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GREG KIELEC greg.kielec@eap.on.ca Colts rebound for three-game winning streak
Make that three in a row for the Cornwall Colts. The Colts sewed up the other end of a home-and-home series against the Brock- ville Braves, defeating them 4-2 Saturday after dominating them in a 6-0 win in Corn- wall on Thursday evening. The Colts spread out the scoring among four players with one goal in the first and three unanswered goals in the second to earn the Brockville sweep. Marly Quince scored with less than a min- ute left in the first period to give the Colts the lead. The Braves tied it up 1:44 into the second, but the Colts regained the lead 59 seconds later on a goal from Billy Ulrick. Andrew Ming scored the eventual game winner 8:42 into the third, followed by an insurance marker by on the power play by Roman Ammirato with nine minutes left to play. The Colts’ Matt Jenkin stopped 32 of 34 shots for the victory. Cody Karpinski of the Braves took the loss, letting in four of the 24 shots he faced. The Colts hadmanhandled the Braves just two nights earlier at the Ed Lumley Arena in Cornwall. They erupted for five goals in the third period – four of them on the power- play – to beat the Braves 6-0 last Thursday night. Colts’ veteran Marly Quince initiated the rally with an unassisted marker just 1:59 into the third period after opening the scor- ing six minutes into the second period. It was followed by four powerplay goals in less than three minutes midway through the third. Brandon Howes notched the first power- play marker at the 9:22 mark, followed by Trent Durocher just six seconds later. Sean
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Colts forward Billy Ulrick celebrates Cornwall’s fourth powerplay goal of the third period against the Brockville Braves Thursday night in Cornwall. The Colts won both games of the home-and-home series which wrapped up Saturday in Brockville.
King notched the Colts’ third powerplay marker 11:44 into the third. Billy Ulrick scored the Colts’ fourth power- play marker of the period -- the fifth of the game -- at the 12:16 mark to which chase Braves starter Cody Karpinski from the net. Jordan Piccolino the shutout with 27 saves
for the Colts. It was the second consecutive start for Piccolino, who backstopped the Colts to a 2-1 win over the Nepan Raiders on Sunday. The win against the Braves on Saturday made it three in a row for the Colts, with just one defeat, after losing their season open-
er against the Ottawa Junior Senators in a home away game in the Kanata Showcase on Sept. 8. Follow @gkielec on Twitter for live updates from Colts home games. For post- game cov- erage , go to www.editonap.ca.
Peewee Celtics eliminated in provincial lacrosse quarter-finals in Whitby The Peewee Celtics lacrosse team was un- defeated in the round-robin before losing in the quarter-finals of the provincials in Whitby. in the third against Marham, ending in a 3-3 tie. The peewees came out strong in the Sat- urday morning game. Although the team was down 3-0 in the first five minutes of the game, the Celtics netted three goals in the last five minutes of the same period. reau and Tait passed to Vandrish who rolled a fast low one to the net but the opposi- tion responded with two more making the game tied.
Down by one goal by middle of the first period, Celtics worked hard to score in the second period of this high-tempo game. Robbie Metcalfe passed to a lone Carter Tait who ran in for the goal. The second-period goal went to Colten Oakes-Cook who sent a powerful side arm assisted by Sam Gaudreau and Mick Miller giving the team a lead until the Barrie team responded with one late in the second and another early in the third. Strong third With the Celtic team strong offensively in the final period, Oakes-Cook scored anoth- er side arm assisted by Miller and Josh Van- drish. With lots of speed and determination Gaudreau was the loose ball player.
The team tied the Barrie 2 squad thanks to the tremendous goalkeeping of Zak Coir. Celtics led the first period with a goal by shooter Colten Oakes-Cook assisted by Campbell Craig and Sam Gaudreau. Second period scoring began with a goal by the Barrie team early in the second but at the bottom of the second period Jack Almond placed the second Celtic goal as- sisted by Josh Vandrish and Mick Miller. Unable to hold onto the lead in the third, Barrie tied it up and the final score was 2-2. Cameron Marleau received the game ball. In the second game that balmy Friday af- ternoon, Celtics were one goal up until late
The winning goal was scored in the last minutes of the period by Campbell Craig assisted by Vandrish and Metcalfe. Loose ball player for the game was Gaud- reau. Tough ending Ending the round robin second in their pool the peewees moved onto the quarter final in a rough game that evening against the Toronto Stars team. The Celtics played with a lot of heart and determination, but lost 5-1. Mick Miller was the lone goal scorer. SamGaudreau, Tommy Forrester and Jack Almond picked up the majority of loose balls.
Goals came from Colten Oakes-Cook as- sisted by Carter Tait and Justin Boots; Tom- my Forester assisted by Mick Miller and Josh Vandrish; and Tait assisted by Sam Gaud- reau. The Celtics continued to dominate the second period offensively with two more goals, one by Gaudreau assisted by Tait and Metcalfe and another by Cameron Marleau assisted by Boots and Jack Almond. The Kitchener team managed only one at the bottom of the second making the score 5-4 for the Celtics. By the third minute into the third Gaud-
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