HOCKEY ROUNDUP: Stratford Warriors fall short in Cambridge

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After Friday’s win over Brantford, the Stratford Hunter Steel Warriors came up short Saturday in Cambridge.

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Quinn Kipfer’s second-period goal was all the offence Stratford could generate in a 2-1 loss.

Kyler Morgan scored both Redhawks’ goals. Morgan opened the scoring in the first period on the power play and then buried the winner 3:58 into the third period.

Cambridge goalie Lennart Neisse made 43 saves to preserve the win. Warriors netminder Carter McDougall stopped 14 shots.

Stratford (11-5-0) is third in the Greater Ontario Junior Hockey League’s Western Conference.

Lincolns sweep weekend games

St. Marys added two more wins to its record this past weekend.

The first-place Lincolns beat Caledonia 4-1 on Friday. Luca Spagnolo scored twice, and Noah Vandenbrink and Owen Voortman added single markers. Jacob McLellan notched a pair of assists. St. Marys’ goalie Colby Booth-Housego stopped 27 shots.

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Brody Leet replied for the Corvairs, and David Penner made 32 saves.

Sunday in Welland, Hayden Barch and Chase MacQueen-Spence each scored twice in a 5-0 win. Ryan Cornfield added a power-play tally. Vandenbrink and Ryan Hodkinson both had a pair of helpers, and Nico Armellin stopped 24 shots for his second shutout of the season.

Ivan Kastelan made 39 saves for Welland.

St. Marys is now 14-1-0 and leads the GOJHL with 28 points.

Cyclones win fourth straight

Wylie Birkett scored 6:42 into overtime to give the Listowel Cyclones a 3-2 home win Friday over Cambridge.

Dylan Szymanowski and Teague Vader also scored for Listowel (10-3-1), which has won four straight. Riley Arts backstopped Listowel with 28 saves.

Ryder Simpson and Kyler Morgan scored for the Redhawks. Brandon Balcar made 49 saves.

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Braves earn five of six points

Tavistock snapped a seven-game losing streak with a win over Woodstock and followed that up with three more weekend points.

Tavistock cooled off the red hot Navy Vets on Friday with a 5-2 home victory. Tyler Brezynskie and Nicholas Hambly each had a goal and assist for the Braves. Grady Murphy, Blair Stokes and Marc Dionne added single markers. Lander Hartley stopped 29 shots in the win.

Kyle Caron had a goal and assist for the Navy Vets. Logan Pace-Roth also scored. Scott Rodrigue made 29 saves.

Each team had a power-play tally.

Murphy, who competed in the PJHL Prospect Game earlier in the day, scored twice in Saturday’s 4-2 win in Paris. Tanner Hunt and Trent Davies had the other goals. Hambly picked up two assists, and Kaden Lange stopped 31 shots for the win in net.

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Jack Kersey and Spencer Edwards scored for the Titans. James Gall made 46 saves.

Tavistock scored on two of seven power plays, and Paris went 1-for-7 with the man advantage.

Sunday in Dorchester, Jack Hodge and Carter Arseneau gave the Braves a 2-0 first-period lead, but the Dolphins’ Dylan Dundas sent the game to overtime with a pair of goals, and Mavin Smith ended it with a power-play goal 6:55 into the extra frame.

Hartley made 32 saves for the Braves (6-9-0-1), and Dorchester counterpart Eric McDonald made 36 saves.

Hawks take one point

Mitchell picked up one of four points thanks to a 6-5 overtime loss Sunday in Fergus.

Ben Medhurst had a goal and two assists against the Whalers. Patrick and Owen Holloway had a goal and assist apiece, and Ben Tenhag and Cole Hislop also scored. Colin Gibbings made 27 saves for the Hawks.

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Andrew McClure and Tyler Ewald both scored twice for Fergus. Boden Brimmell and Jacob Lesser had the other goals. Trevor Woods stopped 19 shots.

Mitchell went 2-for-6 on the power play, and Fergus was 1-for-3.

Friday at home, Ryan Gansevles scored the lone goal in an 8-1 loss to Wingham. Aidan Hill was pulled after allowing seven goals on 32 shots. Gibbings stopped 10 of 11 in relief.

Jesse Coombs, Tanner Dietz and Micah Kraayenbrink all had two goals in the win. Logan Burnham and Noah Bloemberg had the other goals. James Hopper made 33 saves.

Mitchell dropped to 5-6-0-3.

Fighting Irish comeback falls short

The Ontario Super Hockey League’s Stratford Fighting Irish fell short in a 6-4 loss Saturday in Alvinston. Graham Brulotte and Jaden Peca had a goal and assist apiece for the Irish (3-4-0-0), who trailed 4-1 in the third period and scored twice in the last two minutes before running out of time.

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Zach Magwood and Justin Murray also scored for Stratford. Jared Nash added two assists. Zach Weir made 41 saves in the Irish net.

Ross Krieger scored twice for Alvinston. Brennan Feasey, Jacob Chantler, James McEwan and Jamie Schaafsma had single markers. Nolan DeKoning made 49 saves.

Royals lose in Ripley

Tavistock lost 4-2 Saturday in Ripley in its lone Ontario Elite Hockey League game of the weekend.

Lucas Bast, Jeremy Munro and Patrick Vulgan scored for the Royals (3-2-0-0). Graeme Noye made 28 saves.

Cody Britton scored twice for the Wolves. Ethan Skinner and Garrett Meurs had the other goals. Jason Hamilton made 34 saves.

Drives lose one-goal games

Milverton dropped a pair of one-goal games this past weekend.

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Corey Flemington, Dennis Dewar and Carson Wickie scored second-period goals in the Four-Wheel Drives’ 4-3 home loss Sunday to Creemore. Frank Boal made 31 saves for Milverton, which dropped to 1-3-0-1 in the OEHL.

Kevin Boyd scored twice for Creemore, with single markers from Kyle Linney and Owen Heilemann. Rod Lewis stopped 32 shots.

Friday in Saugeen Shores, Flemington, Carson Wickie, Dakota Leung and Jacob Clemmer scored for Milverton in a 5-4 loss. Tyler Fassl made 36 saves.

Medric Mercier scored twice for Saugeen Shores. Andy Mitchell, Curtis Johnston and Luke Pither also found the back of the net. Clayton Fritsch stopped 29 shots.

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