Capstone Colts

Team News

   

Colts dethrone Bulldogs

The Capstone Colts led by three goals from Jacob Troini-Willis are the 2024-25 Nova Scotia Junior Hockey League Champions as a result of their 4-3 sudden-death overtime win over the Antigonish Jr. Bulldogs Saturday evening at the former C.F.B. Shearwater Forum.

 
Troini-Willis who scored twice in the first period after the Bulldogs took an early 2-0 lead, scored 1:17 into the second overtime to provide the Colts with their margin of victory and prevent the Bulldogs from securing a fourth consecutive Veteran’s Cup and a Nova Scotia Junior Championship Series win.  It marked the always competitive Colts first provincial Championship series win since originating in the Eastern Shore in 2011 before transferring to Cole Harbour in 2014 and then to Shearwater a couple of years later.
 
In Saturday’s win, the Colts only other goal besides the three from Troini-Willis was scored by Luke McPhee with 2:41 left in the second period which resulted in the game requiring two-overtime periods before a Provincial Champion was decided as the teams played a scoreless third period.  Earlier goals for the Bulldogs were scored by Owen Flemming and Owen Juurlnk who put the Bulldogs ahead 2-0 in the first before Brody MacPherson gave the Bulldogs a 3-2 lead 6:56 into the second period.  However it was all the scoring the Bulldogs would do. The Colts are now off to the Don Johnson Atlantic Cup in Cocagne NB this week! 
Apr 22, 2025

Capstone Colts defeat Lumberjacks to win Fred Fox Division!

With the win, the Capstone Colts will now travel to Antigonish for the start of their Provincial Junior Championship this weekend.

This game lived up to every hockey fan’s desire with hard skating and a strong dedicated 1000% effort from every player in both line-ups.  It did not look good for the Colts mid-way through the third period after the Colts went ahead 3-2 on a goal from Finn Merritt only 4:12 into the third period as Keegan Greencorn stood literally no chance with Merritt right on his door-step to give the Colts their 3-2 lead.
 
The Colts were then called for two consecutive minor penalties 57 seconds apart, giving the South Shore a two-man advantage for 1:03.  With only 12 seconds left in the Colts initial minor at 10:53, Joe Osborne scored to tie the game at 3-3.  The Colts killed off the remaining 1:09 of the Lumberjacks power-play and kept playing aggressively and ended up with the winning goal as Jacob Troini-Willis rifled a shot past Greencorn with 7:04 remaining in regulation to give the Colts a 4-3 lead.
 
The Colts always seemed prepared to clear the puck away when necessary as the South Shore applied pressure as Graheme O’Brien and Brennan Coleman missed in close with 6:00 left in regulation.  The Lumberjacks pulled Keegan Greencorn with 1:00 to play in regulation seeking the tying goal but following a 30 second time-out with 56 seconds left, the Lumberjacks could not score the equalizer despite doing everything but put the puck behind Brace with 31 seconds remaining. With 25 seconds to play, Nik Xidos put one into an empty South Shore net to give the Colts the 5-3 win and the series victory in seven games.
 
The game was played before a jammed pack Shearwater Forum.  The game was only 2:21 old when Justin Hardwick-Browne was behind the Colts net and a slid the puck to the low right side of the Colts net where Joe Osborne was partially unchecked and Osborne slid the puck past Conar Brace for a 1-0 Lumberjacks lead.   The Colts came right back with Greencorn making a nice pad save off of Cooper Puma. Puma was robbed blind on a second scoring attempt as the Colts were on the power-play and Puma could not get the puck off the ice and over Greencorn.  Greencorn made another outstanding save on the Colts Owen’s O’Donnell as he covered up a shot to the low left side of the net.  With the Lumberjacks on the power-play, Brandon missed an excellent short-handed opportunity as the Colts got sloppy for a rare time in the game.  Daniel Kline also missed in close as Brace made a fantastic pad save.  The Colts held a 10-8 shots advantage after the first period.
 
