Joneljim Cougars

Cougar win 2 Versus Bearcats

   
In Game #1 Saturday night,  Cameron Yates opened the scoring for the Cougars, Colton Marchand and Derek Gentile assisted.   Ben Higgins would answer for the Bearcats on an end to end rush, G Blackmore had the assist.  From then on in it was all Cougars as they would score 6 unanswered goals.  Logan O'Neil (1G 2A) Dylan Pimentel ( 1 G 2A), TJ Forrest, Connor Campbell would all tally for the home team.  Gentile had 3 helpers, Marchand would add 2 assists for a 3 point night, Yates and Campbell each had 2 point nights.  Chase Fraser and Mark Bates also tallied points.   Cody Smith was solid making 16 saves, while Jack Lynds was busy making 36 stops in a losing cause.

On Sunday AM, Marchand would open the scoring, from Gentile and Yates.  Chad O'Neil would score the eventual game winner for the Cougars from Josh Perry.   Ben Higgins would find the back of the night again for the 2nd game in a row, from G Blackmore and Austin McBurnie.  Gentile would put the game on ice in the 3rd from Marchand and Logan Struthers.  Kaine Drake made 10 stops for the W, while Alec MacDonald made 39 saves for the Bearcats.

Next up for the Cougars is the Esso Tournament held annually in Halifax.  20 of the top Major Bantam teams from Atlantic Canada will be there.  Last year the Cougars finished short, ending up with the silver medal.  Round robin play begins Thursday vs Fredericton