Dalhousie, NB: Todays 4 games are in the books and the picture is starting to get a little clearer as to who will be competing for medals on Sunday. In the 10 am game Nova Scotia and New Brunswick renewed their league rivalry and it was a spirited third period come back by the Kenn Valley Spartans that left Nova Scotia win less after 2 games.
Truro carried a 3-1 lead into the third period, however New Brunswick scored 4 times to clinch a 5-3 win. Paul Gulliver got things started and Jacob Delaney tied the game just past the 7 minute mark of the 3rd. Devin Doucette scored the winner with 6 minutes remaining and sealed the victory with an empty netter. Curtis Hastings added the other tally. Assists for the Spartans went to Jeremy Parker 2, Devin Doucette 2, Paul Gulliver, Curtis Hastings, and Brayden Bedford. Ryan Cormier earned the win. Scoring for Truro was Cole Baker, Kyle MacKenzie and Kenny MacInnes. Assists were awarded to Patrick McNuff, Connor Lynds and Nathaniel Ledger. Nolan Dennis suffered the loss for Nova Scotia. Game MVP for Kenn Valley was Curtis Hastings and for Truro it was Cole Baker.
The 1 pm game saw defending champion Mid-Isle Matrix from Prince Edward Island, score early and Often. Defenceman Aaron Nunn scored 56 seconds into the game and Matt Dickieson scored just 8 seconds later to give the Matrix an early 2-0 lead over the host team Northern Blackhawks. By the time the buzzer went to end the period Mid-Isle had built a 7-1 lead and cruised to a 9-3 victory. Scorers for PEI were game MVP Luke MacKay 2&1, Jonathan Richards 1&2, Tanner McGuigan 1&1, Brad Power 1&1, Nunn, Dickieson, Spencer McAllister and Brian Kelly. SIngle helpers went to Joel MacIsaac, Campbell Gallant, and Ryan Murray. Brendan Blanchette with 2 and Cody Furlotte with 1 replied for the Blackhawks. Game MVP Charles Hache garnered the lone assist. Sean MacPhee (Matrix) and Emile Boissonault (Blackhawks) tended goal.
Todays 3rd game featured Nova Scotia and Newfoundland and a tightly contested game. After 60 minutes and a 5 minute overtime period the score was deadlocked at 1. Nicholas Hann scored for the Tri-Pen Ice assisted by Justin Abbott. Connor Lynds tied the game 5 and a half minutes into the second period for Truro with assists to Kenny MacInnes and Nathaniel Ledger. Jesse Lawrence earned his second straight 1-1 draw in goal for Nova Scotia and Blake Smith appeared in his first game of the tournament for Newfoundland. Game stars were Zach Bates for Nova Scotia and Anthony Nippard for Newfoundland.
The final game of the day featured NB representative Kenn Valley Spartans against the Host, Northern Blackhawks. Kenn valley came away with a 5-3 victory. Jacob king was the winning goaltender and Chris McCormack tended goal for Northern. Scoring was not available. Player of the game awards went to Jeremy Holmes from New Brunswick and Kelvin Jacques from Northern.
Tomorrow marks the final day of round robin play and sets up the medal games for Sunday. The first game of the day pits Team PEI vs Team Newfoundland with the winner moving on to face Kenn Valley (NB) for Gold. The Loser of the game will face the winner between Truro (NS) and the host (Northern) for Bronze. The final round robin game sees PEI's Mid-Isle Matrix play New Brunswick's Kenn Valley Spartans. The awards banquet is Saturday night at 7pm and Sundays bronze medal game is at 9 am followed by the gold medal game at noon.
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