SportsLocal Sports activities
The Chatham Maroons clinched a berth within the Larger Ontario Junior Hockey League playoffs Friday with a 5-3 win over the St. Thomas Stars.
Revealed Feb 08, 2025 • 2 minute learn
Chatham Maroons’ Dylan Richter (18) battles St. Thomas Stars’ Colsen Joyce (46) in entrance of the Stars’ internet at Chatham Memorial Enviornment in Chatham, Ont., on Sunday, Jan. 19, 2025. (Mark Malone/ Ontario Chronicle)
Article content material
The Chatham Maroons clinched a berth within the Larger Ontario Junior Hockey League playoffs Friday with a 5-3 win over the St. Thomas Stars.
This commercial has not loaded but, however your article continues under.
Article content material
Article content material
Article content material
Ian Lachance, Brody Gillis, Carter Chadwick and Dylan Richter every had a purpose and an help in entrance of 753 on the Joe Thornton Group Centre.
Liam Campbell additionally scored and Sammy DiBlasi made 40 saves because the Maroons ran their level streak to eight video games (7-0-1-0).
The Maroons (27-9-4-1) are tied for second place within the Western Convention with 9 video games left. They’re 10 factors behind the St. Marys Lincolns.
Lachance and Campbell scored 30 seconds aside halfway by the primary interval for a 2-0 lead the Maroons wouldn’t lose.
Lachance has 5 targets and 9 factors throughout his three-game purpose streak.
Gillis’s power-play purpose late within the interval was sandwiched by Stars targets from Jacob Vandeven and Trent Clinton for a 3-2 lead on the intermission.
This commercial has not loaded but, however your article continues under.
Article content material
Chadwick, on an influence play, and Richter scored within the second interval for a 5-2 lead.
Chadwick has scored in 4 straight video games and 7 of eight. Richter has 15 factors throughout his eight-game level streak.
Colsen Joyce of the Stars scored late within the third. Matthew Vahramian made 43 saves.
The Maroons go to the LaSalle Vipers Wednesday. Their subsequent residence recreation is Sunday, Feb. 16, in opposition to the Strathroy Rockets.
Blades defeat Kings in shootout
The Blenheim Blades rallied from a two-goal deficit within the third interval to beat the Dresden Kings 4-3 in a shootout Friday within the Provincial Junior Hockey League’s Stobbs Division.
Landon Copeland and Brad McAlpine scored for the Blades earlier than Cameron Graham potted the tying purpose with 2:07 left in regulation.
This commercial has not loaded but, however your article continues under.
Article content material
Brady Robertson, Quinn Pickering and Braiden Fieldhouse scored for the Kings in entrance of 240 on the Ken Houston Memorial Agricultural Centre.
The Blades received the shootout 2-1 on Brody Fraleigh’s purpose within the fourth spherical.
Blades goalie Owen Lemieux made 31 saves. Ty Golden of the Kings made 42.
The seventh-place Kings (10-27-1-1) go to the Amherstburg Admirals Saturday. The sixth-place Blades (19-20-2-0) play their season finale Wednesday in Wheatley.
Wild’s shedding streak as much as 13 video games
The Walpole Island Wild will attempt once more to halt their 13-game shedding streak Saturday once they go to the Mooretown Flags within the PJHL’s Stobbs Division.
Seth Merritt, Xavier Gelinas and Aaron Highfield scored Friday for the last-place Wild (4-33-2-0) in an 8-3 loss to the second-place Canadiens (34-6-0-0) in Lakeshore.
Mitch Rawlings made 49 saves because the Wild have been outshot 57-24.
Bluebirds clinch playoff berth
Dylan Denomme scored twice throughout a four-goal first interval and Kyle Metson made 28 saves because the Tilbury Bluebirds clinched an Ontario Tremendous Hockey League playoff berth Friday by beating the Delhi Flames 5-3.
Sammy Banga, Nic Pavia and Jake Durham additionally scored for the seventh-place Bluebirds (10-12-0) at Tilbury Memorial Enviornment.
The Bluebirds will go to the Dunnville Aeros Saturday.
Article content material
Share this text in your social community
