Dieppe splits MJAHL showcase games
Published Monday October 13th, 2008
Commandos host Ramblers this afternoon at the Arthur-J. LeBlanc Centre
SUMMERSIDE, P.E.I. - The Dieppe Gagnon Commandos continued their streak of inconsistency in Maritime Junior A Hockey League play as they split a pair of games in the league's annual showcase weekend.
The Commandos, who have yet to win two straight games in the early going of this season, fell to the Yarmouth Bearcats 6-5 on Saturday before they downed the Truro Bearcats 5-2 yesterday.
All 11 league teams played a pair of regular season games over three days at the event. All games were two 25-minute periods and they counted in the MJAHL standings.
Despite the weekend split, Dieppe head coach Troy Dumville said the team is starting to show signs of improvement.
"We were disappointed with the loss Saturday but today we played by far our best game of the year. To me Truro is one of the best teams in the league and we played an excellent, excellent game against them," he said.
"You start to question sometimes if you're doing things right or wrong, but the way we played (against Truro) at least there's a little renewed optimism going into (today's game)."
Dieppe hosts the Amherst Ramblers today at 2:30 p.m. at the Arthur-J. LeBlanc Centre.
After weekend play, Dieppe's record is now 5-6-0-0, which puts them fourth in the five team Roger Meek Division.
In yesterday's victory, Dieppe got goals from Kelan Herr, Matt Carroll, Jon Pardy, Chuckie Schembri and Travis Perry.
Truro responded with goals from Adam Laite and Ben Dempsey.
Dieppe outshot Truro 21-16, with Wendell Vye earning the victory in goal. Kirk Rafuse was the losing goaltender.
The Commandos were 2-for-5 on the power play while Truro was 1-for-5.
On Saturday, Dieppe dropped a back-and-forth affair 6-5 to the Yarmouth Mariners.
Jordan Scott broke a 5-5 deadlock on the power play marker with just over a minute left to give Yarmouth the victory.
Other scorers for the Mariners were Carl Hayes with a pair and Julien Payne, Cody Lefrancois and Ryan Nickerson with singles.
Dallas Ungurian stopped 19 of 24 shots in the victory while Vye turned away 17 of 23 shots in a losing effort.
Each team had a power play goal, with Dieppe having six opportunities and Yarmouth having eight chances with an extra man.
Yarmouth improved to 8-3-0-0 after weekend play.
In other league games yesterday, results were: Miramichi Timberwolves 3, Bridgewater Lumberjacks 2 (SO); Summerside Western Capitals 5, Mariners 0.
Timberwolves 3, Lumberjacks 2 (SO)
Chris Owens provided the heroics with the shootout winner as Miramichi edged Bridgewater.
Justin Barbour and Michael Hynes scored for Miramichi in regulation.
Bridgewater countered with goals from Taite Paul and Scott Fines in regulation.
Bradley Dyke stopped 18 of 20 shots in goal for Miramichi, while TJ Keeping turned away 31 of 33 shots for Bridgewater.
Bridgewater went 1-for-3 on the power play while Miramichi was 1-for-5.
With the loss, the Lumberjacks saw their record fall to 5-6-0-1.
On Saturday, Miramichi lost 3-0 to the Truro Bearcats.
Stephen Horyl provided the Bearcats more than enough offense with two goals, while Jon Reid added an insurance marker in the third period.
Richard Gagnon earned the shutout win while turning away 28 shots for Truro, while Wesley Annis suffered the loss despite stopping 29 of 32 shots.
Both teams were without a power play goal as Miramichi went 0-for-1 and Truro was 0-for-5.
Miramichi now sits at 6-5-0-0.
Other results from Saturday were as follows: Weeks Crushers 3, Amherst Ramblers 2 (SO); Woodstock Slammers 5, Halifax Lions 2; Bridgewater Lumberjacks 3, Restigouche Tigers 2 (OT).
Crushers 3, Ramblers 2 (SO)
It took 14 shooters before Stuart Lenehan slid home the first and only goal of the shootout to give his Weeks Crushers the victory in a hard fought game against Amherst.
Weeks goaltender Alexandre Quessy and Ramblers goaltender Andrew Flemming went save for save in the shootout before Lenehan provided the winning goal.
In regulation, Weeks had goals from Lenehan and Shawn O'Donnell. Amherst's goals were scored by Shane O'Byrne and Jordan Escott. Quessy stopped 26 of 28 shots in the victory while Flemming turned away 18 of 20.
Both teams were 0-for-4 on the power play.
Amherst is now 8-2-0-1, while Weeks is 8-3-1-0.
Lumberjacks 3, Tigers 2 (OT)
Restigouche continued to struggle as it lost an overtime decision to Bridgewater.
Matt Binnington scored the winner in the extra frame for the Lumberjacks, while the team had goals in regulation from Matt Fitzgibbons and Paul Ross.
Restigouche had goals from Dan Joyce and Michel Querry.
Paul Dorsey made 42 of 45 saves for Restigouche, while Alex Scola stopped 31 of 33 shots for the victory.
Restigouche (0-9-1-1) was 1-for-5 on the power play, while Bridgewater was 1-for-8.
Disabled
Search Articles
More CE Network Sites & Partners:
