Day 1 At Major Midget Atlantics

Torbay, NL: The first day towards crowning the Atlantic regions representative for the Telus Cup is in the books. 5 teams from around the region have converged on Torbay, Newfoundland including 2 from St. Johns. The Privateers claimed the Newfoundland title and the Maple Leafs are the Host. Cornwall Thunder from PEI, Moncton Flyers from New Brunswick and defending champion Halifax Titans from Nova Scotia are also in town.
In game 1 the 2011 Telus Cup host, St. Johns Privateers, jumped out to a 3-1 lead after the first period and held on for a 4-3 victory over the Halifax Titan. Luke McCaw and Marcus Cuomo both scored twice for the Privateers and assists went to Nick Lindstrom, Lee Dower, Dylan O'Leary, Joey Trenholm and Matthew Downer. Matt Jenkins was sensational in goal for St. Johns as they were out shot 43-30 by the Titan. John Mullaly, John MacDonald and Brad MacEachern found the back of the net for Halifax. Adding assists were Alex Hazelhurst, Alex MacNeil and MacEachern. Jacob Fancy suffered the loss. Nick Lindstrom from the Privateers was awarded the player of the game as was Alex Hazelhhurst from the Titans.
The second game of the day featured league rivals Cornwall Thunder and Moncton Flyers. Penalties proved to be the downfall to Cornwall as the Flyers held an advantage in shots, 33-15, and finished up with the advantage in score, 4-2. Stephen Johnson, Shane Dallaire, Samuel LeBlanc, and Lindon Beckwith (empty net) tallied for the victors, with helpers going to Luc Eagle, Alex Bradley, Shane MacDonald and Kyle Beckwith. Nathan Armstrong had a quiet game in goal on his way to the win. Zach Beaton and Jake McKenna provided goals for Cornwall with assists going to Jean-Marc Evans-Renaud, Logan Doiron, Benji Gaudet and Steffan Lapierre. Grant Grady was sensational in the Thunder goal.
The last game of the day ended in a dead heat between the Host team St. Johns Maple Leafs and the Halifax titans. Halifax scored a 4 on 4 goal just past the halfway point of the third period and then appeared to run out of gas after playing earlier in the day and the Maple Leafs were able to take advantage and even the score at 2. Scorers were not available.
All games can be seen live at www.bellaliant.net by clicking on the Major Midget Atlantics banner.