Joneljim Cougars

Cougars Keep Rolling with 2 Wins Over Senators

   
Breton Sport & Trophy Cougars opened the scoring Saturday night at Emera Center Northside.  Logan O'Neil from Dylan Pimentel and Leon Denny.  Colton Marchand would find the net for the Cougars from Cameron Yates and Derek Gentile to give the hometeam a 2-0 lead after 1 period.  The Cougars dominated the second scoring 4 times.  Denny from Chase Fraser and Ashton Paul, Marchand with his second from Gentile, Fraser unassisted, and O'Neil with his second after a beauty play from Mark Bates.  Andrew Picot from Nick Cullen and Shaun Miller replied for Newbridge.  Cougars lead 6-1 after 2.  Marchand would complete the hattrick early in the 3rd from Gentile who picked up his 3rd helper.  Denny would add his second goal of the game from O'Neil, and Pimentel scored late off of a goal mouth scramble.  The Senators would score three of their own in the 3rd, Chad Savary from Chad Wilson and Todd Johnston, Miller from Evan MacKinnon, and Wyllum Deveaux from Miller.  Kaine Drake picked up the win making 23 saves.  Matthew Normore and Chris Rutledge shared the net for the Sens, making a combined 18 saves.

The rematch was held Sunday AM at Emera Center Northside .  Cougars scored 2 PP goals early, Logan Struthers first and then Gentile from O'Neil and Fraser.  Miller would get the Sens on the scoredboard, the score was 2-1 after 1 period.  Gentile would find the net early in the 2nd from Marchand and Jarrett Baker.  Owen Higgins would score late in the 2nd for the home team from Pimentel and Gentile to make the score 4-1 after 2 periods.  O'Neil would snipe twice in the 3rd, first on the PP from Gentile and Denny, and then, into an empty net from Pimentel and Connor Campbell.  Miller would score for the Senators from Cullen and Deveaux.  Final score 6-2 Cougars.  Cody Smith made 16 saves for the win, Rutledge shouldered the loss making 18 saves.  

Cougars hit the road to Metro next weekend, for a pivotal 2 games, Saturday night versus the Halifax Hawks and Sunday to battle the Bedford Barons.