Weekend junior B roundup: Corvairs top Falcons; Meteors set franchise record for wins
The St. Catharines Falcons came up flat in Caledonia Monday night, dropping a 6-1 decision to the Corvairs in Greater Ontario Junior Hockey League action.
“The better team definitely won as far as effort goes,” St. Catharines general manager/coach Tyler Bielby said. “We were in quicksand and we didn’t have it. Right from the puck drop until the final buzzer we were struggling to put some solid shifts together.”
The Falcons scored the lone goal of the first period when Dallys Hibbert netted his sixth of the season. The Corvairs responded with four goals in the second, two from Markus Dempewolf and one each from Nathan Duplessis and Clark Dunford.
“Caledonia came to play. We hung in there and it was a good game, the first half the game it was 1-1, and the rest is history,” Bielby said.
Dempewolf completed the hat trick in the third while Zachary Naherne also scored.
It was a chippy affair with the Falcons being assessed 95 minutes in penalties and the Corvairs 93.
“I think it’s two big rivals that have a lot of history playing each other and emotions are always high. As the game started to get away, I think both teams got a little out of hand,” Bielby said.
Things spilled over in the stands as well behind the Falcons bench with an overzealous fan.
“I think it just speaks to the rivalry again. There’s a lot of passion between both fan bases and last night we were in enemy territory and we definitely felt that from their base, but at the end of the day, that’s as old as sport and it’s all part of it,” Bielby said.
The Falcons are home to Port Colborne Friday and in Welland Sunday.
“We want to win every hockey game but there’s a reason we have to play because there’s only one winner and the team on the wrong side has to find a way to regroup and reset and that’s how we get better,” Bielby said.
Sailors 4 Meteors 3
The Port Colborne Sailors ended a 13-game losing streak with a 4-3 upset win at home over the Fort Erie Meteors Monday afternoon at the Vale Centre.
Sammy Cino, Brody Coe, Justin McGuffin and Nick Tymichenko scored for the Sailors who built a 4-2 lead after two.
Blake Hall, Hunter Coley and Kyle Adamo replied for the Mets.
Lucas Cardiff-Bilodeau stole the show for the Sailors with 55 saves.
Charlie Burns made 15 saves for the Mets.
Kilty B’s 5 Panthers 4
Luca Campolo scored with 1:22 remaining to break a 4-4 deadlock and give the visiting Hamilton Kilty B’s a win at Pelham Monday afternoon.
Jake Peters paced the winners with two goals while Dean Deligorgis and Kaleb Frank also scored.
Gabriel Longo made 31 saves for the win.
Cooper Drennan, Brendan Grenville, Aiden Cupelli and Keagan Knight replied for the Panthers, who have dropped eight straight.
Carter Vincente faced 47 shots in goal for Pelham.
SUNDAY
Meteors 6 Panthers 3
The Meteors exploded for four goals in the third period en route to victory in Pelham Sunday afternoon.
Chaka-Benjamin Ntumba-Muntu paced the Mets with two goals and three assists while
Dominic DiFrancesco, R.J. Schmidt, Andrew McNiel and Coley added singles. Hall chipped in with three assists.
John Lloyd made 25 saves for the win.
The win set a team regular season record for victories with 33 for the Mets.
Max Schauble, Liam Wicks and Christian Williams scored for Pelham.
Aiden Thomson faced 30 shots for the Panthers.
Junior Canadians 4 Sailors 2
Noah Garthe scored twice to lead the Welland Junior Canadians past the visiting Sailors Sunday night.
Nico Kalpakis and Jack Ryan added singles.
Aydan Doyle and Sammy Cino replied for the Sailors.
Ben Rossi made 38 saves for the win.
Issac Gravelle made 40 saves in net for Port.
THIS WEEK
WEDNESDAY
Port Colborne at Caledonia, 3:30 p.m.
THURSDAY
Caledonia at Hamilton, 7 p.m.
FRIDAY
Port Colborne at St. Catharines, 7 p.m.
SATURDAY
Welland at Fort Erie, 7 p.m.
Pelham at Caledonia, 7:30 p.m.
SUNDAY
Port Colborne at Pelham, 2:45 p.m.
St. Catharines at Welland, 7 p.m.
Fort Erie at Caledonia, 7:30 p.m.
STANDINGS
1. Caledonia 34-7-1-1-70
2. Fort Erie 33-11-1-0-67
3. St. Catharines 32-12-1-1-66
4. Hamilton 22-21-4-0-48
5. Welland 15-28-3-0-33
6. Pelham 13-31-1-1-28
7. Port Colborne 11-29-4-1-27
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