NS PANTHERS: 4 PEI WHALERS: 3

GREENFOOT – C — The NS Panthers built a two-goal cushion in the second period and held on for a 4-3 win over the PEI Whalers on Thursday. Oscar Joyce led the way with a hat trick, striking twice in a 46-second span in the middle frame before adding another at 5:37 of the third, with Oscar Ruiz setting him up. Ruiz also scored at 9:12 as the Panthers stretched the lead.

CHAMPIONS RIVERBANDITS: 6 CB HAWKS: 4

RBC – C — The CHAMPIONS RIVERBANDITS held the edge throughout and closed out a 6-4 win over the CB HAWKS. Ben Connors scored twice for the Riverbandits, while Luke Carter added two in the third period, including the late marker at 00:49 to seal it. Bennett Russell opened the scoring at 10:09 of the first, with Zach Wormell and Brady Manuel both picking up two assists. Beckett MacLellan paced the Hawks with two goals and an assist, and Reece Bagnell and Chase Campbell also found the net for the Hawks (2-2-1). Drew Doherty chipped in a goal and an assist as the Riverbandits (3-1-1) improved to 6-4.

GUSTO KNIGHTS: 7 NS BARRACUDAS: 0

DALHOUSIE — The Gusto Knights rolled to a 7-0 win after striking twice in the opening frame, with Brody MacDonald (1G, 1A) opening the scoring before Chase Spinny made it 2-0 late in the period. Nate Adair led the surge with a pair of goals, while Annie Lazzari chipped in a goal and two assists as the Knights added four more in the second. Noah Totten and Alex Doyle rounded out the scoring, and Issac Totten earned the shutout. Coach NS Barracudas’ NS Barracudas (0-5-0) kept working to generate chances, while the Knights (5-0-0) stayed perfect.

NS PANTHERS: 3 CHAMPIONS RIVERBANDITS: 3

SACKVILLE SS — Luke Carter and Thomas Murphy struck in the first period as the CHAMPIONS RIVERBANDITS opened a 2-0 lead. The NS PANTHERS pushed back in the second, getting a hat trick from Oscar Joyce, including the tying marker with 0:27 left in the frame, with Brody Board and Oscar Ruiz helping set up the response. Carter’s second of the game at 8:19 of the third period pulled the Riverbandits (3-1-1) even, closing out a 3-3 draw with the Panthers (2-2-1).

NL IMPACT: 4 NS BARRACUDAS: 2

DALHOUSIE — NL Impact pulled away late for a 4-2 win over the NS Barracudas. NS jumped ahead early as Drew Martin (Cameron Zappia, Luke Ellis) and Levi Blunden scored in the first, sending the Barracudas into the break up 2-1. Impact answered in the second on Blake Janes’ tying goal, set up by Kyle Freake, before Hunter Philpott (Connor Mugford) and Janes struck in the third to seal it. Martin and Blunden provided the offence for the NS Barracudas (0-5-0), while Philpott and Janes scored twice apiece for the NL Impact (3-1-1).

NL IMPACT: 3 NS JAGUARS: 0

RBC – B — NL IMPACT struck three times in the second period to earn a 3-0 win over the NS JAGUARS. Hunter Philpott opened the scoring at 7:25, followed by Blake Janes’ marker from Kyle Freake and Emerson Goulding at 5:02, before Freake added another at 2:43. Goalie Liam Stuckless turned aside everything he faced to secure the shutout. The Jaguars stayed competitive through a scoreless first period and kept working for chances behind Lindsay Warner, but couldn’t find a way through late, as the Jaguars (1-4-1) were edged by the Impact (3-1-1).

NS PANTHERS: 6 NS BARRACUDAS: 2

RBC – B — NS PANTHERS jumped out early and carried the pace to a 6-2 tournament win over NS BARRACUDAS. Oscar Joyce (from Oscar Ruiz) opened the scoring at 8:40 of the first period, and Ruiz (from Joyce) made it 2-0 before the break. Leo Kenney, set up by Mason Morash and Ostin Robinson, added the lone second-period goal. In the third, Morash and Kenney struck again, with Declan Dedrick finishing late. Mason Fowler and Bowen Faulkner answered for the Barracudas (0-5-0), while the Panthers (2-2-1) closed it out.

