S P O R T S
NATS TO TAKE ON CARLETON PLACE IN PLAYOFFS
ALEXIA MARSILLO alexia.marsillo@eap.on.ca
As the regular season has offi- cially ended, the Rockland Nats prepare to take on the Carleton Place Canadians in the first round of playoffs. Nats vs. Hawks The Nats ended their season with two away games, the first being in Hawkesbury against the Hawks on Friday, March 9. The Nats lost 5-3 after a tremendous first period from the Hawks. Although Nats’ Alex Robert scored the first goal of the game, barely a minute in, the Hawks dominated the first period by scoring three goals. Mike Nantais and Kieran Craig scored back-to-back goals for the Hawks, halfway through the second period, leaving the score 5-1 going into the third. The Nats picked up the pace in the third period, but it was too little too late. Connor Beatty and Dallas Maurovic each scored a goal early in the third for the Nats, but the score still ended 5-3 for the Hawks. The Hawks finished their season second in the Junior hockey fans in Saint- Isidore and Clarence Creek can look forward to more home team action to cheer on as round two begins in the National Capital Junior Hockey League playoffs series. The Saint-Isidore Aigles flew away with the win to earn themselves a place in the second round of the NCJHL playoffs after holding up the Cumberland Bandits, March 7, in the seventh deciding game of their elimination round series. The Wednesday night winner-take-all match at the Ray Friel Recreation Complex in Cumberland finished 4-2 for Saint-Isi- dore with the Aigles scoring in every single period. Jacob Belanger popped in a pair of goals for Saint-Isidore with Jeremy Arbour and Ryan Wells finishing off the score. The Bandits got the first goal of the game in first period and managed a second goal in third period. However, the home team could not get the puck in the net at all during the second-period play. The Saint-Isidore players enjoyed a short break before starting their second round in the NCJHL playoffs schedule with last Friday’s game in Chesterville against the North Dundas Rockets. Saint-Isidore edged out a 3-2 win over North Dundas that night, with a pair of goals from Nicholas Souligny and one from Patrick Ranger. The Aigles ended up grounded with a 3-0 loss in the Sunday rematch on the Rockets’ home ice. Tied at one game apiece as of press time, the Aigles and the Rockets were scheduled for their third encounter in the series Tuesday night, March 13, at the Saint-Isidore Arena, with the Aigles keeping the home ice advantage Thursday night in the fourth scheduled game of the series. The remainder of the second-round series GREGG CHAMBERLAIN gregg.chamberlain@eap.on.ca
Les Nats de Rockland entrent dans la première ronde des séries éliminatoires contre les Canadians de Carleton Place. Le premier match de la série aura lieu à Carleton le vendredi 16 mars et les équipes se rendront à l’aréna CIH pour le deuxième match, le dimanche 18 mars. —photo archives
division and the Nats, fourth.
then responded with a goal by Brendan Browne in the second period. Trevor Coykendall scored for his team giving them the edge 2-1 in the third period, but Pembroke tied things up a few minutes later with a goal by Casey Rhodes. The teams headed into overtime with a score of 2-2. Raphael Gosselin scored the final regular season goal halfway through the
overtime period to win it for the Nats. With a fourth place position in their division, the Rockland Nats head into the first round of playoffs against the Carleton Place Canadians. The Canadians are in first place in their division. The first game of the series will be held in Carleton on Friday, March 16, and then the teams head to the CIH Arena for the second game on
Nats vs. Lumber Kings The Rockland Nats fought hard to take home the win for their last regular season game against the Pembroke Lumber Kings on Sunday, March 11. William Collins ope- ned the scoring for the Nats with the only goal of the first period. The Lumber Kings
CASTORS AHEAD AS ROUND TWO BEGINS IN NCJHL PLAYOFFS SERIES
Les Castors de Clarence Creek ont remporté deux victoires à la suite des trois premiers matchs de leur série éliminatoire de deuxième ronde contre les Vikings de Papineauville. Le quatrième match de la série aura lieu le 14 mars à l’aréna de Clarence Creek. —photo Gregg Chamberlain
HORAIRE QUARTS DE FINALE JUNIOR A JUNIOR A QUARTER FINALS SCHEDULE
has North Dundas as host Saturday and then Saint-Isidore for Sunday afternoon and North Dundas for March 20, if those last two games in the schedule prove necessary. The Castors The Clarence Creek Castors have two games in the win column compared to their opponents, the Papineauville Vikings, after the past weekend of games in their second- round showdown in the league playoffs. The Vikings took last Friday night’s game on their home ice 6-2 with Thomas Lowry and Matthew Wilson accounting for Clarence Creek’s two goals. The Vikings lost Saturday’s rematch in
Papineauville 6-4. The key to the win for Clarence Creek were goals scored in every period while the Vikings didn’t make a single point during second period. Punching in a point each for Clarence Creek were Jeff Brett, Matthew Clément, Matthew Clifford, Connor Lacey, Raphaël Payant, and Matthew Wilson. The Castors continued their winning run at home Sunday afternoon, edging out the Vikings 7-6 with goals again in every period of the match, including a hat trick for Patrick Lemay and a pair of goals each from Jeff Brett and Matthew Wilson. Next game on the schedule has Clarence Creek host Papineauville March 14 evening.
ROCKLAND NATS VS. CARLETON PLACE CANADIANS Game 1 Friday, March 16 @ 7:45 p.m. Game 2 Sunday, March 18 @ 2:30 p.m. Game 3 Wednesdau, March 21 @ 8:15 p.m. Game 4 Thursday, March 22 @ 7:30 p.m. Game 5 Saturday, March 24 @ 7:15 p.m. Game 6 Sunday, March 25 @ 2:30 p.m. Game 7 Tuesday, March 27 @ 7:15 p.m.
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