The following are game recaps from the March 4-6 weekend for the boys league.

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Friday, March 4

NKEC 9 – Central Kings 5

The NKEC Titans and Central Kings Gators squared off for the first time in several months at the Kings Mutual Center on Friday March 4.  

The first period was back and forth between these two teams, with CK leading 2-1 after the first period.  CK shots were 15 and NKEC 11 after one period.  

The NKEC Titans dominated the second period scoring 6 goals against the CK Gators.  CK replied netting 3, with the score after two periods 7-5 in NKEC’s favour.  CK shots were 31 and NKEC’s were 29.

The Titans managed to score two more goals in the third to take a 9-5 lead, with final shots at 42 for CK and 38 for NKEC.

It was a very entertaining game with a dedicated team performance from the NKEC Titans for the win. Final Score: NKEC 9 - CK 5.

Saturday, March 5

Avon View 8 – Park View 1

The Avon View Avalanche began their quest for the 2021-22 Division I Nova Scotia Boys High School Hockey Championship Saturday night at the West Hants Community Sportsplex in Windsor with an 8-1 drubbing of the Park View Panthers from Bridgewater. 

The Panthers came into town after defeating the Horton High Griffins 5-0 Friday evening.  Each team will play a home and home against each other and the two teams with the best record will play a best-of-three series.

In Saturday’s game, the Avalanche went to 23-2-0 on the season and had little difficulty with the Panthers.  Brayden Jodrey opened the game’s scoring on an Avalanche power-play with a soft wrist shot just in over the Park View Blue Line.  The Avalanche played two men short for 44 seconds mid-way through the first and shortly after returning to full-strength, Terran Baillie, who played an outstanding game for the Avalanche, took a beautiful pass from Evan Baxter and went in alone and put in a back-hand shot in the top right-hand corner of the Panthers’ net.  The first period ended with the Avalanche up 2-0. 

Avon View began the second with 1:52 to play short-handed but shortly after the period began, Camdyn Burgess was hauled down by a Panther who went to the penalty box. Four seconds after this Brayden Hood, stationed directly in front of the Park View net, let a shot go and it was quickly 3-0 for the home team.   It became 4-0 when Brendan Verge made a dynamite pass to Jaiden Wells who had no trouble scoring and then Carter Hood went to end to end on the most exciting play of the night and let a bullet wrist shot go to make it 5-0.

Park View’s Sam Tanner finally put his club on the scoreboard as he picked up a rebound off a Ryan Jensen shot. 

The Avalanche did not slow down despite allowing their first goal of the game as Brody Richard made it 6-1 with a crisp shot directly in front of the Panther netminder. As if Carter Hood’s goal was the play of the game, Austin Hood came awfully close as he went end to end and, as he was being hauled down, dumped the puck into the Park View net for a 7-1 Avalanche lead.  With the Avalanche on the power-play and players all over the Panther net, Owen Chaisson picked up a loose puck and closed the game’s scoring to make the final 8-1.

NKEC 4 – Middleton 1

A packed house Saturday night saw a very fast-paced and exciting game with the MRHS Monarchs hosting the NKEC Titans.

Scoring opened early in the 1st with an unassisted goal by the Titans’ Evan Durling. The Monarchs’ Aidan Gallant responded with a laser from the point, assisted by Captain Carson Hayes, to tie it up 1-1. The score didn't change for the rest of the first period.

Play continued hard and fast for the first 15 minutes of the second until Mac Sinclair bounced one in for NKEC. Then with 11 seconds left Jasper Fitch lit the lamp on the power play.

The third period had Mac Sinclair with the lone goal, to wrap up the scoring for a 4-1 victory for the Mighty NKEC Titans.

Great game. Both goaltenders were incredible.

Clare 7 – Barrington 4

The Barrington Barons traveled to the Universite Sainte-Anne arena on Saturday evening to play les Clare Loups. Clare took a 1-0 lead in the opening frame as Ryan Trimper scored at the 9:17 mark. Colten Hatter replied on the power play 3 mins later to tie it up as the 1st period ended in a 1-1 tie. 

The second period saw both teams add 2 goals to their tally. Owen Penny & Jack Atkinson scored for the Barons, while Nema Hanna & Logan Comeau replied for Les Loups. The game was a 3-3 tie after 40 minutes of play. 

Fans were treated to a final period that was full of action and goals as Clare took the lead and outscored their opponents 4-1 to win the game 7-4. Ryan Trimper and Logan Comeau had their 2nd goals of the game, with singles coming from Luca LeBlanc and Miguel deJesus for les Loups. Jack Atkinson scored his 2nd goal of the night and the 4th Barron goal on the PP.

Dominic Cottreau got the win in nets for Clare while Jacob Atwood took the loss for Barrington.

Scorers for Barrington:  Jack Atkinson 2G, Owen Penney 1G & 2A, Chase Perry 2A, Colten Hatter 1G, Lucas Nickerson 1A & Caden Malone 1.

Scorers for Clare: Miguel deJesus 1G & 3A, Logan Comeau 2G & 1A, Ryan Trimper 2G, Nema Hanna 1G & 1A, Nicholas Gaudet 2A, Luca LeBlanc 1G & Cameron Belliveau 1A.

Sunday, March 6

Par-en-Bas 13 – Digby 1

On Sunday, the Digby Mariners were the visiting team at Mariners Centre, when Digby faced off against the École Secondaire de Par-en-Bas Sharks.

Each team coming of a loss were looking to get a quick start. The Sharks did just that scoring 4 goals, two of which were on the powerplay. Digby scored late in the 1st to make it 4-1 going into the 2nd.

Digby’s goaltender made some miraculous glove saves to give the Mariners a chance, but the Sharks’ offence added 6 goals in the second. Par-en-Bas notched 3 more in the 3rd to make it a 13-1 final.

Scoring for Digby was Kaiden Longmire from Avery Gun.

Scoring for PEB were: Blake Newell (4G 2A),  Riley Hubbard (2G 3A), Spencer Surette ( 2G 5A), Chandler LeBlanc (2G 2A), Alyre Richardson (1G 1A), Krew Goodwin (1G), Seamus d’Entremont ( 2A), Ben Lyons (1A), Nolan Saulnier (1A) and Lucas Cottreau (1A)

Weekend scores:

Barrington 5 – Par-en-Bas 4 (SO)

Park View 5 – Horton 0

NKEC 9 – Central Kings 5

Clare 4 – Yarmouth 3

Avon View 8 – Park View 1

NKEC 4 – Middleton 1

Yarmouth 4 – Digby 1

Clare 7 – Barrington 4

Par-en-Bas 13 – Digby 1

Central Kings 8 – Middleton 5

Avon View 3 – Horton 1

West King 9 – Central Kings 8