Hurricanes drop a close one to Cyclones in OT

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CANES LOSE IN OVERTIME

The atmosphere inside the Ice Palace was hot for a couple of hours as the Hurricanes and Cyclones put on one of the most entertaining, exciting games of the season. The Cyclones prevailed in overtime 4-3 but were pushed to the limit by the hard working Canes.

Chris McDougall covers the puck

Listowel struck first with former Cane Dan Mohle chipping a loose puck into the net for a 1-0 first period lead. The Cyclones struck again before the Canes went to work. Tyson Theaker(17) scored from Mike McFarlane and Nic MacEachern making the score 2-1 entering the 3rd period.

The Canes came out flying in the 3rd and put pressure on Guelph native Jim Prigione. Prigone made a number of excellent saves before Luca Penzo(5) beat him with a power play goal to tie the game. Martin Kudla and Mike Iaccoca assisted on the goal. Canes kept up the pressure until McFarlane(10) with assists from Theaker and Wade Pfeffer put the Canes up 3-2.

Now it was McDougall’s turn to shine in the Canes net and he did. He made a number of excellent saves to keep the Canes in the lead. But with the Canes in control and less than 2 minutes left lighting struck. Former Hurricane Ken Rolph stole the puck in the offensive zone, walked in on McDougall and scored sending the game into overtime.

An ill-advised retailiation penalty with less than a minute left in regulation gave the Cyclones the man advantage heading into overtime. Fergus resident Eric Dekkers scored right off the face-off with a blast that caught McDougall off guard to send the Listowel fans home happy.

The one point puts the Canes in a dead heat with the Kitchener Dutchmen setting up their upcomng game on Tuesday in Kitchener.

The Canes have 4 games left in the regular season with the lone home game being next Thursday Feb 25th at the the Sleeman Centre vs. the Cambridge WinterHawks. Game time is 7:45 p.m.

Hurricanes win battles, but lose war against Cambridge

Despite winning most of the battles on the ice, the Guelph Hurricanes came away empty losing 4-3 to the Cambridge Winter Hawks tonight in Greater Ontario Junior Hockey League action .

Guelph (now 0-3-0) outplayed Cambridge ( now 2-0-1) in the first period and were rewarded with their first lead of the young season on a short handed goal by Ken Rolph.

1-0 Guelph after one period. (Shots Guelph 11, Cambridge 9)

Cambridge came back with 3 goals one off he stick of  Brett Priesap and two from Mike Sones, and it looked like they would have take a 3-1 lead into the 2nd Intermission when Zach Dion would pull the Canes within one with his first of the year.

3-2 Cambridge after two periods.  (Shots Guelph 23, Cambridge 20)

Cambridge would score what proved to be the winner on a blast off the stick of Cody Hall to take the lead 4-2.

But despite being down by two goals, the Hurricanes never quit. They kept winning the little battles and pulled to within one on an Andrew Van Ooteghem goal with just over 11 minutes remaining.

With time running out Guelph pulled goalie Trevor McGee with 1:07 to play in game. But Cambridge hung on to preserve the victory.

Final Score: Cambridge 4, Guelph 3 (Final Shots Guelph 32, Cambridge 25)

The Guelph Hurricanes next game is against the 0-2-0 Kitchener Dutchmen, Saturday September 19th, 7:30 pm at The Sleeman Centre.

Tickets: only $8 for adults, $6 for students and $2 for kids.