GUSTO HEAT: 9 CHAMPIONS HOUNDS: 2

LORD BEAVERBROOK ARENA (MIRAMICHI) — Gusto Heat struck early and often, building a 7-1 first-period lead and cruising to a 9-2 win over the Champions Hounds. Liam Kilfoil paced the offence with three goals, while James Stevens and Cliff McLean each scored twice, with Stevens also in on several other tallies. Ryan Branch added a goal and three assists, and Andrew Barter chipped in two markers as the Heat kept the pressure on into the third. Jett Augustine scored both Hounds goals, with his first coming at 8:44 of the opening period. The Hounds (0-2-0) kept battling, while the Heat (1-1-0) earned the win.

GUSTO KNIGHTS: 7 RIVERBANDITS: 0

LORD BEAVERBROOK ARENA (MIRAMICHI) — The Gusto Knights rolled to a 7-0 win over the Riverbandits after building a 5-0 lead in the first period and adding three more in the second. Brody Macdonald paced the offence with five goals, while Annie Lazzari added two goals and three assists. Lawlor O’Brien chipped in a goal and three helpers, and Alex Doyle and Jacob Logan also found the net as the Knights kept pressure on through three periods. The Riverbandits (1-1-0) stayed competitive and worked for chances throughout, but couldn’t solve the Knights (2-0-0).

JETS: 5 GUSTO HEAT: 3

LORD BEAVERBROOK ARENA (MIRAMICHI) — The Jets jumped out early with three first-period goals from Mason Tucker and Theodore Hepditch (2), then held off a push from the Gusto Heat to earn a 5-3 win. Harrison Aylward added two goals, including an insurance marker at 2:00 of the third, while Jack Rushton chipped in a pair of assists. The Heat answered late in the first and kept coming in the second as Ryan Branch, James Stevens and Soren Crowell scored for the Gusto Heat (1-1-0), but couldn’t complete the comeback against the Jets (1-1-0).

RIVERBANDITS: 8 CHAMPIONS HOUNDS: 1

LORD BEAVERBROOK ARENA (MIRAMICHI) — The Riverbandits jumped out to a three-goal first period and kept rolling with four more in the second on the way to a 8-1 win. Ben Gaudet scored twice and added a pair of helpers, while Brady Manuel and Lucas Woodman each buried two. Bennett Russell chipped in a goal and three assists, and Owen Sippley also found the net as the Riverbandits pulled away early. The Champions Hounds pushed to the final buzzer and were rewarded late in the third when Nicholas Black finished a play from Jett Augustine and Wyatt Beaumaster for the Champions Hounds (0-2-0), while the Riverbandits (1-1-0) closed out the victory.

FLYERS: 4 SHARKS: 0

CREDIT UNION PLACE (SUMMERSIDE) — The Flyers built a steady lead and closed out a 4-0 win over the Sharks on Saturday. Asher McCormick opened the scoring at 8:41 of the first period, with Cash Rickard picking up the assist. Tejashwin Mithun made it 2-0 late in the second, finishing a play started by Jaxon Chase and Grayden Price. In the third, Myles Hall (Chase, Cole Mundle) and Daxtin Murray (Samuel Arbeau, Aiden Lamkey) added insurance. The Sharks (0-2-0) kept pushing, but couldn’t find a breakthrough against the Flyers (1-1-0).

GUSTO KNIGHTS: 4 JETS: 2

LORD BEAVERBROOK ARENA (MIRAMICHI) — Jacob Matson opened the scoring at 9:22 of the first period, finishing a play from Harrison Aylward and Mason Tucker as the Jets built an early edge. The Gusto Knights answered with a strong middle frame, getting goals 23 seconds apart from Brody MacDonald and Clarke Webb to take the lead. Tucker pulled the Jets back even early in the third, but the Knights regrouped and closed it out with late markers from Webb and Noah Cloney. The Jets (1-1-0) kept pushing, while the Knights (2-0-0) stayed perfect.

WHALERS: 5 FLYERS: 3

CREDIT UNION PLACE (SUMMERSIDE) — Thomas Hamill opened the scoring at 10:00 of the first period, and the Whalers answered a big second-period push to earn a 5-3 win over the Flyers. Samuel Arbeau scored twice for the Flyers, with Myles Hall adding another as the game swung back and forth in the middle frame. Hamill finished with two goals, while Nate MacKinnon drove the offence with two goals and three assists, including helpers on Ronan Baglole’s marker and the late insurance tally. The Flyers (1-1-0) kept pressing, but the Whalers (2-0-0) closed it out.

WHALERS: 3 SHARKS: 1

CREDIT UNION PLACE (SUMMERSIDE) — The Sharks struck first early in the second period when Kent Maynard finished an Axel MacLeod feed to make it 1-0. The Whalers answered back with a pair in the middle frame, as Nate Mackinnon (from Thomas Hamill and Benjamin Doyle) tied it before Ronan Baglole converted a setup from Norris Kirst and Oliver MacDonald to put them ahead. Mackinnon added his second of the day at 8:45 of the third to seal it. Maynard’s marker stood as the lone Sharks (0-2-0) highlight as the Whalers (2-0-0) stayed perfect.

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