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Hornets will face Siskins in Division championship

March 28, 2024   ·   0 Comments

By Brian Lockhart

The Alliston Hornets have advanced to the North Carruthers Division championship series after eliminating the Schomberg Cougars in a semi-final series that went five games.

The semi-final got underway on Wednesday, March 13. In game one, the Cougars left the ice with a 4-3 win on Alliston’s home ice.

Game two, also on Alliston ice two days later, saw the series tied when the Hornets squeezed out a 2-1 win in the low-scoring game.

Moving to Schomberg for the next two games, the Hornets went ahead with a 6-3 win at the Trisan Centre in Schomberg in game three.

After a four day break, the teams returned for game four on Thursday, March 21.

The Hornets left the ice with a 4-1 win.

Back in Alliston for game five, the Hornets were determined to end the series with a home-ice win.

Schomberg scored the only first-period goal in game five.

Alliston responded in the second with goals from Ben Smith and Mark Coish for a 2-1 lead with one period left to go.

The Hornets took command of the game in the third with three goals by the midway mark in the frame.

Hornets goals came from Will Millington, Cole Turcotte, and Coish.

Schomberg got a single at the 12:03 mark in the frame.

Coish got a hattrick with a final empty-net goal with 19 seconds on the clock to give the Hornets a 6-2 win.

“They battled hard, but I think we were the better team throughout the series and I think we deserve it,” said Hornets forward Mark Coish after the game. “I would say we were pretty confident going into tonight’s game. We wanted to end it – the fourth game is always the hardest to win, and we were playing a pretty good team out there. They battled hard but I think we were the better team and we came out on top.”

The Hornets will now face the Stayner Siskins in the Division championship best-of-seven series.

Stayner eliminated the Orillia Terriers in four games in their semi-final series that wrapped up on March 21.

The Alliston versus Stayner championship series will get underway in Alliston on Friday, March 29.

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