Penalty free battle between Junior Senators gives 73's win

with penalty-free 60-minute exciting hockey. Thousand flew up the half boards back to MacDonald on the line to Garrett Meyer driving to the net for initial marker.

73's survived the attack to close out with 5 - 4 victory.

Kemptville 73's out-shot Ottawa Junior Senators by only one: 38 to 37, without any infraction.

by the sportsguy Smiths Falls Bears came into the 73's barn on Sunday afternoon prepared for an easy contest to pad their climb up the standings. But our boys, on a roll with a win from their Friday night in Hawkesbury, were ready for a battle and they displayed their true grit with another win of 4-3.

First frame, the Bears were on the attack without opposition from defense when Seale to Brian Bygrave to flip one over Nick Bond’s shoulder. Kemptville countered when the combination of MacDonald and Holthrop found Luke Jefferies to beat Kyle Renaud to end the twenty tied.

Second opened with Kemptville on man advantage. Shankar directed loose puck to Bond ahead to Joel Frazee to rifle it through the pipes for the tie breaker. Frazee screamed through the neutral zone as Garrett Meyer dumped in the rebound. Alex Dicarlo received a clearing pass to direct it through the pads to put Smiths Falls within one.

Last twenty, with man advantage DiCarlo to Michael Larose for a PPG for a 3-all tie. Conley drove hard up the wing across to Bondy, over to Matthew Titus breaching the goal to give the 73's 4 to 3 win.

Wednesday night’s away game in Nepean against the Raiders proved too much for the 73's who suffered a 6-3 loss. Raiders opened the first when Belisle found Olivier Gauther to beat Nick Bond.

Kemptville countered with Conley and Thousand back to Ben MacDonald on point to rifle it past Liam Souliere for a tie. Former 73's Noah Rowe lifted it between the posts. Ryan Horvath, with helpers from Buckley and Stagg, to break the tie. Fry up the wing, dropped to Hunter to slam it toward the stopper and Joel Frazee dumped the garbage to close out with a 1-goal deficit.

Gauthier set up Antoine Belisle for Nepean to move ahead by two. Kemptville bounced back when Meyer controlled the half boards over to Matthew Titus to make it a 4 to 3 contest.

The wheels fell off the 73's wagon for the final twenty, as the Raiders capitalized on two unanswered markers. Olivier Gauthier for his second goal of the battle. Horvath teamed up with Stagg to give James Buckley to cap a 6 to 3 win for Raiders.

Fast and furious affair when Kemptville 73's hosted Ottawa Junior Senators for a Friday night challenge

Grant Bondy stole across the middle over the stopper’s shoulder to make it a two zip lead for 73's. Junior Sens answered with Blacksmith finding Nick Lalonde to snipe one through the pipes to spoil Lukenda’s SO. Daskas tape to tape on Jacob Thousand’s stick to slam under the pads of Ottawa stopper for 3 to 1 lead. Guy knocked down a clearing attempt over to Lalonde to Adrien Bisson into the back of the net. Joel Frazee through the middle to launch it for Kemptville go-ahead and chase Jean-Pascal Sabourin to the showers. Last period, Owen Guy assisted by Lalonde with Daniels putting Ottawa within one. Thousand combined with Hunter to launch a missile as Grant Bondy picked up the rebound to drive it home past Nick Campbell. Nick Lalonde capitalized when he picked up a give-away to punch it in. Junior Senators re-directed a shot with a high stick that was called back. Ottawa pulled their stopper at 19:04, but the

This could be the turn- around our boys finally needed to launch their attack on the standings. Next home game is Wednesday, January, 10, when we battle the Pembroke Lumber Kings ...Hockey with EDGE.