PEI WHALERS: 10 NS WOLVES: 4

COLE HARBOR PLACE — The PEI WHALERS pulled away with a five-goal third period to earn a 10-4 tournament win over the NS WOLVES after the teams were tied 3-3 following the opening frame. Norris Kirst and Thomas Hamill each recorded hat tricks for the Whalers, while Nate MacKinnon added three goals of his own. Mack Sentner chipped in a goal and two assists, with Finn McCarthy picking up a pair of helpers. Keaton Roycroft scored twice and Holden Rhynold added a goal and an assist for the Wolves (2-3-0). Coach Jeff Bagloe’s Whalers (2-2-1) found their finishing touch late to seal it.

GUSTO KNIGHTS: 5 CB HAWKS: 2

GREENFOOT – A — The GUSTO KNIGHTS built an early edge and carried it through for a 5-2 win over the CB HAWKS. Noah Cloney opened the scoring at 9:31 of the first, then set up Lachlan Damon’s goal at 4:55 as the Knights took control. Damon added two assists as Alex Doyle (1-1) and Brody MacDonald scored 32 seconds apart late in the second. CB HAWKS got a spark from Reece Bagnell’s first-period marker and Mark Phalen’s goal at 1:54 of the second, before Clarke Webb added insurance in the third for the GUSTO KNIGHTS (5-0-0). CB HAWKS (2-2-1) kept pushing to the final buzzer.

GUSTO KNIGHTS: 7 NS WOLVES: 0

EAST HANTS – B — The Gusto Knights rolled to a 7-0 win over the NS Wolves behind a steady scoring pace in every period. Annie Lazzari opened the scoring at 9:48 of the first, set up by Nate Adair, and Liam Tibbits made it 2-0 before the break. Brody MacDonald and Lachlan Damon (2) struck two quick ones early in the second, and the Knights pulled away in the third with goals from Damon, Noah Cloney and Blake Mills. Issac Totten earned the shutout as the Wolves (2-3-0) kept competing, while the Knights (5-0-0) stayed perfect.

PEI WHALERS: 5 NS JAGUARS: 1

EAST HANTS – B — Nate MacKinnon opened the scoring at 9:41 of the first period, and PEI carried that momentum to a 5-1 win over the NS JAGUARS. Oliver Bracegirdle answered at 7:43, finishing a play set up by Ethan Hubley and Logan Pongoski to make it 1-1 after one for the Jaguars (1-4-1). MacKinnon’s second put the Whalers back in front in the second, before Blake Richardson struck twice in the third and Oliver MacDonald added insurance. Ronan Baglole and Norris Kirst each had two assists for the Whalers (2-2-1).

CB HAWKS: 8 NL IMPACT: 2

GREENFOOT – A — The CB HAWKS surged to an 8-2 tournament win over NL IMPACT after building a 2-0 lead in the first period and stretching it with four more goals in the second. Griffin Rochester scored three times to lead the Hawks, while Ian Markotich and Sam Joseph added two goals apiece and Devon Penny chipped in the other marker. The Impact answered with a pair in the middle frame, with Ryder Leyte converting Kyle Freake and Nate Brophy’s setup and Noah Cooper finishing a play from Emerson Goulding and Blake Janes for NL IMPACT (3-1-1), while Mark Phalen’s four assists helped drive the CB HAWKS (2-2-1).

NS WOLVES: 4 CHAMPIONS RIVERBANDITS: 2

RBC – A — Holden Rhynold opened the scoring at 4:08 of the first period as the NS WOLVES built an early edge. Mason O’Leary added to the lead at 9:24 of the second before Luke Carter got the CHAMPIONS RIVERBANDITS on the board at 3:13 to keep things tight heading into the third. Easton Mullin tied it at 8:37, but Grayson Archibald answered with two goals in the final stretch, including one with 31 seconds left, to lift the Wolves (2-3-0) past the Riverbandits (3-1-1).

