WHITEWATER REGION (Cobden) — The Whitewater Kings won both weekend games.
In front of 100 hockey fans, the Whitewater Kings defeated the top team in the CCHL2 9-6 on Sunday at the Earl Armstrong Arena in Gloucester, even though they were outshot 31-27 by the Canadians. On home ice Saturday, the Kings defeated the Char-Lan Rebels 7-3.
The Whitewater Kings are in fourth place with 22 points in the Richardson Division of the CCHL2.
This week, the Kings play three games.
They face-off against the Ottawa West Golden Knights on home ice at the Astrolabe Arena in Cobden starting at 7 p.m. on Saturday, Nov. 11. On Sunday, Nov. 12, the Kings travel to Casselman to play against the Casselman Vikings at the Brisson Arena with a 2:30 p.m. start. On Tuesday, Nov. 14, the Kings travel to Carleton Place and take on the Carleton Place Junior Canadians with a 7:30 p.m. start.
General Manager Kevin Ready said the tragedy of the car accident on Oct. 27 involving four Renfrew Timberwolves has hit the Kings hard, as many of them from each team played against or with each other throughout their hockey years.
Two young hockey players, Alex Paquette and Brandon Hanniman, died in this accident. To honour these young men, the Kings will be collecting donations towards a scholarship fund at Renfrew Collegiate in memory of Hanniman and the Trillium Gift of Life Network in memory of Paquette. Ready is also hopeful of having organ donor cards available for people to sign up with the Gift of Life Network.
“I hope we can raise a good amount of money for both organizations,” Ready said.
The donations, and cards if available, will be at the front entrance table at the Astrolabe Arena, he said.
Last Week’s Games
Friday night’s game was the conclusion of a game that began at the showcase in September in Ottawa but was cancelled prior to the conclusion of the first period due to fire alarms continuously going off.
Therefore, the game began with the Kings down 2-0, but they fought their way back for the win.
By the end of the first period (which started with the 2-0 score), the game was tied 3-3. Scoring for the Kings were Matteas Derraugh (Gage Tremblay, Dylan Kuehl), Reid Barber (Jacob McIntyre, Peter White) and White (McIntyre, Barber). In the second period, the score was 6-5 for the Canadians. Scoring unassisted for the Kings were Jared Campitelli and Brayden Stewart.
In the final period, the Kings scored four unanswered goals. McIntyre scored unassisted, as did Quinn Vanhoof into an empty net while scoring with assists were Lawson Leclaire, (Stewart, Campitelli) and Conrad Cybulski (Kuehl, Vanhoof).
McIntyre and Campitelli earned the top two stars respectively while Tristan Taillefer from the Canadians took home the third star.
On Saturday on home ice, the Kings defeated the Char-Lan Rebels 7-3 in front of 112 hockey fans.
By the end of the first period, the Kings were up 4-1. King Peter White earned a hattrick, scoring three of the four goals while Jared Weber scored the other.
In the second period, White and Quinn Vanhoof scored with Micheal Karas scoring in the final period.
This was a rough game, with Nicholas Olmstead receiving a game misconduct and a major fighting penalty, Jared Campitelli receiving an unsportsmanlike conduct penalty and Jacob McIntyre a spearing penalty. The Rebels weren’t without their penalties, as Tyler Eldridge received a game misconduct and a major fighting penalty and Pierre-Luc Sabourin earning an inciting an opponent misconduct.
Kings White and Barber earned the top two stars respectively and Rebel Derek Lister earned the third star.
