Clinton Radars lose two over the weekend
BY SHAWN LOUGHLIN
The Clinton Radars fell to the Kincardine Bulldogs on Friday night by a score of 5-2, followed by a Saturday night loss to the Mitchell Hawks by a score of 4-1.
Beginning in Clinton on Friday night, the Bulldogs opened the scoring with the first two goals of the game. First, Brandon Bishop scored just 45 seconds into the game, assisted by Connor Hagerty and Zasha Ortman, followed by a goal scored by Ortman, assisted by Hagerty and Bishop just under seven minutes into the first period.
The Radars then fought back, cutting the Bulldogs’ two-goal lead in half, thanks to a Teegan Middleton goal just under seven-and-a-half minutes into the first, assisted by Kingston Powell.
Kincardine again opened the scoring in the second period. Ayden Hakkers scored at 6:47 of the second, assisted by Tyler Kelly and Caeleb Bowler.
Clinton scratched back again, with Denver Mason scoring on the power play at 5:20 of the second, assisted by Sawyer Olmstead and Nathan Bloemberg, but two more third-period goals for the Bulldogs put the game out of reach. Ayden Hakkers scored his second goal of the game at 4:35 of the third, assisted by Zach Lemon and Tyler Kelly, and then Cal McQuillin scored with 11:04 left in the third, assisted by Leland Weber and Jared Houghton, to put the game away.
Jack Dalrymple stopped 23 of 28 shots in a losing effort for the Radars, while Rowen Cherrett won the game for the Bulldogs, stopping 19 of the 21 shots he faced.
The following night, the Radars were in Mitchell to play the Hawks, losing by a score of 4-1.
Each team scored in the first period. First, Nathan Olmstead found the back of the net for Clinton at 7:12, assisted by Sawyer Olmstead, followed by a Jonathan Tenhag power play goal for Mitchell, scored at 12:10 and assisted by Cody Bach and Kaden Brame.
In the second period, however, it was all Mitchell. Jarrett Van Bakel scored at 1:40, assisted by Nathan Jewitt and Beckham McLeod, followed by a power play goal scored by Cody Bach, assisted by Kaden Brame and Owen Gaylor, at 8:19 of the second. Tenhag then scored his second goal of the game with 2:13 left in the second, assisted by Owen Holloway and Blair Stokes.
There was no scoring in the third period.
The Mitchell Hawks fired 40 shots at Greyson Roth, who stopped 36 of them in a losing effort for Clinton, while Joshua Purtill stopped all but one of the 34 shots he faced, winning the game for the Hawks.
In the North Pollock Division of the Provincial Junior Hockey League, the Radars sit in fifth place with a record of 5-4-2-0-0 and 13 points.
The Fergus Whalers are in first place with 23 points and a record of 11-0-1-0-0, followed by the Hanover Barons in second (8-1-0-1-2 and 17 points), the third-place Mitchell Hawks (8-5-0-0-3 and 16 points) and the Walkerton Capitals in fourth place (6-5-1-0-1 and 13 points) just ahead of the Radars, who are in fifth.
The Mount Forest Patriots have eight points and a record of 3-4-2-0-1 in sixth place, just ahead of the Ironmen in seventh with a record of 3-8-1-0-1 and also eight points, followed by the last-place Kincardine Bulldogs with a record of 2-9-0-0-0 and four points.
Looking ahead, the Radars will play two again this weekend. Tonight - Friday, Oct. 16 - the team will host the Hanover Barons, followed by a Saturday game with the Patriots in Mount Forest.