The Collingwood Blues have kept the good times going with their second win at the Centennial Cup tournament in Manitoba.
The Blues earned a 3-1 win Saturday over the Battlefords North Stars to improve to 2-0 at the Canadian National Hockey League championship tournament.
The Blues’ first goal of the night came 13 minutes into the first period by Cam Garvey, with an assist by Mark McIntosh.
While the second period yielded no goals, the third period was a nail-biter.
The Blues’ Ayden Dooley, a defenceman from Orillia who formerly played for North Central Predators and the Orillia Jr. C Terriers, (assisted by Owen Sclisizzi) scored at the 4:30 mark to stretch Collingwood's lead to 2-0.
#CentennialCup | @HNLiveCA @DaveDawson7 is joined by Ayden Dooley who chats about his performance in the @CwoodBluesJrA victory. pic.twitter.com/UVd6Pv4BFt
— CJHL (@cjhlhockey) May 13, 2023
The Stars’ Steven Kesslering (assisted by Tanner Gold and Alex Izyk) responded at about the nine-minute mark to narrow the score to 2-1.
However, Collingwood secured the victory when Spencer Young (assisted by Carter Diceman and Owen Sclisizzi) scored at the 17:26 mark.
Blues goalie Noah Pak once again shone between the pipes, making 36 saves. Battlefords’ goalie Josh Kotai had 31 saves.
The Blues, whose associate coach, Nick Ricca, is from Orillia, will play game three on Tuesday, May 16 at 12:30 p.m. ET against the Kam River Fighting Walleye.
The series runs from May 11 to 21 at Stride Arena in Portage la Prairie, Man. The winner of the series will take home the Centennial Cup and be the 2023 Canadian National Hockey League champions.
The full Centennial Cup schedule, current stats and livestream game links can be found here.
