Three losses in four nights for Royals
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By Jeff Morris
Manotick Messenger
The February blahs reached a new level for the Richmond Royals Sunday.
The Royals played their final Central Canada Hockey League Tier 2 junior hockey home game of the season Sunday at the Richmond Memorial Community Centre. The Royals lost their seventh straight game, falling 6-2 to the Ottawa West Golden Knights.
The Royals have not won since beating Alexandria 5-1 on Sun., Feb. 2. The Royals have a 1-7-1 record in nine games this month. The loss to the Golden Knights was their third loss in four nights after they dropped games to Perth on consecutive nights.
On Sunday, Royals goalie Josh Lacelle faced 63 shots and made 57 saves. The Golden Knights outshot the Royals 63-26, scoring twice in each period.
The Royals shot out of the gate with a pair of quick goals by Adam Goodfellow. He scored from Noah Dioszeghy and Ethan Greene just 58 seconds into the game, and then scored his second from Greene and Ethan Guy just 70 seconds later.
But after that, it was all Golden Knights. Geronimo Whiteduck and Clay Byers scored to tie the score at 2-2 in the first. Sean Kearns and Keon Troccoli scored in the second, and Stef Mellios and Noah Haymes scored in the third.
Friday night in Perth, the Royals were downed 4-1 by the Blue Wings.
Captain Patrick Yates scored the lone goal for Richmond, with Goodfellow and Ryan Mann picking up the assists. Trent Harris scored twice for the Blue Wings with Dylan MacTavish and Jordan Currie each scoring once.
The teams had also played Thursday night at TD Place, with the Blue Wings earning a 6-3 win.
Adam Goodfellow opened the scoring in the first period, giving the Royals a 1-0 lead on a power play goal from Curran Gilmour and Ryan Mann.
Richmond native Carson Kazda scored against his hometown team for Perth in the second, but Ryan Williams countered with a goal for the Royals from Cameron Mulholland and Ethan Greene. Alex Newell and Trent Harris scored for Perth to give the Blue Wings a 3-2 lead at the second intermission.
In the third, Harris, Mack Miller and Matt Berry all scored for Perth while Ryan Williams countered with one for Richmond to make the final score 6-3.
The Royals close out the 2019-20 season Wednesday when they visit the Embrun Panthers.
