The Capstone Colts and Liverpool Privateers after tumultuous week of decisions going back and forth by the League Executive, the League Appeal Committee, Input from Hockey Nova Scotia and the League’s Board of Governors and after all these meetings, it is still unclear as to whether the Colts and Privateers will play one period to conclude Game 1 in their playoff series opener or whether they will be forced to play the game from start.  No one will know until Hockey Nova Scotia’s Appeal Committee makes a decision.  In the meantime, the Caps and Privateers played game 2 in their series at C.F.B. Shearwater Wednesday night  with the Colts and the League's Coach of the year Justin Boone racking up their 14th consecutive win dating back to the regular season - 6-4 over the visiting Privateers.  The Colts now lead their series 2-0 with Game 3 back in Liverpool Friday night.  

Following a points system of voting by the coaching staff of the 12 teams in the NSJHL, the 2021-2022 Nova Scotia Junior Hockey League have announced their award winners for this season.

After two decisions, one to conclude the game after two periods with the Colts in front 4-0 and another by the League’s Board of Governors in an Emergency meeting last night to play the final period before tonight’s 3rd game at CFB Shearwater, however, it is back to square 1 before Hockey Nova Scotia’s Appeal Board, meaning the status of Game 1 between Capstone and Liverpool with the Colts in front 4-0 after forty minutes continues to hang over the League like a grey ominous cloud.  Until Hockey Nova Scotia’s Appeal Board Meets, it will be Game 2 of the Best-of-Seven Fox Divisional Semi-Final tonight at C.F.B. Shearwater.  Also on tap tonight will be the third game in the Membertou-Pictou County Scotians series that is presently deadlocked at one game apiece.  The Scotians and Jr. Miners collide in Game 4 in Trenton Thursday night while the East Hants Penguins and Sackville Blazers will play Game three of their series in Sackville with the Pens up 1-0.

Any hockey fan knew that it had to eventually come……..a regulation loss by the AA Munro Antigonish Jr. Bulldogs after they went through the regular season and five games into the 21-22 playoffs with a record of 26-0-1.  The loss finally happened in Port Hawkesbury Tuesday night as the Strait Pirates rallied from a 4-1 deficit to defeat the Jr. Bulldogs 5-4.  Antigonish now leads the Best-of-Seven Rowe Divisional Semi-Final 2-1 with Game 4 back in Port Hawkesbury Friday night.

The Sackville Blazers have gone into a funk of unknown proportions and are now trying to figure out how to get back into their Fox Divisional Semi-Final with the East Hants Blazers.  The two teams battled strongly through 35 minutes of hockey in Sackville Monday night with the clubs tied at 4-4 after Devin Meagher scored his second goal of the game for the Penguins.  However after that, it went straight down-hill for the Blazers who gave 6 unanswered goals including a pair in the final 2:45 of the second to AJ Guildford and Brody Fraser to provide the Pens with a 6-4 lead going into the third period.  The Penguins never relented in the third as they scored four more times on goals by Bruen Fisher, Morgan Lake and then two more in the final 1:03 by Nico Kane and Nick Veinot.  In the opening frame, AJ Guildford scored followed by Robbie Dowell before Meagher with his first of the game tied the game at 3-3.  3 of the 10 Penguin goals came on the power-play.  As for the Blazers Deegen Noble scored a pair including the Blazers first of the game, 30 seconds after the Pens had taken a 2-0 lead.  Noble’s second goal put the Blazers ahead 3-2 after Mitchell Comeau had tied the game at 2-2 for the Blazers near the end of the first.  The blazers held their 3-2 lead for 2:28 until Meagher as noted tied the game at 3-3 but it took only 37 seconds for the blazers to go in front 4-3 on a goal from Tyler Pottier which proved to be Sackville’s last goal of the evening for the Pens 6 goal eruption.  Meagher also assisted on 2 Pens goals while Evan McHenry collected 4 assists and Logan Colter 3 for the winners.  The Penguins outshot the Blazers 61-37.  Game 3 in this series will be played in Sackville Thursday night at 7:30 and Game 4 back in Lantz Friday night at 7:30 p.m.  If a 5th game is necessary, it will go in Sackville Monday March 21 at 7:30 p.m.