First Place Royals Win Two of Three
The Richmond Royals won two out of three games last week to improve their Eastern Ontario Junior Hockey League record to 10-2-0, good for first place in the Junior B circuit’s Richardson Division.
On Fri., Oct. 20 in Winchester, the Royals scored twice in the third period to beat the Winchester Hawks 4-3.
The Royals opened the scoring in the first period when Drew Russett scored from Cameron Donaldson and Jackson Dallaire.
The Hawks took a 3-2 lead in the second as Evan Houle, Daniel Beauchemin and William Labrosse scored while Dylan Rorwick replied with a goal for the Royals from Mayson Sam and Remo Marcantonio.
In the third period, Tyler Hames tied things up with a goal from Dallaire and Simon Yang. With 5:39 left to play, Tyler Cutts scored the winner from Yang. The Royals killed off two penalties in the final five minutes, including a two-man advantage for the Hawks.
Richmond goalie Sam Nolan stopped 40 of 43 shots for the win.
On Sun., Oct. 21, the Royals were at home and posted a 4-1 win over the Alexandria Glens.
After a scoreless first period, Dylan Rorwick opened the scoring with an unassisted shorthanded goal.
Dante DeSanctis tied the score with an unassisted goal for the Glens.
Danny Marsden put the Royals ahead 2-1 with a goal from Rorwick and Christian White at the 10 minute mark of the second. Tyler Hames then scored a power play goal from Drew Russett and Christian White to make the score 3-1.
In the third period, Marsden iced the game with his second of the game from Reid Johnston and Drew Russett.
Braxton Bennett was the winning goalie for the Royals.
On Tues., Oct. 23, the Royals suffered their second loss of the season as the Ottawa Junior Canadians earned a 5-3 win.
The Royals got off to a quick start with Mayson Sam scoring an unassisted goal 50 seconds into the game and then Christian White scoring from Tyler Hames and Dylan Rorwick. The Canadians got one back when Dylan Turcotte scored an unassisted goal.
In the second period, the Canadians tied the score at 3-3 as Giovannie Utano and Dylan Turcotte scored. Danny Marsden replied for the Royals with a goal from Cameron Donaldson and Remo Marcantonio.
In the third period, the Canadians took a 4-3 lead on Daniel Kyte’s goal at the 1:26 mark. The Royals took three straight penalties after the 10-minute mark, limiting their chances to tie the game. Jack Chiarello scored an insurance goal for the Canadians with 27 seconds remaining to make the final 5-3 for the Junior Canadians.
Braxton Bennett stopped 19 of 20 shots for the win.
The Royals are at home Sun., Oct. 29 against the Perth Blue Wings and again on Sun., Nov. 5 as they host the Char-Lan Rebels.
Featured image – Traffic was heavy in front of Alexandria Glens goalie Cohen Lesperance-Spack in the third period of their Junior B hockey game in Richmond last Sunday. (Manotick Messenger/RichmondHub photo)
