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RAIDERS | Six games left CONTINUED FROM PAGE 19 Though they’ve had some struggles of late, the Raiders have compensated by beating up on the Jets when they had to in order to keep their second place lead safe. Tuesday’s game marked the final regular season meeting for these two rivals which Napanee won quite decidedly by a count of 5-1-2. That bodes well for the Raiders who will face the Jets in the opening round of the Empire B League Junior C playoffs next month. However come the post season, regular season records mean nothing. “They’re a good team and they can score a lot of goals,” Hartwick said of the Jets, noting that they’ll be a tough playoff opponent. The Port Hope Panthers continue to cruise to the top seed with a 27-4 record and 54 points with nine still left to play. The only thing
resembling a race down the stretch is the fourth place Islanders and the fifth place Campbellford Rebels. The 10-20-3 Islanders are clinging to the final playoff seed with 23 points, five more than the 8-23-1 Rebels. The Pirates sit last with 15 points at 7-23-1. With their playoff ticket already punched Hartwick says the team remains focused on shoring up every detail as they prepare for the playoffs. “Just making the right plays,” the coach says of what he’d like to see over the final half-dozen games. “We have a system with what we believe fundamentally as a team and that’s what I want to see. I don’t want to see them sway from that regardless of scores.” Napanee will head to Campbellford this Saturday and then return home Tuesday night to host the Panthers for a 7:30 p.m. puck drop.
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n Saturday night the Napanee Peewee AE Stars played a strong team game, skating to their second 5-2 victory in the series against the Ennismore Eagles. Braden Bannon opened the scoring with the only goal of the first. The second period saw the Stars outscore the Eagles 2-1 for a 3-1 lead after two periods. Scoring in the second period were Austin Catena with assists going to Scott Collard and Bannon. Also scoring was Collard (the eventual game winning goal) with Gavin Goodfellow and Ben Huyck assisting. The third period would ultimately see the Stars outscore the Eagles 2–1 again. Scoring was Bannon (with his second of the game) while Jake Reid and Ethan Martin drew the assists. Oronathye Green put an end to the scoring with an unassisted empty net goal with 40 seconds left in the game. Nathaniel Cinnamon played a strong game between the pipes to help his team earn the second win. On Sunday, with a chance to close out the series the Stars came out flat struggling to find the back of the net with the ease they had in the first two games. The Eagles jumped on the Stars scoring twice in the first five minutes. The boys would finally respond when Johnny Hearns scored with Bailey Cook-Martin
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Kiel Benton (front) of the Napanee Midget BB Stars skates past a PEC Kings defender during Sunday evening’s game at the SPC. The Stars won the game 3-0 to take a 1-0 series lead in the opening playoff round. drawing the only assist. Dawson Wales tied the game with 13 seconds remaining in the first. The teams played a scoreless second period. In the third period some undisciplined play lead to Stars being shorthanded for eight min-
utes and the Eagles scored the game winner on the power play. The Stars pushed for the equalizer pulling their goalie with 1:30 to go, but surrendered an empty netter with 50 seconds left on the clock. Jacob East went the dis-
Election of Officers Call for Nominations
As per Article 7 of the Constitution for the Napanee & District Minor Hockey Association, please be advised that a meeting for the Election of Officers is set for:
Monday, February 8, 2016 at 6:30pm
at the Strathcona Paper Centre
Nominations for all positions must be filed (by email or hand delivered) with the Secretary no later than Monday, February 1, 2016.
NO NOMINATIONS WILL BE ACCEPTED AFTER THIS DATE. The nominee will be contacted to ensure acceptance of their nomination.
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tance in net. Game 4 goes Friday night in Ennismore at 7:30 p.m. n The Atom AE Stars took a commanding 2-0 series lead over the Ennismore Eagles, winning in dominating fashion. On the road Saturday they earned a 13-3 victory and then followed that up with an 11-3 victory at the SPC. n The Atom BB Stars blanked the Stirling Blues 8-0 at home on Sunday to jump out to the early 1-0 series advantage. n The Peewee BBs are also facing a Stirling squad, and they too hold a 1-0 edge in the series. They earned a 41 victory at home on Sunday evening. n The Midget BBs got off to a strong start in their series, blanking the PEC Kings 3-0 on Sunday night. They’ll play a home-andhome this weekend.
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