McDougall and Hurricanes steal game 1 from Siskins

Captain McFarlane congratulates McDougall

Hurricanes goalie Chris McDougall stopped 39 of 40 shots as Jake Weidner, Wade Pfeffer and Cam Jude scored to lift Guelph to a 3-1 road victory over Waterloo in game 1 of their GOJHL Best of Seven Quarter Final.

After a scoreless first Weidner put the Canes up 1-0 20 seconds in to the 2nd. (assists went to Zach Dion and Luca Penzo). Just under 3 minutes later Pfeffer put Guelph up 2-0. (the lone assist went to Blair Goss).

Waterloo got one back at the 6:27 mark of the 2nd, when Kevin Czuczman scored (assist went to Tony Blyde and Andrew Csumrik.

With the Siskins pressing, Guelph put the game away with Jude’s goal at 18:27 mark of the 3rd. (assists went to Tyson Theaker and Mike McFarlane).

Guelph now leads the series 1-0.

Game two will be played Saturday night at the Sleeman Centre in Guelph. Game time 7:30pm.

Theaker leads Hurricanes past Canadians on Minor Hockey Night

Just days after scoring in the Midwestern All-Star game Tyson Theaker scored 2 goals in regulation time and added another in the shootout to lead the Hurricanes to a 4-3 victory over the visiting Welland Canadians last night (Guelph Minor Hockey night) at the Sleeman Centre.

Theaker scores for the Hurricanes

Just hours after #9 Matt Sisca scored the game winning goal for the Guelph Storm over the Plymouth Whalers, #9 Martin Kudla scored the shootout winner for the Hurricanes.

The win is the 10th of the season for the Hurricanes and 2nd in their last 3 games and it moves Guelph into 7th place in the Midwestern Conference 2 pts. ahead of the Kitchener Dutchmen.

The Hurricanes next game is in Kitchener against the Dutchmen at 2:00 pm. This is the last one before the Christmas break. 

Guelph’s next home game will be Saturday January 2nd when they host the Dutchmen at Victoria Road Arena. The puck drops at 7:30 pm.

Thomas, Brett and Connor enjoy the game on Guelph Minor Hockey night

Alexander, Andrew and Branden cheer on the Hurricanes