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Alliston Hornets lead Huntsville 2-0 in quarter-final playoff round

February 27, 2026   ·   0 Comments

By Brian Lockhart

The Alliston Hornets are leading 2-0 in their quarter-final North Carruthers Division playoff series against the Huntsville Otters.

The Hornets arrived at the quarter-final as the second-place team in the Division with a 32-10 record.

Huntsville finished the regular season in seventh place with a 12-30 record.

Given those stats, this series is a formality to get out of the way before the Hornets move on to the semi-final round. Even so, the Hornets can’t take this team lightly and will have to bring their best game to every match-up during the 2026 playoffs.

Getting underway on Friday, Feb. 20, on Hornets home ice, Game 1 of the series ended with a 6-1 Alliston win.

Alliston’s Gunner Kirk opened the scoring with two goals in the first period.

The Hornets pretty much ended the game in the second period when they scored four goals before Huntsville could get one on the scoreboard.

Alliston’s goals came from Nick Lamont, Duncan Grube, David Harvey, and Ben Smith.

There was no scoring in the third period.

The teams were back at it two days later for Game 2 on Huntsville home ice on Sunday, Feb. 22.

It was a devastating first period for the Otters when the Hornets scored four goals in under 14 minutes to take charge of the game.

The Otters scored late in the period.

Alliston managed to score one more with just a minute remaining in the period.

Alliston’s first-period goals came from Gunner Kirk, Liam Carroll, Nick Lamont, and two from Duncan Grube.

Kirk got his second goal of the game midway through the second frame to give the Hornets a 6-1 lead. Huntsville scored one later in the period.

The Otters got their third goal of the night at 5:24 into the third period.

Jacob English scored at 12:51 into the period.

Grube got his third of the night and a hat-trick at 16:06 into the third period to end the game with an 8-3 win.  

In the other North Carruthers Division quarter-final series, the Midland Flyers have taken a two-game lead over the Penetang Kings.

The Stayner Siskins have a one-game lead over the Innisfil Spartans.

The Orillia Terriers are leading 2-0 over the Muskoka Bears.

The Alliston/Huntsville series will return to the New Tecumseth Recreation Centre in Alliston on Friday, Feb. 27, for Game 3.

Game time is 7:30 p.m.

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