NL IMPACT: 1 PEI WHALERS: 1

SMB – FOUNTAIN — Kyle Freake struck at 1:00 of the second period to open the scoring for NL Impact, and the teams stayed locked in a tight battle the rest of the way. PEI Whalers answered in the third when Nate Mackinnon tied it at 6:36 to force a 1-1 final. With no further scoring, it was a composed effort at both ends, with Toby Laporte and Liam Stuckless each allowing just one goal. The Whalers (2-2-1) showed plenty of push late, while the Impact (3-1-1) stayed steady to close out the draw.

NS JAGUARS: 3 CB HAWKS: 3

SMB – SMITH — Ethan Hubley opened the scoring at 9:49 of the first period, and Beau Dingwell added another soon after as the NS Jaguars built an early edge. CB Hawks answered late in the frame on Sam Joseph’s goal, then tied it in the second when Mark Phalen finished a Chase Campbell setup. Ryder Morrison’s early third-period marker, assisted by Beckett MacLellan, put the Hawks back in front before Benjamin Sheridan’s late equalizer lifted the Jaguars (1-4-1) into a 3-3 tie with the Hawks (2-2-1).

CHAMPIONS RIVERBANDITS: 2 NS PANTHERS: 1

RBC – D — Luke Carter’s goal with seven seconds left in regulation forced overtime, and Easton Mullin ended it at 00:31 as the CHAMPIONS RIVERBANDITS earned a 2-1 win. The NS PANTHERS had pushed in front earlier in the third when Phillip Bird converted a feed from Edison Wentzell and Oscar Ruiz. Both teams traded chances in a tight finish, with Malaka Greenlaw and Ethan Bolivar holding firm in goal. The Panthers (2-2-1) showed plenty of compete, while Coach River Bandits’ Riverbandits (3-1-1) capped the comeback with the extra-point.

NL IMPACT: 7 NS WOLVES: 6

SMB – FOUNTAIN (D2 GOLD 6 VS 5) — NL Impact and the NS Wolves traded chances in a wide-open 7-6 overtime finish. Blake Janes and Noah Cooper scored twice for the Impact, while Hunter Philpott’s second of the game was the overtime winner at 8:10 of the extra frame. Kyle Freake added a goal and set up three others as the Impact surged ahead in the second. The Wolves answered with a big third period, led by Payton Mahoney’s two goals and Holden Rhynold’s two-goal effort, forcing overtime after tying it late. The Wolves (2-3-0) pushed it to the end, but the Impact (3-1-1) found the final touch.

GUSTO KNIGHTS: 4 PEI WHALERS: 2

SMB – SMITH (D1 GOLD 2 VS 1) — The Gusto Knights built early momentum and held on for a 4-2 win over the PEI Whalers. Liam Tibbits opened the scoring at 9:51 of the first, and Nate Adair added another late in the frame after Norris Kirst replied for the Whalers, with help from Ronan Baglole. The Knights pulled away in the second on goals by Noah Cloney (assisted by Tibbits and Alex Doyle) and Brody MacDonald (from Jacob Logan). Blake Richardson’s third-period marker, set up by Thomas Oatway and Samuel Vaughan, capped a strong push from the Whalers (2-2-1). Coach Jason Webb’s Knights (5-0-0) stayed perfect.

CB HAWKS: 5 NS JAGUARS: 4

GREENFOOT – A (D2 Bronze Semi Winner vs 7) — CB HAWKS and NS JAGUARS traded chances in a back-and-forth 5-4 decision. Coach Jaguars’ NS JAGUARS struck first with goals from Ethan Hubley and Logan Pongoski, then carried a 2-1 lead into the third after Griffin Rochester’s late second-period marker. The final frame swung repeatedly as Reece Bagnell and Brady Carew responded for the Hawks, while Pongoski and Jonas Peters pushed back for the Jaguars (1-4-1). Angus McDiarmid’s goal at 2:20 proved to be the difference for the Hawks (2-2-1).

* This roundup was generated automatically using Atlantic Hockey Group‘s game data.