Canucks move into second place
Road win in Hamilton lifts Niagara Falls a point ahead of Kilty B’s
Things are looking up for the Niagara Falls Canucks, and for one of the Jr. B hockey team’s go-to guys on offence. Andrew Bruno scored two goals and added an assist as Niagara Falls defeated the Hamilton Kilty B’s, 6-2, to move into second place in the Greater Ontario Junior Hockey League’s Golden Horseshoe Conference, one point ahead of Hamilton.
Jake Adams, Anthony Issaris, Thomas Lenart and Max Lightfoot also scored for the Canucks (12-5-2-1). Anthony Tremonte earned the victory between the pipes for Niagara Falls, which improved to 1-0-1-1 in head-tohead play versus Hamilton.
Steven Laforme and Christian Pelley tallied for the Kilty B’s (12-6-1).
His two goals moved Bruno into a tie with Carson Edwardson of St. Catharines for second in the league, and his three points Monday night at Hamilton tied the sophomore forward for tops in points with Sean Kawalec of the Kitchener Dutchmen, with 37 points each. Bruno and Edwardson both have 16 goals so far this season, two less than Kawalec and one more than Joel Mazzilli of the Caledonia Corvairs.
Hamilton outshot the Canucks 42-38 and went 1-for-5 with a man advantage while allowing Niagara Falls two goals on four power-play chances.
Here’s a recap of how teams in the Golden Horseshoe Conference fared the past week:
CALEDONIA CORVAIRS
Record: 17-1-0-1, .921
Streak: 4 wins
Offence/defence: goals scored, 85; goals against, 34
Special teams: power play, 15-99; penalty kill, 13-104
Scorers: Joel Mazzilli 15 goals, Ryan Wells 12, Nick McHugh 10
Goaltending: Nick Clay, 1 shutout, 1.79 goals-against average, .921 save percentage; Aidan Hughes, 3 shu, 1.83 GAA, .929 Sv%
Last week: win, at Fort Erie, 4-0
Upcoming: Thursday, at Thorold; Sunday, home to Hamilton
NIAGARA FALLS CANUCKS
Record: 12-5-2-1, .675
Streak: 1 win
Offence/defence: GF, 82;
GA, 63
Special teams: power play, 30-108; penalty kill, 10-80
Scorers: Andrew Bruno 16,
Ryan Donovan 12, Jaleel Adams 9
Goaltending: Anthony Tremonte, 1 shu, 2.94 GAA, .915 Sv%; Jack Brand, 2.70 GAA, .904 Sv%
Last week: win, at Hamilton, 6-2; loss, home to St. Catharines, 4-2; win, at St. Catharines, 6-5
Upcoming: Wednesday, at Buffalo; Friday, home to Thorold
HAMILTON KILTY B’s
Record: 12-6-2, .650
Streak: 2 losses
Offence/defence: GF, 71; GA, 47
Special teams: power play, 12-90; penalty kill, 19-103
Scorers: Jacob Macdonald 10, Christian Pelley 9, Andrew Salt, Nolan Underwood, 8 each,
Goaltending: Justin Easter, 4 shu,1.98 GAA, .936 Sv%; Matteo
Drobac, 2.94 GAA, .920 Sv%
Last week: loss, home to Niagara Falls, 6-2; loss, at Thorold, 4-3
Upcoming: Sunday, at Caledonia; Monday, home to Fort Erie
ST. CATHARINES FALCONS
Record: 12-6-1, .658
Streak: 1 win
Offence/defence: GF, 78; GA, 49
Special teams: power play, 23-98; penalty kill, 9-91
Scorers: Carson Edwardson 16, Curtis Egert 12, Xavier Drummond 10
Goaltending: Ethan Cook, 1 shu, 2.65 GAA, .905 Sv%; Blair Coffin, 1 shu, 2.24 GAA, .913 Sv%
Last week: win, home to Niagara Falls, 4-2; loss, home to Niagara Falls, 6-5
Upcoming: Friday, home to Pelham; Sunday, at Welland
THOROLD BLACKHAWKS
Record: 11-6-2-1, .625
Streak: 3 wins
Offence/defence: GF, 70; GA, 63
Special teams: power play, 15-92; penalty kill, 23-122
Scorers: Dylan Scriver 10, Trevor Neumann, Nicholas Rubino, 8 each; Brad Ditillio 7
Goaltending: Chase Grsic, 2.82 GAA, .924 Sv%; Noah Fortuna, 3.37 GAA, .912 Sv%
Last week: win, home to Thorold, 4-3; win, at Buffalo, 4-3
Upcoming: Thursday, home to Caledonia; Friday, at Niagara Falls
PELHAM PANTHERS
Record: 6-10-0-2, .389
Streak: 2 wins
Offence/defence: GF, 33; GA, 72
Special teams: power play, 7100; penalty kill, 21-99
Scorers: Hunter Godmere 6, Cody Miskolczi, Devin Sanders, Lucas Smith, 3 each
Goaltending: Nick McGowan, 3.63 GAA, .898 Sv%; Harrison Fleming, 3.24 GAA, .918 Sv%
Last week: win, at Welland, 3-2; win, home to Welland, 3-2
Upcoming: Friday, at St. Catharines; Sunday, home to Buffalo
BUFFALO REGALS
Record: 4-13-2-1, .275
Streak: 3 losses
Offence/defence: GF, 54; GA, 83
Special teams: power play, 15-115; penalty kill, 17-88
Scorers: Michael Barker 13, Nolan Slachetka 11, Eli Rivers 8, Ryan Messing 4
Goaltending: Jagger Maving, 3.67 GAA, .910 Sv%; David Dew, 4.09 GAA, .906 Sv%
Last week: loss, home to Thorold, 4-3
Upcoming: Wednesday, home to Niagara Falls; Sunday, at Pelham
WELLAND JR. CANADIANS
Record: 3-14-2, .211
Streak: 1 loss
Offence/defence: GF, 45;
GA, 80
Special teams: power play, 14-78; penalty kill, 13-95
Scorers: Dario Tesoro 7, Jarome Myers 6, Matt Baumann, Josh Di Francesco, Chase Johnson, 5 each
Goaltending: A.J. Scala, 4.77 GAA, .884 Sv%; Nicholas Kidd, 3.86 GAA, .924 Sv%; Josh Rosenzweig, 3.16 GAA, .916 Sv%
Last week: loss, home to Pelham, 3-2; loss, at Pelham, 3-2
Upcoming: Saturday, at Fort Erie; Sunday, home to St. Catharines
FORT ERIE METEORS
Record: 2-14-0-3, .184
Streak: 5 losses
Offence/defence: GF, 45;
GA, 96
Special teams: power play, 12-113; penalty kill, 22-103
Scorers: Cail Cirillo 7, Marco Lariccia 6, Paul Cartone, Anthony Gigliotti, Nathan Reichel, Nico Paone, 4 each
Goaltending: Dalton McBride, 1 shu, 5.01 GAA, .877 Sv%; Jacob Hearne, 3.84 GAA, .902 Sv%
Last week: loss, home to Caledonia, 4-0
Upcoming: Saturday, home to Welland; Monday, at Hamilton