Friday Oct 15 against the visiting Brookfield Elks who they defeated 6-4.  Ryan MacLellan gave the Valley a 1-0 lead after twenty minutes.  The Elks then encountered some penalty difficulties in the second which resulted in a penalty shot goal by John Van Luxembourg only 49 seconds into the second and then a power-play goal by the Leafs Brady MacLean before the second period was five minutes old.  That put the Leafs up 3-0 before Jacob Bolger put the Elks on the scoreboard.  Ethan Salsman and Andrew McCarron then put the Leafs up 5-1 before Ryan Burton of the Elks made it 5-2 going into the third period.  Griffin Radford just 1:01 into the third made it 6-2 Leafs before the Elks finished  with a pair of goals from Luke MacDonald and Sam Rogers to make the final 6-4.  The Elks did outshoot the Leafs 43-39.  The Leafs will be back home to play the Membertou Jr. Miners Friday Oct 22 at 7:30 before playing their first road game of 21-22 in Sackville Mon Oct 25.

Oct 17, 2021
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Privateers back to .500 -- Pens now 3-2-0

The Liverpool Privateers certainly got their season off on the right foot winning their first two games on a weekend road-trip to Coe Breton but since their return, they have managed only one one win in four games and are now 3-3-0 on the season.  Entering Friday night’s game at the Dr. Carson and Miriam Murray Centre in Springhill to face off against the Cumberland County Blues, the Privateers had lost two straight to fall back to 2-2-0.  It took the Privateers awhile to get rolling Friday as six minutes into the second period, they trailed the Blues 3-2 but then a switch went on and the Privateers scored five unanswered goals to skate away with a 7-3 victory.

 
In the opening period, the teamster tied at 2-2 with Lathan Robinson and Christopher MacDonald scoring for the Privateers and Ethan Casey and Colby Titus on the power-play connected for the Blues.  With 5:45 gone in the second, the Blues MacKenzie Richard tallied to put the Blues ahead 3-2 before Joe Osborne, Goodick Connor with the game-winning goal and Christopher McDonald with his second of the night put Liverpool ahead 5-3 after forty minutes.  In the third Osborne connected for his second marker and Daniel Kline added a single marker, his 7th of the season to make the final 7-3.  Liverpool outshot Cumberland 34-23.
 
East Hants  5    Liverpool  3
 
The Privateers were one game above .500 when they left Springhill with a 3-2-0 record but quickly fell back to 3-3-0 when they returned home Saturday evening to the Queens Place Emera Centre and were defeated by the East Hants Penguins 5-3.  The Penguins with their win are now 3-2-0.  The teams played to a scoreless drawing in the opening period before East Hants jumped in front 2-0 in the second period on goals from Bruen Fisher and Devin Meagher.  John Shubaly scored for the Privateers to make it 2-1 East Hants before the teams traded goals again with Evan McHenry for the Penguins and Jude Greenwood for Blues on the power-play made it 3-2 East Hants after forty minutes.  In the third, McHenry and Fisher both scored again for the Penguins.  Both players also had 2 assists apiece on the evening giving them both four point nights.  Fisher’s third period goal was an empty netter while John Shubaly on the power-play scored the Privateers lone goal.  Liverpool did outshoot the Penguins 42-36.  These same two teams will finish a home and home series Friday Oct 22 in Lantz.
Oct 17, 2021
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Jr. Bulldogs remain undefeated- now 5-0-0

The AA Munro Antigonish Jr. Bulldogs keep on rolling as they recorded their fourth and fifth wins of this early 21-22 NSJHL Season Friday Oct 15 and Saturday Oct 16.  They had to work hard for both wins 5-3 over the Eskasoni Jr. Eagles on Friday and 5-4 over the Brookfield Elks at the Don Henderson Memorial Sportsplex Saturday.

 
Antigonish  5    Eskasoni  3
 
Jake MacDonald has been setting up goals like Bobby Orr used to back in the 1970’s, he recorded 4 assists at home Friday night in the Jr. Bulldogs 5-3 win giving him 7 on the season.  Fearghus MacDonald who presently leads the league in scoring scored his fourth of the season to go along with 7 assists for 11 points in the Bulldogs first five games.  Thomas Simon of the Eagles who trails MacDonald by 3 points scored once and added two assists in the loss.  Sam Mattie scored the second Bulldogs goal to give them a 2-1 lead before Will Fitzsimmons tallied with 36 seconds left in the first giving the Bulldogs a 3-1 lead going into the second period.
 
Antle Denny moved the Jr. Eagles to within one n the second period before Sam Mattie scored his second of the game on the power-play with 19 seconds left in the middle period to give the Bulldogs their game winning goal and 4-2 lead  going into the third.  Tyler Cross and Jacob Denny rounded out the game’s scoring in the third.  For Denny it was his fifth of the season to go along with five assists leaving him one point back of the Bulldogs MacDonald in the scoring race.  Antigonish outshot Eskasoni 42-31.
 
Antigonish  5   Brookfield  4
 
The Jr. Bulldogs went to 5-0-0 on the season in another nail-biter Saturday in Brookfield.  Craig Landry and Darren Waterman tallied for the Bulldogs in the opening period before Connor Miller scored his first of two for the Elks to give the Bulldogs a 2-1 lead after the first period.  Sam Mattie’s power-play goal made it 3-1 Antigonish in the second before Luke MacDonald’s short-handed effort made it  3-2 Antigonish.  It only took 32 seconds however before the Bulldogs were up by two again when Will Fitzsimmons scored.
 
In a span of 2:04 before the third period was five minutes old, Miller with his second and Michael Sack tied the game at 4-4 for the Elks.  it then took a power-play goal by the Bulldogs Sam Mattie with 9:59 left to give the Bulldogs a 5-4 lead, one they hung onto to go to 5-0-0.  They will try and keep their winning streak moving when they travel to CFB Shearwater and play the Capstone Colts Friday Oct 22 at 7:30 p.m.
Oct 17, 2021
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