In the second period, there was a mad scramble in front of the South Shore net and Riley Henman pounced on a loose puck and pounded it past Greencorn to tie the game at 1-1.  The Colts followed up with three more incredible chances with Cody Garcin collecting a second rebound only 1:27 after the Colts had tied it, with Greencorn flat on the ice to put the Colts ahead 2-1. With 4:07 remaining in the middle frame, Brace made two incredible saves but could not stop a second rebound to his low-right side as Dawson O’Connell was on his doorstep to tie the game at 2-2.  Before the period concluded, Brennan Coleman was stopped by Brace on a wide-open breakaway to keep the score at 2-2.  The Lumberjacks kept the pressure up and Daniel Kline was stopped in close with 1:19 left in the second.  The Lumberjacks outshot the Colts 14-10 in the second and held a 22-20 advantage after two periods.
The Provincial Championship Series will now begin Friday night in Antigonish at 7:30 with Game 2 returning to Shearwater Saturday night at 7:30 p.m.
Apr 9, 2025

Colts defeat Blazers and off to the Fred Fox Finals!

Blazers Eliminated!

The first round of the 24-25 NSJHL Playoffs are now complete after the Sackville Blazers were ousted by the Capstone Colts on Blazers Home ice Monday evening.

 
The Blazers knew what they were up against, knowing a win was mandatory if they were going to force a seventh game in Shearwater Wednesday night.  Sackville led after one period 1-0 but the Colts exploded for four goals in the second period to take a 4-3 lead and go on for a 5-3 win to win the series in six games.  The Colts will now play the South Shore Lumberjacks in the Fred Fox Division Final beginning Friday evening in Shearwater at 7:30 with Game 2 back in Bridgewater Saturday evening at 7:00 p.m.
 
Lawson Cook gave the Blazers a 1-0 lead after twenty minutes Monday evening. in the second period, the teams scored six goals with Tyler Curnew scoring both for Sackville while Cody Garcin, Luke McPhee, Cooper Puma and Nick Morin tallied for the Colts.  Luke Hawylak scored the lone goal of the third period for the Colts who outshot the Blazers 57-34 but Sackville’s Conar Blackwood in nets played an exceptional game turning away 52 of the 57 shots.  Conar Brace in the Colts net stopped 31 of 34 shots.  The Colts outscored the Blazers 31-17 in the six games.
 
Next up is the Fred Fox Finals for the Colts as they take on the Lumberjacks this Friday March 14th at home!
Mar 12, 2025

Puma historic 9 point night for Colts

The Colts annihilated the Valley Maple Leafs in Shearwater Friday night in Nova Scotia Junior Hockey by a count of 16-5.  It marked the Leafs fifth consecutive road game of a six-game trip that has seen them fall out of playoff contention going 1-3-1 to date.
 
Cooper Puma had a field day for the Colts Friday night as he scored three times and added 6 assists collecting nine points and jumping all the way into second place in the League scoring race, now trailing Lane Lochead by 5 points with the regular season concluding a week from Monday.  Other big scorers for the Colts were Luke McPhee with three goals and two assists and Liam Andrews also with 3 goals and 2 assists.  Cody Garcin scored twice and added an assist with single markers being scored by Matthew Jessome, Brady Wambolt, Riley Henman who also added a pair of assists, Camden McKenzie who scored once and added three assists and Benjamin Veinot who scored once ad assisted on another goal.  The Colts were in command the entire game taking a 5-1 lead after the first period and an 11-3 lead after forty minutes while outshooting the Maple Leafs 51-36.
Feb 12, 2025

Colts - clean sweep in NS Egg Farmers Player of the week

Nova Scotia Egg Farmers Players of the week have been named respectively for the Fred Fox and Sid Rowe Divisions of the Nova Scotia Junior Hockey League.  The following is a recap on how these honours were earned.

Fred Fox Division:
 
1.  Trayner McCulloch has earned two dozen eggs from the Egg Farmers of Nova Scotia for playing a predominant role in two wins by the Colts this past weekend.  He scored twice and added two assists in the Colts 5-0 win over the South Shore Lumberjacks and 4-2 win over the Brookfield Elks Saturday afternoon at the Don Henderson Memorial Sportsplex in Brookfield.
 
2.  Finishing 2nd in the Player of the Week is also a Capstone Colt.  He is Cooper Puma who scored once and added three assists in the two wins and continues to play outstanding hockey for the Colts who have now climbed over the Sackville Blazers by three points and into second place in the Fred Fox Division.
 
3.  The Colts were a clean sweep for Player of the Week Honours and positioning in the Fred Fox as Conar Brace played outstanding goal in turning away 70 of the 72 shots he faced in the two wins and earned third place.
 
