The Mister Transmission Orillia Jr. B Kings ended their season with a split in their final two games as they concluded the regular season with an 8-12 record.
After losing to the West Durham Ironheads 9-6 on Saturday night, the Kings rebounded to beat the Brampton Excelsiors 10-8 on Monday night.
The Kings were tied 3-3 with West Durham after the first period on Saturday, but after getting outscored 6-3 in the final two frames the Kings were left looking at a loss.
Jesse Ashkewe and Alex May lead the way on the scoresheet with a pair of goals each while Colsen Maracle and Byrcen Murray each notched singles. Murray picked up a pair of assists while singles went to Zach Clarke, Noah Quarrington, Jack Marwick, Gabe Neely, Sam Neely, Jake Curran and Carson Thayer.
The Monday night matchup saw a whole host of Kings hit the score sheet in the win over Brampton which is a good sign as they head into a very tough first round of the playoffs.
Captain Noah Quarrintgon found the net with a pair of backhands, Ashkewe scored two and Trent Tibbet (Dapper Depot player of the game) scored a beauty, cutting through the middle on a pass from Gabe Neely and picked up an empty netter to seal the deal for the Kings. Gabe Neely, Sam Neely, Jake Curran and Brycen Murray potted singles.
Assists went to May (3), Gabe Neely (3), Sam Neely (3) and Maracle (2), while Hayden Goldthorp, Ethan Marwick, Carson Thayer and goaltender Quinton Greenfield picked up singles.
This week, the Kings are busy practising and preparing for a first-round matchup against Nepean, the reigning Founders' Cup champions. The schedule for the best-of-five series is as follows:
- June 24 - 7 p.m. in Nepean
- June 25 - 2 p.m. in Nepean
- June 30 - 8 p.m. at Rotary Place
- July 1 - 2 p.m. at Rotary Place (if needed)
- July 2 - 2 p.m. at Rotary Place (if needed)
Kings Notes:
- The owners and staff of Mister Transmission wish to thank the Orillia Jr. B Kings for a very entertaining season and wish them luck going into the first round of the playoffs.
- Leading goal scorers on the season for Orillia were Colsen Maracle and Gabe Neely with 28 markers each.
- Gabe Neely was team's leading point getter, with 54.
- Jack Marwick was the team's assist leader with 29 helpers on the season
- Goalie Quinton Greenfield picked up all eight wins in net for the Kings this season.
