Torbay NL: The picture is starting to get a little clearer as to who the contenders are for this years Major Midget Atlantic Championships. The St. Johns Privateers claimed their spot in the gold medal game with a pair of wins and the Cornwall Thunder as well as the Host, St. Johns Maple Leafs, were eliminated from contention with a pair of losses.
In the morning game Newfoundland champion St. Johns Privateers did all their scoring in the first period en route to a 3-0 win over the Cornwall Thunder from PEI. Matt Jenkins earned the shut out and player of the game honors for St. Johns. Alex Kelly was in goal for Cornwall and Jake McKenna garnered player of the game status for the PEI squad. Newfoundland's point producers were led by Marcus Cuomo with a goal and an assist and Clark Bishop with 2 assists. Justin Walsh and Luke McGaw rounded out the goal scoring and Ben Cleary picked up a helper. With the win the Privateers improved to 2-0 and led the standings to this point.
New Brunswick's Moncton Flyers joined the Privateers atop the standings with a 5-1 victory over the Host St. Johns Maple Leafs. Connor Donaghey gave the host team an early lead with a goal just past the 5 minute mark of period 1. Cody Donaghey and player of the game Nathan Yetman had the assists on the play. Moncton's power play took over after that scoring 3 times and by the time the horn sounded to end the period it was 4-1. Scoring for Moncton was John Kelly, Matt Bernier, Thomas Mansbridge, Shane Dallaire and Alex Bradley. Dallaire and Bradley each added assists. Samuel LeBlanc 2, Kyle Beckwith, Lindon Beckwith, Luc Eagle and Zachery Smith also added helpers. Alex Bradley was named player of the game for the victors and Vincent Charest made 26 saves for the win. Losing goaltender Dylan Burry recorded 35 saves.
The supper time game featured must win situations for both participants. The Cornwall Thunder (0-2) and the Halifax Titans (0-1-1) squared off and the loser of the game was most definitely out of contention. After period 1 the teams found themselves deadlocked at 2, however the Titans scored 3 times in the middle frame to take a commanding lead. Cornwall was only able to muster 1 more goal in the third despite having several power play opportunities. Nova Scotia was led by player of the game John Mullaly and his 2 goals 2 assists. Ryan MacEachern 1&2 and Alex MacNeil 1&1 also had multiple point performances. Rounding out Halifax's scoring was John MacDonald with assists going to Brad MacEachern and Alex Hazelhurst. Cornwall's goals came from Zach Beaton (player of game), Logan Smallman and Benji Gaudet. Dakota Vessey and Willie Gaudet picked up assists. Mason MacDonald made 22 saves for the win and Grant Grady made 20 in the loss.
The two St. Johns teams squared off in the day's last match up. The Maple Leafs needed a win to stay alive, however the Privateers came out on top after a high scoring affair. The contest was a back and forth battle through two periods with each team holding the lead at least once. The Privateers started the third with a new goalie as Matt Jenkins replaced Cody Edwards. Jenkins and Maple Leafs goalie Josh Carey, made several big saves early in the frame but the Host team ran into penalty trouble at the end. Final score 7-5. The Privateers attack was led by player of the game Marcus Cuomo 2 goals 1 assists and Matt Kennedy 1&2. Nick Lindstrom 1&1, Peter Kavanagh 1&1, Clark Bishop 1&1 and Joey Trenholm added the other goals. Matthew Downer, Lee Dower and Luke McGaw with 2 and Justin Walsh picked up helpers. St. Johns Maple Leafs player of the game Kyle Tibbo scored twice and added an assist. Bradon Pye scored once and picked up 2 assists. Chris Mallard and Nathan Yetman finished out the goal scoring. Andrew Paul, Cody and Conner Donaghey picked up single assists. Privateers held and edge in shots 51-28.
Saturday's first game could decide the other participant in the gold medal game as New Brunswick and Nova Scotia meet at 9 am. The Moncton Flyers sit at 2-0 and with a win would tie the Privateers for top spot. The two would then face each other at 3:30. The only other game on the schedule is between PEI and the Host. Both teams would like to come away with at least 1 win.
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