Mitchell Balmas opened the game with 2 quick goals Saturday night and the Cougars never looked back as they skated to a 9-1 win over the  Dartmouth Whalers.  Logan O'Neil and Derek Gentile assisted on Balmas' first goal, Logan Struthers got the assist on Balmas second goal on the PP.  Score was 2-0 after 1 period.  Second period was all Cougars as they scored 6.  Gentile on a PP breakaway from Balmas and Brandon Farrell, Landon Trickett on the powerplay, Gentile from Balmas, Dylan Morley from O'Neil and Branden Dauphinee, a SH tally from Balmas, and O'Neil from Struthers and Dauphinee.  Gentile sniped his 3rd of the game from Balmas, and Quinn MacDonald scored the Whalers only goal late on the powerplay.  Final score 9-1  Levi Denny had the win for the Cougars making 23 stops, while Reid Beck had 31 saves for the Whalers

Cougars kept the offense rolling on a snowy Sunday skating to a 10-2 win over the Whalers.  Balmas again led the way with 3 goals, his second hattrick in 2 days, and also added 2 helpers for an 11 point weekend.   Second  year players Morley, Dauphinee, and Farrell had big games, Morley with 3 goals and an assist, Dauphinee had 1 goal and 3 assists, while Farrell had 3 helpers.  O'Neil had 2 goals and 1 assist, Gentile scored 1, and Trickett, Dan Reid, Brady Buchanan, and Chase Fraser each had 1 helper.  For the Whalers, Tyus MacSween scored from Dylan Evans and Brock MacLeod, followed by another quick goal by Zakk McKenna from Carlin West Newcombe and Devon Blackmore MacDonald.  

Liam MacDonald picked up the win making 20 saves, while Jacob Gibbons-Cook made 19 stops for the Whalers

With the 4 points, the Cougars take over first place in Nova Scotia, moving 1 point ahead of the Western Hurricanes, who have a game in hand.  

Cougars take to the road next week to battle the Scotsburn Crushers .