Weekend junior b roundup: Falcons win sixth straight, Junior Canadians upset Corvairs
The St. Catharines Falcons extended their winning streak to six games with a 3-2 victory over the Welland Junior Canadians Sunday in Welland.
The Falcons, 11-2-0-1, trail the Hamilton Kilty B’s by three points for first place in the Golden Horseshoe Conference of the Greater Ontario Junior Hockey League. The teams square off Monday in Hamilton.
St. Catharines jumped out to a 2-0 lead after two periods on goals from Nate Robertson and Wyatt Gibson. Jonah Boria extended their lead to 3-0 early in the third before the Junior Canadians rallied with a pair of late goals by Conner Thompson-Dick and Zach Kent.
“Thought we executed a good game plan through 40 minutes,” Falcons coach Tyler Bielby said. “Welland is a well-coached team, and up 3-0 in the third we knew they weren’t going to quit. They made a game of it with a couple of third-period goals and made it far too close for comfort considering we had a three-goal lead.
“I learned a long time ago you can never get too comfortable with a lead. We must play an entire 60 minutes to avoid some of these close calls.”
Bielby said Gibson had a strong game.
“The team was happy for rookie Wyatt Gibson. He has struggled to register a point this year and through hard work he was rewarded with a beautiful assist and goal,” Bielby said.
Corvairs 4 Meteors 3
Former Kilty B Jacob Macdonald scored the winner in his second game with his new team as the Caledonia Corvairs edged the visiting Fort Erie Meteors Sunday night.
Markus Demcewolf, Noah Baltzer and Alec Brown added singles for the Corvairs.
Antonino Pugliese, who earlier in the week netted his first Ontario Hockey League goal with the Kitchener Rangers, scored two for the Mets while Thomas Gualtieri added one.
Hayden Dunford made 37 saves for the win.
Joshua Smith with busy in goal for the Meteors, kicking out 39 shots.
Panthers 6 Blackhawks 2
Six players hit the scoresheet at the Pelham Panthers tripled the visiting Thorold Blackhawks Sunday in Pelham.
Cody Miskolczi, Steven Katsis, Ashton Murdoch, Jack Merkosky, Luca Marandoloa and Tyler Toomey scored for the Panthers, who earned their third win of the season.
Tyson Wassink and Sam Tonelli replied for the Hawks.
SATURDAY
Junior Canadians 2 Corvairs 1
The visiting Junior Canadians upset the Corvairs Saturday night in Caledonia.
Tanner Ryan and Lucas Romeo netted the Welland goals.
Zack DiCesare spoiled Keegan Jackson’s bid for a shutout at the 18:23 mark of the third.
Jackson, who has played in 12 of Welland’s 14 games this season, made 29 saves.
Blackhawks 3 Meteors 1
Nathan Kelly scored twice as the Blackhawks took home a road win Saturday night in Fort Erie.
Adrian Diodati also scored for Thorold.
Joseph Macchione scored Fort Erie’s lone goal.
Noah Fortuna made 26 saves in goal for Thorold.
Kilty B’s 4 Canucks 1
Matthew Downie, Matthew Duarte, Justin Monteith and Dylan Abbamont scored as the Kilty B’s continued their winning ways.
Gage Stewart made 26 saves for the win.
Zach Mambella replied for the Canucks.
THIS WEEK
MONDAY
St. Catharines at Hamilton, 7 p.m.
Niagara Falls at Thorold, 7 p.m.
FRIDAY
Fort Erie at St. Catharines, 7 p.m.
Caledonia at Niagara Falls, 7 p.m.
Welland at Pelham, 7 p.m.
SATURDAY
Caledonia at Fort Erie, 7:15 p.m.
SUNDAY
Hamilton at Pelham, 2:45 p.m.
Thorold at Welland, 7:05 p.m.
STANDINGS
1. Hamilton 14-13-2-26
2. St. Catharines 14-11-2-0-1-23
3. Niagara Falls 16-8-6-2-18
4. Caledonia 14-8-5-0-1-17
5. Fort Erie 13-5-7-1-11
6. Thorold 14-5-8-1-11
7. Pelham 14-3-9-2-8
8. Welland 13-3-10-6
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