Dec 10, 2024

CAPSTONE COLTS RAFFLEBOX 50/50

Your Capstone Colts are teamed up with Rafflebox to bring you a monthly 50/50 draw. The Sport Split 50/50 prize draw takes place on the first of each month with an early bird prize draw on the 15th of each month. Clink the Raffle Box 50/50 tab to purchase tickets!

Thank you for your support #ColtsNation and good luck! 

 

Sep 26, 2023

COLTS REWARDED WITH LEAGUE AWARDS

Colts Nation our great news continues as league announced their awards yesterday. Our head coach Justin Boone has been named NSJHL Coach of the Year! Cooper Puma was named Rookie of the Year with Daniel Kline of the Liverpool Privateers. 

Your Capstone Colts congratulate both Justin and Cooper and all NSJHL award winners!! Go Colts Go. 

Mar 16, 2022

Colts Return to Play

NSJHL TO RESUME PLAY MON FEB 14
 
 
The Nova Scotia Junior Hockey League’s Board of Governors met Thursday evening in a zoom meeting and agreed the League would resume play again Monday Feb 14 when the 7-5-3 Liverpool Privateers visit the 11-6-1 Sackville Blazers.  It was agreed all play would take place within the respective Fred Fox and Sid Rowe Divisions with the regular season concluding Monday Feb 28.  Board Vice-Chair Danny Hines of East Hants said, “ the Governors also agreed that with the down swing in League Activity since Omnicron bore through the Province like a huge tidal wave back in December, it would only be fair to allow all teams to participate in the 21-22 League Playoffs instead of having four teams begin play again for only between four and six regular season games.
As a result, the league’s playoff schedule will begin March 1 with the third and sixth place teams and the fourth and fifth place teams  in each division playing a Best-of-Five Mini-Series concluding no later than March 8th.  The winners of these series will then take on the first and second place teams in each division in the divisional semi-finals.  Discussion also ensued around the unequal number of games being played by each team.  It was then agreed that despite the fact we are now approaching year 3 of the Covid Epidemic, very little could be done to ensure an equal number of games with all the stops and starts that have transpired and therefore final divisional standings would be based on winning percentage.
The League Semi-Finals will be played March 10-23, the Divisional Finals March 25-April 6 and the Provincial Championship Series schedules for April 8-23. The winner of the Provincial Championship is then scheduled to immediately go to Cocagne, New Brunwick for the Don Johnson Memorial Cup Atlantic Championship Tournament that is scheduled for between April 26 and May 1.
Feb 12, 2022

Colts Auction

Capstone Colts Auction will be January 29 from 1-4 pm hosted by St Louis Bar and Grill, Dartmouth. Mark it on your calandar and come support the team! 

Dec 8, 2021

Calling All Alumni!

Calling all Colts Alumni! This Friday, November 26th we will be hosting our Colts Alumni Night when we take on the Sackville Blazers! Our most recent Alumni will receive their old jerseys and be recognized for their play over the years  Plus some original Colts will be on hand to help celebrate our teams history  We will be attending St. Louis Bar and Grill Portland Street following the game to allow everyone some time to talk about their time with the Colts!

 
Nov 22, 2021

COVID Protocols for Regular Season

To all our Capstone Colts fans we want to welcome you to our games this season! It's been what seems like forever to start playing again. As we kick off the regular season we are following new restrictions. Proof of double vaccinations being the most important. This will be done outside the playing area of our new home at Shearwater Arena. Doors will open at 6:45 pm for fans. Once inside you are required to wear your mask at all times. Entrance will be through main doors off Boundary Road and exit will be via the side doors between fan bleachers. 

We remind fans that these rules are being directed by our government,Hockey Nova Scotia and the Nova Scotia Junior Hockey League. Please do not take frustrations out on our volunteers or via social media. We will maintain these rules till such a time they are lifted. Your cooperation is appreciated. 

Capstone Colts Jr Hockey Club

Oct 1, 2021

Capstone Colts Ticketing Information

The Capstone Colts are excited to announce ticketing options for the upcoming season. Individual game tickets will be $10 at the door for Adults, and $7 for Military and Students. 

Season tickets are on sale for $100, and can be purchased by emailing chcolts@gmail.com

As it stands, it will be first come first serve, however season ticket holder will be guaranteed their seat. 

We will be posting the link to purchase tickets in the coming days.

 

Sep 27, 2021