Bearcats finish their first Regular Season
The Truro Major Bantam Bearcats finished their first regular season on Saturday in Trenton. The playoffs begin on Saturday February 26th when they host game 1 in the best 2 out of 3 playoff series.
On Thursday the Bearcats faced the Dartmouth Ice Dawgs. The Bearcats fired 49 shots at the Dartmouth goalie en route to a 7-2 win. Bearcats got goals from Billie James Julien, Stephen Belyea(2), Mitchell Leblanc, Josh Pugsley, Greg Harris and Richard MacNevin. Blake Otterson stopped 36 of 38.
On Friday the Bearcats played the Kings Mutual Wildcats. Wildcats forward Nic Blanchard's hat trick and Zack Moody's single, was the difference in a 4-2 Valley win. Truro received goals from Julien and Pugsley. Luke Melanson played goal for the Bearcats stopping 28 of 32 shots.
On Saturday, the Bearcats played their potential playoff opponents the Bubba Ray Gulls. The Gulls scored 4 first period goals and sailed onto a 8-2 victory. The goals scorers for the Bearcats were Pugsley and MacNevin. Ottersons started the game before giving away to Melanson, stopping 26 of 34 shots.