The Belleville Senators lost back-to-back games against the Cleveland Monsters in American Hockey League action this past weekend.
Cleveland shut out the Sens 4-0 on Friday and edged them 2-1 on Saturday with Andrew Agozzino scoring the lone Belleville goal in that defeat.
Belleville has three home games this week at the Quinte Sports & Wellness Centre. The Sens host the Rochester Americans on Wednesday at 7 p.m. and the Toronto Marlies on Friday at 7 p.m. and Saturday at 4 p.m.
…
In junior A action, the Trenton Golden Hawks are the lone remaining undefeated team in the Ontario Junior Hockey League.
The Golden Hawks are 9-0-0-0 following a 6-1 win over the Mississauga Chargers on Friday night.
Nathan Oickle tallied his first two goals of the season while Matthew Cato, with his team-leading ninth goal, Parker Petruniak, Jordan Fuller and Jake Campbell also scored for Trenton.
Trenton led 3-0 after the first period and scored three more times in the third. The Chargers lone goal was scored in the second and was the lone blemish for goaltender Ethan Taylor who made 27 saves in the win for the Golden Hawks.
Dalton Bancroft recorded two assists to add to his team-leading total of 14 helpers and 19 points.
Meanwhile, on Saturday, two goals in the third period by Oliver Tarr lifted the Haliburton Huskies to a 3-2 win over the Wellington Dukes in Minden.
It was the fourth straight loss for the Dukes, which opened the scoring on Harrison Ballard’s goal 7:30 into the contest. Lucas Stevenson replied for the Huskies with just 12 seconds left in the first.
Tarr put the Huskies in front 2-1 at the 3:32 mark of the third before Wellington’s Barret Joynt evened the score at 13:35. Tarr’s winning goal was scored with just under five minutes remaining in regulation time.
OJHL teams are now competing Monday through Wednesday at the league’s Governors’ Showcase in Cobourg.
Wellington (3-5-0-1) will face the Toronto Patriots (3-7-0-1) on Monday at 4:30 p.m. and the Toronto Jr. Canadiens (7-2-1-0) on Wednesday at 12 p.m.
Trenton’s games are scheduled for Tuesday at 10:30 a.m. against the Jr. Canadiens and Wednesday at 1:30 p.m. against the St. Michael’s Buzzers (4-4-0-0).
…
In junior C action, the Napanee Raiders improved to 8-0-0-0 and lead the entire Provincial Junior Hockey League with 16 points following wins over the Picton Pirates and Port Hope Panthers.
Friday night at home, the Raiders doubled up the Pirates 4-2 in a battle between the top two teams in the PJHL’s Tod Division.
Soren Zamuner had a goal and two assists, including the second-period marker that stood up as the game-winner. Chris Edwards, Isaac Brown and Beckett Palmer-Stephen also scored for Napanee.
Jack Dow and Nate Boomhower replied for the Pirates.
Napanee extended its undefeated streak Saturday night with a 3-0 win over the Panthers in Port Hope. Matthew Poole and Matthew Sheehy scored second-period goals and Ben Carter added one more in the third while goaltender Mitchell Brown made 30 saves to record the shutout.
This Friday, the Raiders will host the Campbellford Rebels (3-4-0-0). Game time is 7:30 p.m. at the Strathcona Paper Centre. On Saturday, the Raiders will head to Frankford for a 7:50 p.m. match-up against the expansion Huskies (0-6-1-0).
The Huskies earned their first point of the season on Saturday with a 3-2 overtime loss against the Rebels.
Dryden Minifie scored twice, including the overtime winner 32 seconds into the extra frame, for the Rebels. The 19-year-old tallied his first goal at 16:03 of the third period to put the Rebels up 2-1 before Dylan Foster answered back just under two minutes later for the Huskies, which trailed twice in the contest.
Josh Sainthill, with his fourth goal of the season, opened the scoring for Campbellford on a power play 4:43 into the first period. Sawkins, assisted by Carter Musclow, tied the game 1-1 with his goal just 47 seconds into the second period.
Frankford outshot Campbellford 34-29, but Rebels goaltender Cameron Hansen earned first-star recognition after making 32 saves to record his first victory.
The Huskies will host Port Hope on Monday at 7:50 p.m.
On Sunday night, the host Amherstview Jets earned a 4-1 victory over Picton. Both clubs now have four wins in the early going of the PJHL season.
Amherstview led 1-0 after the first period before Reese Hancock scored for the Pirates 8:07 into the second. The Jets replied 57 seconds later and then pulled away for the win in the third.
The Pirates (4-3-0-0) and Jets (4-2-0-0) will meet again Thursday night Picton. Game time is 7:30 p.m.
…
In senior A action, William Lamoureux scored a hat trick as the Deseronto Bulldogs won their first game of the Eastern Ontario Super Hockey League, defeating the visiting West Carleton Rivermen 8-4 on Saturday.
Deseronto led 4-1 after the first period and 6-2 after the second.
In addition to Lamouruex’s three goals, Cullen Hinds scored twice for the Bulldogs and Joey Mayer, Ethan Coens and Brodie Butt had single markers. Goaltender Graeme Gemmill was named the game’s first star as he made 48 saves in recording the victory for Deseronto.
On Sunday, the Tweed Oil Kings scored six times in the third period en route to a 10-8 win over the visiting Cornwall Prowlers.
After the Oil Kings led 2-0 after the first period and 4-3 at the end of two, the two teams combined for 11 goals in the final frame.
Darren Doherty led the way for Tweed with three goals and one assist while Jesse Douglas also had a four-point game with a goal and three assists.
Also scoring for the Oil Kings were Cody Warren, with two, Murray Free, Devin McCann, Andrew Rhynold and Zack Elson.
There will be a local EOSHL match-up the next time Deseronto and Tweed play their next games. The Bulldogs (1-3-0-0) will host the Oil Kings (3-1-0-0) on Saturday, Nov. 6. Game time is 6:30 p.m. at the Deseronto Community Recreation Centre.