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Season Begins Friday |
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Wednesday, October 16, 2013 |
The new season of the Razzy's Junior C Hockey League gets underway on Friday night when, the defending champion, Tignish Perry's Construction Aces open up against the South Side MacDonald's Excavation / EF MacPhee Lynx at 7:30 in Tignish.
The Aces have moved their primary ice time to Friday night this season at Credit Union arena as they push for a third-straight Island Championship.
The Lynx have 12 players returning from last year including goaltending duo Dylan Garnhum and John Miller. Coaches Mitchell DesRoches, Tyler Doucette and Tyler LaPierre look forward to another strong season from the Crapaud-based team.
On Saturday night, the Lynx will host the Sherwood Falcons at 7:40 in Crapaud. The Falcons will have a young team and will rely on a few veterans for leadership; Owen Wilson, Zack Gould, Jordan Arsenault and Brad Milligan. "We will have to take advantage of our speed and try to capitalize on that," says manager, Robert Maddix. "We will have a few young players who can put the puck in the net and a solid defense which will turn the play to the offensive side with Alex Hughes and Michael Gould".
Elsewhere on Saturday night at the APM Centre, the North River Island Excavators Flames will host the Belfast Surge Energy Sabres at 7:50. The Flames are hoping to be among the league leaders this season with 13 players returning including goalies Taylor Doyle and Kurt Willis. Cameron MacMurdo, Ryan McGuigan, Brad Vukicevic and Lal Hennessey are expected to lead the team offensively, while Logan Leclair, Joseph Ferguson and Curtis Gant anchor the defence.
The Sabres offence will need to come from new sources this year as their top three scorers graduated from junior hockey at the end of last season. The team has also switched their primary home date as they will host most home games on Saturday nights this season.
On Monday night, the Falcons will host the Summerside Source For Sports Capitals at 8:35 at Cody Banks Arena. The Capitals expect to compete with a well-balanced offensive attack and solid defensive play. The goaltending tandem of Jake Perry and Catlin Richard, who won back-to-back provincial midget AA titles with Summerside in 2011 and 2012, will man the pipes. Travis Thibodeau, Ryan MacArthur, and Clark Gallant of the former Tyne Valley Junior C team will be joined by Tyler MacKay to form the nucleus of the defensive core. Tyne Valley's leading scorer from last year, Tyler Peters, will be joined by power forwards Cody Arsenault and Tyler Dexter, while linemates from the midget AA championship team will reunite in Josh Bernard, Matt MacDonald, and Greg Arsenault.
The newly-names Souris Hawks will have to wait until next weekend to get their season started as a result of the late opening of the Eastern Kings Sportsplex. Team manager, Allen Fay, says, "the team consists of many local young players with a solid group of 3rd and 4th year players. We have been lucky to entice three young players from the Marimichi who are attending Holland College to join us. With hard work and solid goaltending we hope to put on a excellent product for the Souris fans."
All seven teams will advance to the playoffs, with the top seed receiving a first-round bye after the 28-game regular season.
The league champion will represent PEI at the Maritime-Hockey North Junior C Championships, in late March in Liverpool, NS.
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