GOJHL Showcase roundup
Charlie Burns earned a shutout as the Fort Erie Meteors won both games this weekend at the GOJHL Showcase Tournament in Elmira. File Photo: BILL POTRECZ
The Fort Erie Meteors, St. Catharines Falcons and Caledonia Corvairs of the Golden Horseshoe Conference all went 2-0 at the Greater Ontario Junior Hockey League Showcase over the weekend in Elmira.
The Meteors blanked the Stratford Warriors 3-0 Friday and followed that up with a 1-0 win over the Waterloo Siskins Saturday.
“A great weekend for our league and definitely our program,” Fort Erie general manager/coach Nik Passero said. “Getting the opportunity to play against two of the most historic franchises in our entire league was a great privilege.”
John Lloyd made 24 saves for the shutout versus Stratford while Hunter Coley had two goals and Kyle Adamo one.
Niagara IceDogs prospect Charlie Burns turned back 38 shots in the win over Kitchener. R.J. Schmidt netted the lone goal of the game in the third period.
“We defended well all weekend obviously and had two really great goaltending performances. We knew coming into the season it wouldn’t be easy to score and it hasn’t been,” Passero said. “If we can continue to defend the way we have in the last two weeks, I know we will be able to find a way to put some pucks into the back of the net.”
Falcons 2 Maroons 0
Falcons 3 Vipers 1
The Falcons ran their record to a perfect 4-0 behind a pair of solid defensive efforts.
Marcus Harris scored early and Owen King netted one late in the win over Chatham.
Cal Gardner, making his Falcons debut, kicked out 39 shots for the shutout.
Noah Read, Caleb Thompson and Ben Smith scored in the win over LaSalle.
Hayden Jeffery turned in another solid performance in net for St. Catharines, making 33 saves.
“It was nice to come out of the crossover weekend with four points,” Falcons general manager/coach Tyler Bielby said. “We felt we could have been better versus Chatha so we challenged the boys to provide a better effort on the Sunday. We are impressed with the way they responded in the first period versus La Salle. That being said, it’s important we show more discipline and stay out of the box. We never want to be in a position where we beat ourselves. We have a passionate group and it’s important that we channel it properly, myself included.”
Bielby also tipped his cap to the goaltending and penalty killing units.
“Their hard work and solid play was second to none. They were a big reason we walked away with two points in both games,” he said.
Bielby felt the Showcase was well organized.
“Thank you to Elmira and the league who put on a great weekend for all those involved.”
Corvairs 4 Redhawks 3
Corvairs 4 Vipers 2
The Caledonia Corvairs ran their record to 4-0-0-1 with victories over Cambridge and LaSalle.
Captain Noah Baltzer had two goals while Evan Bradacs and Nathan Duplessis a goal and two assists in the win over the Redhawks.
Former IceDog defenceman Sami Douglas had two in the win over LaSalle while Will Bray and Markus Dempewolf added one each.
Lincolns 3 Sailors 2 OT
Sailors 8 Legionnaires 6
The Port Colborne Sailors split a pair of games, picking up three points in the process.
Chase MacQueen scored 1:48 into overtime to give St. Mary’s a 3-2 win over Port.
Dylan Pergentile and Carson Trevisani scored for the Sailors.
Isaac Gravelle made 42 saves in net for Port.
The Sailors then rebounded with an 8-6 win over Sarnia in the final game of the Showcase Sunday night.
Port got goals from eight players — Pergentile, Grayson Gare, Zach Scholar, Nathan Kelly, Brendan Grenville, Aiden Cupelli, Liam Wicks and P.J. Alexander.
Tucker Adams kicked out 38 shots for the win in goal.
Legionnaires 4 Panthers 2
Panthers 3 Stars 1
The Pelham Panthers split a pair of games, losing to Sarnia before rebounding to top St. Thomas.
Connor Clark scored both goals for Pelham in the loss to Sarnia while Nick Tymochenko, Ryan Shier and Ty Boone scored in the win.
Danny Doyle made 25 saves for Pelham to earn the win.
Bandits 8 Junior Canadians 2
Redhawks 4 Junior Canadians 1
The Welland Junior Canadians dropped both their games to fall to 1-4 on the season.
Joey Marrese and Jack Ryan scored as Welland took a quick 2-0 lead versus Brantford before the Bandits rallied with eight straight goals.
Ryan tallied the lone marker versus Cambridge which saw Welland goaltender Stanley Mannella make 33 saves in a losing cause.
Kilty B’s 5 Centennials 4
Sugar Kings 4 Kilty B’s 2
The Hamilton Kilty B’s split their two games and are now 2-3 on the season.
Tyron Fevry had two goals while singles came off the sticks of Lucas Kisi, Brett Henderson and Evan Krell in a 5-4 win over Ayr.
Ryan Woodburn and Jaivyn Stewart scored in the loss to Elmira.
THIS WEEK
TUESDAY
St. Catharines at Fort Erie, 7:30 p.m.
WEDNESDAY
Hamilton at Welland, 7:30 p.m.
THURSDAY
Caledonia at Hamilton, 7 p.m.
FRIDAY
Welland at St. Catharines, 7 p.m.
Pelham at Port Colborne, 7:30 p.m.
SATURDAY
Caledonia at Fort Erie, 7 p.m.
St. Catharines at Port Colborne, 7:30 p.m.
SUNDAY
Port Colborne at Pelham, 2:45 p.m.
Fort Erie at Welland, 7:05 p.m.
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