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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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Scotians have win taken away

It is so unfortunate when a team after a hard win, ends up with an official loss due to having played an ineligible player in that particular game.  Such is the case for the Pictou County Scotians who opened their 2021-2022 Nova Scotia Junior Hockey League Season with a 5-2 win over the Antigonish AA Munro Jr. Bulldogs Friday, Oct 1 in Antigonish.

 
However, it came to light over the past week that an ineligible player had dressed and played for the Scotians in their win and the League based on their constitution had no choice but to take the win away from the Scotians and give the Bulldogs the victory.  The Bulldogs as a result are off to a 5-0-0 start.  As a result of the win being taken away from the Scotians, it has also cost their Head Coach a 5 game suspension.
Oct 16, 2021
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Blazers 1-1-0 over Holiday Weekend

The Sackville Blazers split a pair of games over the Thanksgiving Day Weekend losing Friday Oct 8 in Port Hawkesbury at the Civic Centre by a score of 6-2 before returning home Thanksgiving Day afternoon for a 5-3 win over the Cumberland County Blues.

 
Port Hawkesbury  6    Sackville  2
 
The Strait Pirates were playing their opening game of the 21-22 season and after Stephen Purdy gave the Blazers a 1-0 lead with five minutes gone in the opening period, the Strait Pirates came back with goals from Jayden Muise and a power-play marker from Matthew Ellis, the Pirates two goals coming just 3:01 apart and with under eight minutes to play in the opening period.  Brady MacNeil then struck in the second period to put the Pirates up 3-1 which is the way it stood going into the third period.  For nearly ten minutes of the final period, the score stayed that way until Jack Meek brought the Blazers to within a goal at 3-2.  However only 1:10 after Meek’s goal, the Strait Pirates were up by two goals again as Cameron Gillis scored to make it 4-2.  Gregor Yoell and Lewis Taylor then added two more to make the final 6-2 Strait Pirates.  The Pirates outshot the Blazers 38-32.
 
 
Sackville  5     Cumberland County 3
 
Monday afternoon Oct 11 in Sackville, the Blazers with just under ten minutes to play in the opening period scored a pair of goals 34 seconds apart by Trey Faulkner and Brian Grandy who would finish with a three point afternoon as he also collected a pair of assists.  Jacob Estabrooks tallied for the Blues and the game stood 2-1 Blazers after one.  Before the second period was six minutes old, the Blazers had a 4-1 lead on goals from Mitchell Comeau and the game winner from Jack Meek.  Daniel Mackenzie scored the Blues second goal of the game and it stood 4-2 after forty minutes.  Daniel LeBlanc for the Blazers and Aidan McBurnie for the Blues scored in the third period to make the final 5-3.  Sackville held a wide advantage in shots over the Blues 54-27.
Oct 16, 2021
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