Mounties win in overtime thriller

The Paris Mounties picked up their second win of the season with an overtime thriller against Tavistock last Saturday in front of a hometown crowd. See additional photos on pages 18-19.

Your Paris Mounties Report

With George Le Gresley

The fourth place Tavistock Braves visited the Brant Sports Complex to face your Paris Mounties last Saturday. With a roster showing signs of improvement, the Mounties took the first period lead with a goal by Xavier Moura and assisted by Grant Eastwood and Ryan O’Keefe. Tavistock scored three unanswered goals in the second period and took a 3-1 lead. The only entertaining event on the ice for Paris, other than the Under 8 Wolfpack intermission game, was when a Tavistock player came onto the ice and challenged Ryan O’Keefe to a fight. Unfortunately for the Tavi player, Ryan may look like Clark Kent but handled himself like Ali, giving the Mounties bench and the fans an emotional lift.

Mounties Will Curwen opened the third period scoring with an unassisted power play goal to trail Tavistock 3-2. The tying goal came with just over a minute left in regulation when Josh Schell assisted on Grant Eastwood’s goal. Overtime lasted only 39 seconds on Xavier Mouras’ second goal of the night.

The Mounties have two home games starting tonight against the Hespeler Shamrocks and on Monday, January 30 against the Woodstock Navy Vets Both home games have a 7:30 p m puck drop.

Top left, Grant Eastwood celebrates after he scores the tying goal with only a minute left in regulation play to send the game into overtime. Top right, Xavier Moura scored Paris’ game winning goal only 39 seconds into overtime. Paris’ offense was all over the fourth-placed Tavistock Braves. Pictured left is Ty Wetzel. Bottom left, Paris’ Ryan O’Keefe in a fight with a Tavistock player during the second period. Bottom right, Mounties goalie Scott Rodrigue faced 47 shots in net.

Photos by Michelle Malvaso

U8 Wolfpack team scrimmages during Mounties intermission

Young players meet the Mounties, get autographs and entertain the hometown fans

The U8 Wolfpack Team 1 got to skate with the big guys last Saturday and they were very excited to put on a show for the hometown crowd! Pictured above is the under 8 players meeting the Mounties before the game (photo credit Mike Heintzman). Top right are Lincoln Pynenburg and Ben Turnbull; to the right is Jack Ferren taking a shot, blocked by Parker Sevigny and Brennan Deane; bottom left is Nathan Blake and Parker Sevigny and bottom right is Luci Corbett and Emerson Kneale. Read about this team’s most recent game on Page 19! Photos by Michelle Malvaso