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Cougars win on Saturday against the Valley, but fall to Dartmouth on Sunday

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On Saturday Daniel Young scored two goals to lead the Cougars to a 4-2 win over the Valley Wildcats. Young opened the scoring at 12:56 of the 1st while receiving a pass from Malcolm MacDonald. After the Valley tied the score Darien Reynolds put the Cougars up 2-1 going into the 3rd period. Again the Valley knotted the score at 2-2 early in the 3rd. But Hudson Clarke scored the winning goal on a PP with 3:04 remaining and Young rounded out the scoring with an empty netter. Picking up assists in the game were Jack Brown, Keegan O'Neill and Colton MacDougall. Bresson with the win in the cage kicking out 25 of 27 shots.

On Sunday Dartmouth jumped out into a 2-0 lead after one period, and a 5-1 score after two. Darien Reynolds scored our only goal of the game with a pass from Tyler Seymour on the PP to make the score 2-1 early on the 2nd. However, Dartmouth would score three goals to make it 5-1. There was no scoring in the 3rd period. 

The Cougars are home this weekend after 2 weekends on the road, to the Halifax Wolverines.

Saturday at 7:15 and Sunday at 11:15

 

Nov 11, 2020

Cougars earn a weekend split with an overtime goal with just 6.5 seconds remaining

 

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Keegan O'Neill picked up the puck just inside Cole Harbour's endzone and skated to the top of the circle and let a snapshot go to pick the top corner to give the Cougars a 4-3 win and a split for the weekend. Billy Cameron opened the game with a shot from the point to give us a lead after the 1st period. After Cole Harbour went ahead 2-1, Captain Seymour scored his 1st of the game to knot the score at 2-2 after two periods. Seymour scored his 2nd of the game to gives us the lead just 19 seconds into the 3rd. Cole Harbour tied the game midway though the 3rd on the PP. That set up the overtime and O'Neill's heroics. Veteran Daniel Young helped set up both Seymour goals. Cameron also had an assist. Stonehouse earned his 2nd victory of the year while kicking out 18 of 21 shots. The Cougars record stands at (4-2-0) after 6 games.

On Saturday the Cougars suffered a 5-1 loss at the hands of The Gulls (6-0-0). The Gulls jumped out to a 2-0 lead after one and 5-0 after 2 periods. Bresson held the score in the 3rd while stopping all 20 shots. Rookie Pilling scored a shorthanded goal to break the shutout with a nice individual effort. O'Neill with an apple. In total Bresson kicked out 41 of 46 shots.

The Cougars will hit the road Nov 7th and 8th for their 3rd road trip in 4 weekends to start the season. They will play the Valley Wildcats (1-5-0) on Saturday, then play the Dartmouth Whalers (3-3-0) on Sunday. They return home Nov 14th and 15th to take on the Halifax Wolverines (3-2-1) for two games.

Nov 2, 2020

Joneljim Cougars suffer their 1st loss of the season to the Rangers 4-2

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The Rangers defeated the Cougars today 4-2 to split the weekend series. The Rangers lead 1-0 after 1 period and increased their lead to 2-0 with 6:17 remaining in the second. Seymour tipped a shot from Landon MacIssac to cut the lead to 2-1 before the end of the period. The Rangers scored 2 goals 57 seconds apart to increase their lead to 4-1 with 12:43 remaining in the game. O'Neill scored a shorthanded goal with 6:36 remaining in the 3rd to cut the lead to 4-2. However the comeback was not meant to be as the game finished with the same score. Stonehouse stopped 22 of 26 shots that came his way.

The Cougars will spend Halloween playing The Gulls next Saturday. They will then travel to Cole Harbour to take on the Storm Sunday morning.  A big thank you to The Rangers Trainer today as well.

Oct 26, 2020

Cougars win their Home Opener 5-2 over the Rangers

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O'Neill scored two late goals to secure the Cougars 3rd win in a row to start the season. Sinclair opened the scoring at 12:06 of the 1st on the power play, while Marshall and Young helped set up the goal. Marshall made the score 2-0 when he jammed in a rebound with 6:09 remaining in the 1st. Sinclair and Pilling picked up the assists. After The Rangers cut the lead to 2-1, Captain Seymour made it 3-1 with Clarke and Brown picking up the apples. The Rangers made it 3-2 when they scored the only goal of the 2nd period on the PP when the Cougars took 5 penalties in a row after being on the PP for 3 in the 1st. In the 3rd the Cougars took another 3 penalties in a row, but the PK and goaltender Bresson played strong to bail them out. O'Neill made it 4-2 when he scored on a one-timer from Reynolds when the puck entered the net after Ranger's goalie, Roach, got a piece of it. O'Neill scored a SH goal into an empty net with :39 remaining on the clock to make the final score 5-2. The Rangers outshot the Cougars 39-23. Bresson kicked out 37 shots for the victory. Both teams are back at it tomorrow, Sun, Oct 25 at 11:15 at the Emera Center.

 

 

Oct 25, 2020