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S P O R T S HAWKESBURY HAWKS LOSE AGAINST LUMBER KINGS, JUNIOR SENS OVER THE WEEKEND

Hawkesbury Hawks players and coaches behind their bench. (Gregg Chamberlain, EAP)

singles in second and third periods. Against Ottawa The game in Ottawa the following Saturday against the Junior Senators went better for the Hawks, though the host team won 4-3 at the finish of the night. First period saw neither team able to get pucks in the net. Second period proved the deciding session between the two teams with the Hawks getting two goals to the Senators’ three. Hawkesbury’s Joshua Agnese put the Hawks on the scoreboard first in second period with a goal after seven minutes of ice time. Assisting him on the goal were Anthony Sergeyev and Matthew Itzkovitz. The Senators answered back at period mid-point with a power-play goal. Five minutes later Arthur Lalonde broke the tie in the Hawks’ favour, with help from Xavier Lacoste and

GREGG CHAMBERLAIN nouvelles@eap.on.ca

The first weekend of games of the new year in the Central Canada Hockey League (CCHL) were good for the Hawkesbury Hawks. The second wee- kend weekend of the new year proved to be the exact opposite. The Pembroke Lumber Kings beat the Hawkesbury Hawks 5-1 last Friday night at the Robert Hartley Sports Complex. The Hawks got on the scoreboard first with a goal by Danny Kananga at the midpoint of first period. Assisting Kananga on the scoring were Edward Downey and Matthew Itzkovitch. The Lumber Kings took over the scoring then with two first-period goals and then

The Hawkesbury Hawks and the Pembroke Lumber Kings clashed last weekend in CCHL action. (Gregg Chamberlain, EAP)

John Kenney. A minute later the Senators added one more point to their score and kept the Hawks from tying the game up again right up to the buzzer ending the game. The Hawks host the Smith Falls Bears this Friday then head to Carleton Place Sunday afternoon. Rockets grounded Sunday afternoon at home the Cougars shut down the North Dundas Rockets 9-1. Garrett Cunning scored the first two goals of the game for the Cougars with one puck in the net early in first period and the second one five minutes into second period. Assisting Cunning on his first goal were Liam Lynn and Avery MacCuaig, with Alexandre Chenier providing help on the second goal. Nolan Macmillan gave the Cougars their third point of the game close to the mid-mark in second period. Helping him out were Xavier Plante and Connor Cook. Almost a minute after Macmillan’s goal, Bruno Laframboise added another point to the Cougars’ total, with help from Chenier and Mike Fournier. Caden Holmes got the Rockets on the scoreboard with a power-play goal in the last five minutes of second period. Assisting him were Dawson Coleman and Luke Griffin. Cody Horner advanced Vankleek Hill by another point in the last two minutes of the period, with assists from Cunning and Jacob Crete. Fournier, with help from Laframboise, punched in a power-play goal with six seconds on the period time clock. Third period saw Cody Horner pop a goal into the Rockets’ net near the mid-mark. Assisting him were Maxime Carrière and Johnny Kirby. The final goal of the night was a power-play point in the last half of third period from Drew Cunning, with help from Crete and Ryder Hill. This Saturday afternoon the Cougars are at the Ray Friel Recreation Complex to play against the Cumberland Castors. Sunday evening the Cougars are in Saint-Isidore.

Andrew Feldman. The Senators fired two more goals into the Hawkesbury net in the last two minutes of the period to take the lead. Albert Genest tied up the score for Hawkesbury in the last half of third period. Assisting him were Marc-Olivier Lauzon and

COUGARS CRUISE TO WINS OVER KANATA, NORTH DUNDAS

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The Vankleek Hill Cougars got a break on their Saturday night home game as the Kanata Kings decided to forfeit because they were so far behind on the scoreboard. The Cougars crowned the Kings 7-1 at the Vankleek Hill Arena in a game that saw the home team scoring almost without opposition against Kanata. First period goals all belonged to the Cougars starting with the first one by Jacob Crete 30 seconds into the start of the game. Assisting him were Garrett Cunning and Avery MacCuaig. Liam Lynn fired in the second point for Vankleek Hill with a short-handed goal in the last five minutes of the period, assisted by Cunning and Mael Gendron. Twenty seconds after Lynn’s goal, Nikolas Mayer added another point to the Vankleek Hill side of the scoreboard. Mayer got help from Mike Fournier and Bruno Laframboise on the goal. Laframboise scored unassisted midway through the second period. In the last two minutes of the period, Xavier Plante popped in the fifth goal for the Cougars, with help from Cunning and Nolan Macmillan. Lynn hammered in a power-play goal in the last 50 seconds of the period, with assists from Bradley Horner and Cody Horner. Marc Shaughnessy got the Kings their one goal in the last 30 seconds of the period. Assisting him was Jordan Cruz. Midway through third period Avery

A brief spill for one of the Vankleek Hill Cougars during efforts to try and get another goal into the Kanata Kings’ net during last Saturday night’s home game. The Cougars led the Kings 7-1 up to the middle of third period when Kanata decided to forfeit the rest of the game. (Gregg Chamberlain, EAP)

MacCuaig fired in a power-play goal for the seventh point on the Vankleek Hill side of the scoreboard. Assisting MacCuaig were

Bradley Horner and Cody Horner. After that final goal for the Cougars the Kanata Kings conceded the game.

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