High school hockey boys’ game recaps
CLARE 7 – WEST KINGS 4
The Clare Loups had a 7-4 win over the West Kings Wolverines on Friday, Nov. 8 in front of a huge crowd for their home opener. A ceremonial puck drop was made by the family of Ronald Doucet, who recently died. He was a staple in the community and a referee for many years and will be missed in the rink for his respect to all players and his sense of humour. Tania Saulnier sang the national anthem after all Clare Loup players were introduced.
The first period of the game started with two quick goals from the Loups from Zach Comeau and Michel Comeau. This was short-lived as the Wolverines retaliated with 2 back-to-back goals. Jean-Luc Comeau finished the scoring in that period, giving the 3-2 lead to Clare.
Leon Bouchard started the goals in the second period, then Michel Comeau scored a shorted handed goal, (his second goal of the game). West Kings later scored, finishing the second period 5-3.
Nathan Tufts scored for the
Loups in the beginning of the third period, allowing Clare to double the score 6-3. Then West King’s Riley Cook responded with a goal. The goal scoring ended with a slap shot from Tayson Maillet making this the 4th defence to score from the Loups and giving Clare the 7-4 final.
CLARE 4 – BARRINGTON 3 (OT)
On Saturday, Nov. 9, the Clare Loups defeated the Barrington Barons 4-3 in overtime. Nicholas LeBlanc started the scoring of the game in the first period for Clare, with the first period ending 1-0. The second period was fast-paced and physical with Simon Muise scoring for Clare. Barrington then started firing shots Clare’s way with Nolan Atwood and Tylan Foster both scoring for Barrington. The second period ended in a 2-2 tie.
In the third period Zach LeBlanc scored an unassisted breakaway goal but the onegoal lead was short lived when the Barons’ Derek McCarthy scored bringing this back-andforth game to a tie again, with the game ending 3-3 at the final buzzer, sending it into overtime.
In overtime Barrington won the face-off and came into Clare’s zone with an unsuccessful attempt to score. The puck was brought up by the Clare Loups into the Barrington zone and the two forwards played a perfect pass onto Simon Muise’s stick for the winning overtime goal.
YARMOUTH 7 – MIDDLETON 4
In an evenly played game in Middleton on Saturday night, Yarmouth wasted little time getting on the scoreboard two minutes in with Zach Richardson notching his first goal, enroute to a hat trick coupled with an assist for a four-point night. Middleton tied the game 1-1 near the middle of the period but Yarmouth jumped to a 4-1 lead by the period’s end after 2 PP goals and one in the dying seconds.
Going into the third period 4-2, Middleton continued to press with a goal to make it 4-3 in the first minute. Yarmouth soon banged in two more goals making it 6-3, but Middleton added another to make it 6-4 with four minutes to go. The Vikings’ Richardson nailed the hat trick with half a minute left on the clock for the 7-4 victory.
Other goal scorers for Yarmouth were JJ MacPhee with 2, Max Nickerson and Nathan Webber.
PAR-EN-BAS 11 – DIGBY 2
The Par-en-Bas Sharks traveled to Digby on Nov. 9 and brought home the win.
The teams had even scoring in the first period, which ended in a 2-2 tie. But from then on all scoring belonged to the Sharks who added six goals in the second period and three more in the third.
Scoring for Par-en-Bas were Josh Greene (2), Andre d’Entremont (2), Jadyn Samms (2), Hayden Young, Zach D’Arcy, Brennan Smith, Gavin O’Connell and Caelen Wallace.
Scoring for Digby were Ryan Gunn and Lanthan Robinson.
BARRINGTON 8 – DIGBY 6
The Digby Mariners hosted the Barrington Barons on Nov. 10. Barrington held a 3-1 lead after the first period but Digby scored four goals in the second, with Barrington scoring once, to take a 5-4 lead. The third period saw a reverse in scoring with the Barons adding four goals and the Mariners 1 for the 8-6 final.
Scoring for Digby were Silas Fancey (2), Lanthan Robinson, Ryan Gunn, Brett Hall and Myles Titus.
Scoring for Barrington were Jagger Kane (4), Ethan Brannen (2), Teagan Scott and Nolan Atwood.
THIS WEEKEND
The Par-en-Bas Sharks and Yarmouth Vikings boys teams will be playing in the Glen Murray Tournament in Bridgewater, hosted by Park View.
On Nov. 16 the Clare Loups travel to Middleton to play the Monarchs.
On Nov. 17 the Barrington Barons travel to Berwick to play Central Kings.