MHL hockey
Currently share second place with Yarmouth Mariners
The Truro Bearcats continue to jockey with Yarmouth and Pictou atop their division standings as the regular season continues to wind down.
The Truro Bearcats continue to keep pace as one of the top teams in the Maritime Junior Hockey League, with the 201617 season rapidly winding down.
The Bearcats put up six points over the long weekend, downing the Amherst Ramblers twice and shading the Summerside Western Capitals in a shootout.
The wins give Truro a share of second place in the league’s competitive Eastlink South Division with Yarmouth Mariners. Each has 62 points and trails the Pictou County Weeks Crushers who are first with 65.
Bearcats 4 Ramblers 3
In Amherst Monday, the Bearcats got out to a 3- 1 firstperiod lead, as team captain Kyle Tibbo accounted for all three markers. Brock McEwen had the lone reply for the Ramblers.
In the second, Amherst fought back to even things up with two power- play markers, by Jordan King and Grant Janes.
Leon Denny scored what proved to be the winner at 11: 56 of the middle frame. The extrastrength marker was set up by Tyler Pyke.
Truro outshot Amherst 38- 29 as Jason Rioux earned the win in net for the Bearcats.
Bearcats 2 Capitals 1 ( SO) Saturday’s contest against the visiting Summerside Western Capitals was a tight affair throughout. Kallum Muirhead opened the scoring for the Caps at 7: 46 of the opening frame, beating Truro netminder Matthew Forslund.
It stayed that way until the final minute of the second when Luke MacMillan took a pass across the middle and beat Christofer Langlais with a wrist shot to tie it at one. Tibbo and Hughes picked up assists.
The teams played through a scoreless third and overtime frame, sending them to the shootout.
After Hughes and Tibbo failed to connect for the Bearcats, Dylan Burton put one past Langlais to secure the win.
Forslund stopped all three Summerside shooters and made 28 saves on 29 shots throughout the contest. Langlais faced 25 Bearcats shots.
Bearcats 8 Ramblers 1
At the RECC Friday night, the Bearcats built up a 4- 0 first period lead against Amherst and were up seven, before King scored on the powerplay to ruin netminder Jason Rioux’s shutout bid.
Tibbo and Denver Lynds each scored twice for the Bearcats, while singles went to Brandon Hughes, Justin Doiron, Nic Blanchard and Connor Morrison. There were 13 Truro players who collected at least one point in the contest.
Rioux turned aside 19 of 20 Amherst shots for the win as Truro outshot the Ramblers 3720. The Bearcats face a showdown with the Mariners Friday when they travel to Yarmouth for a 7: 30 p. m. contest.
Sunday Truro travels to Dieppe to square off against the Commandos for a 2: 30 p. m. matinee.