High school hockey game recaps
The following are recaps of some of the Valley High School Hockey League hockey games involving local teams from last weekend.
Barrington 7 – Clare 4
A game between the Clare Loups and the Barrington Barons was played at the arena in Clare, after the arena had been closed for over a month.
The first period ended 2-1 for Barrington. For Barrington Nolan Atwood scored assisted by Ethan Shand; and Kieran O’Connor scored assisted by Justin Smith. For Clare Simon Muise scored assisted by Luc Deveau.
Barrington held a 4-2 lead after two periods. Scoring for the Barons were Nolan Atwood unassisted and Jaden Link assisted by Noah Smith. For Clare, Braden Trimper scored assisted by Alain Theriault.
The third period got interesting as Clare scored the first two goals of the period making the score 4-4. Alain Theriault scored assisted by Braden Trimper and Branden Brooks scored assisted by JeanLuc Comeau. This made for a very exciting third period. However, Barrington came back with 3 goals winning the game 7-4 with the last goal being an empty netter. Scoring were Tanner Bateman unassisted; Shane Wyatt assisted by Noah Smith; and Nolan
Atwood assisted by O’Connor.
Kieran
Barrington 9 – Central Kings 7
The Central Kings Gators were in Barrington to face the Barons on Saturday afternoon, Jan. 19. Barrington started the scoring a little over three minutes in on a shorthanded goal by Kieran O’Connor assisted by Maquire Nickerson. The Barons added to their lead on goals from Jaedan Link unassisted and Derek McCarthy assisted by Link to take an early 3-0 lead.
The Gators answered on a powerplay goal, then the Barons added 2 more soon after from Tanner Bateman assisted by Jude Greenwood and Greenwood assisted by Bateman and Maquire Nickerson to take a 5-1 lead in the dressing room.
The second period saw both teams bury 2 goals each. For the Barons it was Jagger Kane with the goal assists coming from Adrien Nickerson, Justin Smith and Teagan Scott. The Barons had a 7-3 lead after 40 minutes.
The third period saw lots of scoring, with the Gators scoring on the powerplay just a little over a minute in and then Jude Greenwood answering back for the Barons, assisted by Kane and Justin Smith. The Gators kept coming with another powerplay goal but Maguire Nickerson would add another for the Barons, assisted by Bateman and Greenwood, to get it back to a 4-goal lead.
At the 3:46 mark the Gators cut the margin to a margin of three, and then score again to close the gap to two goals. But the Barons held on for the 9-7 final.
Horton 3 – Clare 2
The Horton Griffins hosted Clare Loups Saturday night at Centennial Arena in Kentville.
Neither team could solve goaltenders Taylor MacMillan (Horton) or Maxime Hanna (Clare) throughout the first period. Horton was able to keep the game scoreless, killing a five-minute major penalty that included a full two-minute, two-man advantage for Clare.
Clare grabbed the lead early in the second when Sebastien LeBlanc pounced on a puck that took a bad bounce from the corner straight in front of the net and directed it behind MacMillan.
Horton tied the game a few minutes later on the powerplay when a Horton pass to the slot was redirected by a Clare defender and beat Hanna.
Horton went ahead a little over a minute into the third period on a wraparound goal surprising Hanna. Forty seconds later a Horton player tipped the puck from off the stick of a Loups defender and took the puck in alone on a breakaway to make it 3-1.
Tayson Maillett drew the Loups to within a goal midway through the third when he redirected a pass from behind the net past MacMillan.