Western Capitals split weekend road games
McNeill, Richard, Peck score first regular-season goals
Three different players scored milestone goals to help the Summerside D. Alex MacDonald Ford Western Capitals get back to the .500 mark. Ed McNeill, Kayden Peck and Marc Richard scored their first regular-season goal as a Western Capital in a 7-2 victory over the Miramichi Timberwolves on Sunday afternoon. It was a bounce-back effort for the Caps after dropping a 9-6 decision to the St. Stephen Aces on Friday night. The Caps improved to 2-2-0 (won-lost-overtime losses) in the two-week-old MHL (Maritime Junior Hockey League) regular season. Next action for the Caps is team’s home opener against the Edmundston Blizzard on Saturday. Puck drop at Eastlink
Caps 7 Timberwolves 2
At the Miramichi Civic Centre, Richard scored a second goal and added an assist while Brodie MacArthur had a goal and two helpers to lead the Caps with three points each. Cameron Roberts and Kallum Muirhead rounded out Summerside’s scoring while other helpers went to TJ Shea (3), Michal Sivek (2), Peck, Bennett MacArthur, Kyle Nichol and Colby MacArthur. Charles-Andre Cypihot and Eric Pelletier answered for the winless Timberwolves (0-3-0). The Caps built period leads of 2-1 and 6-2. Daniel Thompson earned the goaltending win, and Tanner Somers was between the pipes for Miramichi.
Aces 9 Caps 6
For the second game in a row, the Capitals dug themselves an early hole they could not get out of before 691 fans at the Garcelon Civic Centre. The Aces struck for five firstperiod goals, and then scored two empty-net goals to seal the win. The Caps gave up four firstperiod goals in a 5-1 loss to the Yarmouth Mariners on Sept. 15. Zach Alchorn (2-2), Adam Zimmerman (2), Liam Smith (1-1), Ryan MacDonald (1-1) and Ethan Stuckess scored for the Aces. Shea scored four times and added an assist to lead the Caps while Brodie MacArthur (1-1) and Brodie MacMillan added single goals. Other helpers were credited to Noah Massie (3), Roberts, McNeill and Colby MacArthur. The Aces led 5-2 after 20 minutes, and took a 6-4 advantage into the second intermission. Shawn Wiranata stopped 29 of 35 shots in earning the goaltending win. Summerside starter Dominik Tmej was pulled in the first period for the second game in a row after giving up four goals on 10 shots in 11:57 of action. Daniel Thompson allowed three goals on 19 shots in 46:17 of relief.