The Midget Cougars found themselves in an intense league final on Monday, April 4, against the Carnduff Red Devils. With the series tied going into the competition, the Cougars had home ice advantage. In a close, high scoring battle, the Cougars came out on top during sudden death overtime winning 8-7 over the Red Devils.
Devin Stewart earned four goals, finding the back of the net for both the first one scored of the night and the last. Reaching the back of the net twice in the first period Stewart was assisted by Cooper Fox and Josh Brown for the first and Jett BigEagle put up an assist for the second.
The second period saw both teams score three goals each. For Carlyle, Dalton Loustel put two away with assists by Jacob Chalus and Jake MacLeod for one and then Macleod again and Jory Dyck. Cooper Fox posted a goal in the second as well with help from Devin Stewart and Jett BigEagle.
Heading into the third the score read 5-3. Carnduff came out on fire in the third scoring a total of four points, while Carlyle struggled to keep up. Cooper Fox found the back of the net again with help from Josh Brown. Then with less than two minutes left in the game, Carlyle pulled their goalie for a six on five opportunity, which paid off with Devin Stewart finding the back of the net with 1:09 left in the period tying up the game.
The last minute ran down and the teams headed into sudden death overtime. With 10 minutes on the clock, the teams faced off at centre ice. Quickly the Cougars took the puck into Carnduff’s end. With quick passing in the zone the puck landed on Josh Brown’s stick – a defenseman on the leftside - who took a shot, which was deflected in by Devin Stewart. Cougars win!
Both teams played extremely well and put on a fantastic game for those in attendance.
