Two very entertaining hockey games were played this weekend at the Bridgewater Arena when your BMO Hurricanes hosted the Cape Breton Cougars and Halifax Hawks on Saturday and Sunday evening.

On Saturday, the Hurricanes had many chances to put the game away going into the third with a 5 - 3 lead, but the Cougars kept pressing and were able to tie it up until Isaac Bridge's game winning goal in the final minute of play gave the Hurricanes a 6 - 5 victory over Cape Breton.  A great crowd was on hand to watch this victory in the opening game of the 2011- 2012 season.  The Hurricanes would like to thank their title sponsor BMO for performing the opening ceremonial face off.

On Sunday, the Hurricanes put on a much better defensive effort in their battle against the Halifax Hawks.  Another entertaining game resulted in the Halifax Hawks defeating the Hurricanes by a score of  2 - 1 in front of another good home crowd.  Despite outshooting Halifax 31 - 20 and putting 21 shots on the Halifax goaltender in the third period alone,  Hurricane shooters could not manage to squeeze another one pass the steady Halifax goaltender to tie the game.  Great effort by all players, no luck around the net but a very solid game played by your Hurricanes.

Next weekend, the Hurricanes host the Nova Jr. X-Men at the Barrington Arena on Saturday evening at 7:30 pm and Sunday morning at 11:00 am.  Come out to support your team and watch great Nova Scotia Major Bantam Hockey League action.