Hornets claim back–to–back wins over the weekend

November 26, 2014 · 0 Comments

The Alliston Junior C Hornets are now nine points ahead of the Penetang Kings and the Stayner Siskins who are tied for second place in the Georgian Mid Ontario Junior C Hockey League.
Penetang dropped their road game to Huntsville on Friday night.
The Kings went into a nose dive at mid season losing six of their last seven games after a strong start in the early going and moving into first place in the League.
The Hornets have been like a rocket this year – once taking off they have been steadily moving ahead and gaining speed with every game and overtaking the Penetang squad in the standings.
The squad gained four more points over the weekend beginning with a 6–2 win over the Schomberg Cougars in Schomberg on Thursday, November 20.
After playing to a 1–1 tie in the first period, the Hornets notched two more in the second frame and ended the night with three powerplay goals in the third period.
Returning to home ice in Alliston the following night, (Fri. Nov. 21) they left the ice with an easy 6–1 win over the Orillia Terriers.
“When we needed to put the puck on the net, we did,” Said Hornets goalie Tyler Brindle. “It was more of a slow paced game, I guess we kind of played down to their level.”
Orillia has been playing a .500 season this year, and really had trouble getting past the Hornets defence in Friday’s game.
“At the beginning of the game, I saw a lot more (action),” Brindle said. “As the game went on, it started to slow down a bit.”
Alliston goals came from Nic Archibald, in the first. A single each from Mark O’Donnell and Jacob Tuck, in the second. And Nick Arcan, Brendan Spencer, and a second from O’Donnell in the final frame.
The squad was pumped after Friday’s win and Brindle said the squad isn’t looking back at all.
“It feels really good,” He said. “When we were in second for a while, it was driving us a little bonkers. Now that we’re in first, we’re not looking behind us, we’re going to keep going and building on what we’ve got.”
At 21 games into the season, forward Nic Archibald is leading the pack in the Hornets camp with 33 points – 11 goals and 22 assists.
Close behind is Left winger Mark O’Donnell with 16 goals and 14 assists – good for 30 points.
Jamie Bennett has 26 points as does Tanner Dockerty.
The Hornets will be back on home ice this Friday, November 28, to host the Midland Flyers.
Game time is 7:30 p.m.