Pre-season action
Second straight pre-season win, with Crushers up this week
Bearcats with their second against Valley Wildcats.
The Truro Bearcats took their second straight win of the Maritime Junior Hockey League preseason, defeating the Kentville Wildcats 4-1 at the RECC Saturday night.
Wednesday, the Bearcats shaded the Wildcats 3-2 on their home ice.
Truro had built up a 3-0 lead by the end of the second period. Taylor Read opened the scoring midway through the first, assisted by Tyler Pyke and Cameron MacLeod. Karter Renouf upped the count to 2-0 at 15:37 of the period, helped out by Carson Lanceleve and Elliott McGuire.
In the middle frame, MacLeod found just enough daylight to slip the puck between netminder Alexander Denny and the iron, for a 3-0 Truro lead. Caelan Blaikie and Read assisted on the play.
Kentville scored their only goal of the game 28 seconds into the third on the power play, when Matthew Raike managed to get one by Truro goalie Alec MacDonald.
Daniel Little put one into the empty Kentville net on a shorthanded effort to round out the 4-1 final. Newly-appointed captain Campbell Pickard picked up the assist.
The Bearcats had 38 shots on the Kentville net, where Denny and Brent Walters shared duties.
MacDonald turned aside 25 of the Wildcats’ 26 shots.
Truro continues preseason
play this week with a home-andhome against Pictou County Weeks Crushers. Thursday night the teams go at it in New Glasgow for a 7 p.m. start.
Then it’s back to the RECC Friday night with the opening puck dropping at 7 p.m.
The Bercats open their 2017-18 regular season on the road when they take on the Yarmouth Mariners,
Friday, Sept. 15 at 7:30 p.m. Their home opener is the following evening at the RECC, with a 7 p.m. start.
In other action Saturday, it was the Crushers blanking Summerside Western Capitals 4-0, Edmunston Blizzard downing St. Stephen Aces 6-1 and Amherst Ramblers shutting out Miramichi Timberwolves 5-0.