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Cougars take 3 of 4 Points from Halifax Accel Hawks

   
Cougars opened the scoring on Saturday night on a goal mouth scramble, Josh Perry buried the puck with Chad O'Neill and TJ Forrest assisting.  Jacob Nobbe would tie the game for the Hawks on a shot that bounced off of a defenders skate, Matthew Steinberg getting the helper.  The Forrest, O'Neill, Perry line would connect again with Forrest getting the marker, O'Neill and Perry helpers as the Cougars take a 2-1 lead into the 3rd.  Veteran Ian Drysdale would tie the game on a delayed penalty call midway through the 3rd, Samuel Beaton had the assist.  Final score 2-2.  Cougars goalie Kaine Drake was solid with 18 saves and Hawks goalie Matthew Welsh with 24 saves were the goalies of record.

Sunday AM, Cougar defencemen Owen Higgins scored his first goal which turned out to be the game winner, Colton Marchand had an assist.  With the home town team holding a slim 1 goal lead after 2, Logan O'Neil scored from Derek Gentile and Leon Denny to give the Cougars some breathing against a battling Hawks club.  Dylan Pimentel would add an insurance marker late from Logan O'Neil as the Cougars win 3-0.  Goalie Cody Smith recorded his 2nd shutout in 4 games, making 27 stops.  Douglas Stewart-Good suffered the loss making 24 saves.