Junior hockey roundup: Blackhawks lose in double OT; Mudcats edge Riverhawks
Marino Moro scored on a penalty shot in double overtime to give the Hamilton Kilty B’s a 5-4 win over the Thorold Blackhawks in a Greater Ontario Junior Hockey League, Golden Horseshoe Conference game Thursday at Thorold Arena.
The Hawks, 16-18-1-3, pick up a point with the loss.
The Kilty B’s improved to 27-11-0-1.
Following a scoreless first period, each team scored three times in the second period.
The Blackhawks took a 4-3 lead in the third when Patrick McCluskey scored. The Kilty B’s sent the game into overtime when Marc Shannon scored with 55 seconds remaining.
Trevor Neumann, Dylan Latty and Sam VanderZalm also scored for Thorold.
Shannon had three goals while Tanner Brennecke added one for Hamilton. Moro also chipped in with four assists.
Noah Fortuna made 39 saves in a losing effort.
The Hawks are at Pelham Sunday at 2:30 and home to Fort Erie next Thursday.
JUNIOR C
The Niagara Riverhawks dropped a 3-2 decision to the Dunnville Mudcats Thursday night at the Gale Centre in Provincial Junior Hockey League action.
Jacob Saddler scored his team leading 23rd goal of the season to open the scoring for the Riverhawks. Dunnville tied the game with a fluke goal as Matthew Fang’s shot hit the side of the net and bounced off Riverhawks goaltender Matt Boere.
Dunnville’s Matt Dolan gave the Mudcats the lead with a power-play goal at 11:35 of the second period.
In the third period Dunnville’s Jesse Burger gave the Mudcats a 3-1 lead. Nick Volpatti scored at 7:50 of the third but that was as close as the Riverhawks would come as Dunnville goaltender Dalton McBride made some big saves in the final few minutes of the game.
The Riverhawks were 0-2 on the power play.
The Riverhawks outshot Dunnville 39-32 with Boere making 29 saves in the loss.
The Riverhawks currently sit in fifth place in the Bloomfield Division with five games remaining in the regular season including a pair of games this weekend.
The Riverhawks host a rare Saturday night game versus the Hamilton Jr Blues at 7 p.m. at the Gale Centre. The Riverhawks also travel to Port Dover Sunday for a 2 p.m. matinee game.
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