Paris Titans in final stretch of regular season action

Paris Titans Report with George Le Gresley

The Titans have 11 games left in the 2013-4 PJHL hockey season and it is imperative that they use those games to sort things out for a playoff run Four of those 11 games come against the Doherty division leaders, the New Hamburg Firebirds and the Woodstock Navy Vets. February 2 started off with a visit to New Hamburg where they fell to the Firebirds 7-4.

The next night at home, the Woodstock Navy Vets visited the Brant Sports Complex. In the first period the Titans played well, only having to successfully kill one penalty and ending the period all tied up at 0-0. Assistant captain and Titans defenseman Owen Switzer, impressed as he used his size to lay out some punishing body checks to the New Hamburg squad.

The second period mirrored the opening period, until the Titans took a penalty and Woodstock scored a quick power play goal to take the lead, followed by another goal 6 minutes later to end the second period with the Titans trailing 2-0.

Early in the third period, the Firebirds scored another to take a 3-0 lead, while the Titans took 3 two-minute minor penalties that they successfully killed. Paris pulled goalie Ryan Burroughs with just over a minute to play in the 3rd period, but New Hamburg scored an empty netter for a 4-0 win.

Next up is a home game tonight at the Brant Sports Complex, with the Tavistock Braves coming to town for a 7:30 puck drop

We would like to send our condolences to Todd Wood and his family on the recent loss of his mother Kathy Cummings. Kathy was known to be at most Mounties games and in her own way giving “constructive” criticism to all the Mounties staff in her unique way. She will be missed by many in Brant.