Richmond Royals Start November By Winning Two of Three
The Richmond Royals ended the weekend tied for first place in the Eastern Ontario Junior Hockey League’s Richardson Division after winning two of their first three games in November.
On Sunday, Nov. 3 in Richmond, the Royals hosted the Glengarry Bridgade and skated to a 5-3 win.
The Royals scored three power play goals in the contest with Mathew Thompson, Theo Avila and Dylan Rorwick netting goals with a man advantage. Defenceman Simon Yang scored his first of the year with a second period even-strength goal, and Rorwick added an empty netter.
Rorwick, Gage Bujold, Tyler Hames, Nicholas Milbury, Adam Reinisch, Brandon Reinish and Jacob Warnes all had assists.
Cole King made 35 saves for the win.
On Fri., Nov. 8, The Royals visited the Embrun Panthers and earned a nail biting 2-1 shootout win in a goaltending battle between Cole King and Embrun’s Tristan Trudel.
For more than 59 minutes, the game remained scoreless. Richmond scored what they thought would be the winner when Dylan Rorwick netted his league-leading 18th goal of the season from Brandon Reinisch and Tayler Hames.
The lead last only five seconds, as Embrun’s Xavier Boulanger took the puck off the ensuing face off and scored.
After a five-minute overtime, the teams went to a shootout. Richmond’s Theo Avila was the only one of the six shooters to find the back of the net, as he scored the winner for the Royals.
On Sunday, the Royals hosted the Perth Blue Wings and lost 5-3.
Tyler Hames scored a power play goal in the first period for the Royals with Brandon Reinisch and Theo Avila earning assists.
The Blue Wings scored three power play goals and held a 4-1 win in the third period. Connor Platt scored an unassisted goal for the Royals and Connor Buffam added one from Brandon and Adam Reinisch, but the comeback fell short.
Ethan Dinsdale made 43 saves for the Royals.
The Royals host the Embrun Panthers Sun., Nov. 17 at 1:20 p.m.
Featured Image: Richmond defenders try to clear the puck in front of goalie Ethan Dinsdale during their 5-1 Junior B win over the Ottawa West Golden Knights Oct. 27.
