Saturday night at Emera Centre Northside, the Cougars played host to the Dartmouth Whalers.  Goalies Kaine Drake of the Cougars and Jacob Gibbons-Cook of the Whalers put on a show for the fans in attendance.  Both goalies traded saves back and forth, highlighted by several pad stops by Drake in the second period.  The score was 0-0 after 2 periods.  Colton Marchand continued his sizzling scoring pace  half way through the 3rd to break the goose egg, Cameron Yates and Hunter Bettens assisting.  TJ Forrest would give the Cougars a 2 goal cushion with 4 minutes to play on a hard drive to the net, picking up a pass from Marchand.  With the Cougars shorthanded and the Whaler net empty, Jared Macissac would get the Whalers on the board with 2 minutes to play, Brock MacLeod with the helper.  The Whalers would continue the pressure with the extra man untill MacLeod buried the equalizer with 31 seconds remaining.  Final score 2-2.  Drake was sensational making 32 saves while Gibbons-Cook had 26 stops.

On Sunday the Cougars pounced on the board first.  Chase Fraser from the point after some nice play by Josh Perry.  And Logan O'Neil scored late on the PP from Dylan Pimentel and Bettens.  Connor Campbell scored early in the 2nd frame to give the home team a 3 goal cushion, from O'Neil and Bettens.  However Dartmouth wouldn't quit and scored 2 quick goals.  MacIssac from Cole Mitchell on the PP, and then Noah Samways from Alex Hector and Andrew Long. The Cougars would gain momentum near the end of the 2nd by a PP goal off the stick of Pimentel, Logan Struthers and Jarrett Baker assisting.  Cougars led 4-2 with 20 minutes to play.  Marchand would find the net in the 3rd to give the Cougars a 3 goal lead.  O'Neil with the helper  Final score Cougars 5-Whhalers 2.   Cody Smith kicked aside 20 shots for the W, while Cole McLaren and Gibbons-Cook shared the net duties for the Whalers kicking aside 21 shots.