By: Chris McLachlin, OHA Media
Photo: Charity Matheson

The Ancaster Avalanched ended the Niagara Falls Canucks’ 8 game winning streak, but the Canucks have moved into second place in the Golden Horseshoe Conference, 2 points behind Caledonia and 1 point ahead of St. Catharines. Waterloo and Brampton played a home and home on the weekend, with one game a high scoring affair and the other a goaltending duel as both goaltenders earned top performances for the week. The London Nationals’ offense started rolling again last week as they outscored their opponents 15-1 in two games, and not to be outdone the Chatham Maroons outscored Strathroy on Sunday night 14-0.

SCORING LEADERS:
Points: 26 - Michael Davies (St. Catharines Falcons)
Goals: 12 - Anthony Mota (Guelph Hurricanes)
Assists: 18 - Brandon Glover (London Nationals)
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GOALIE LEADERS:
Wins: 9 - Brandon McCorriston (Caledonia Corvairs), Zach Moore (Niagara Falls Canucks)
GAA: 1.47 - Brandon McCorriston (Caledonia Corvairs)
Saves: 357 - Owen Savory (St. Catharines Falcons)
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GOLDEN HORSESHOE CONFERENCE
The Niagara Falls Canucks entered the week one of the hottest teams in the GOJHL and with wins over St. Catharines 2-1 and Welland 6-1, the Canucks had reeled off an 8-game winning streak. The Ancaster Avalanche ended the Canucks’ streak on Saturday night with a 2-1 win on home ice, but the streak was enough to push the Canucks into second place in the Conference and only 2 points behind the first place Caledonia Corvairs, although the Canucks have played the most games in the Conference. Meanwhile, the Thorold Blackhawks were 2-0 last week and have won 3 straight to move past Welland and Pelham into fifth.  

Top Performances
Goals: 3 - Graydon James (Ancaster) vs Pelham Oct. 15
Assists: 3 - Matthew Thorpe (Niagara Falls) vs Welland Oct. 13
Points: 4 - Liam Van Loon (2G, 2A) (Ancaster) vs Pelham Oct. 15
Saves: 46 - Charles Grimard (W) (Welland) vs Thorold Oct. 15
Shutout: 23 SV - Brandon McCorriston (Caledonia) vs Buffalo Oct. 10

MIDWESTERN CONFERENCE
The Waterloo Siskins and Brampton Bombers played a home and home series last weekend and although the game in Brampton on Friday night was a high scoring affair won 7-4 by Waterloo, Sunday’s matinee in Waterloo was a pure goaltending battle.  Waterloo won the matinee 2-0 behind goaltender Kailem Chappelle’s 33 save shutout, but Brampton’s Travis Smith was just as impressive, stopping 58 of the 60 shots he faced on the afternoon. Waterloo’s 2 wins helped move them up the standings, along with Kitchener, Elmira and Stratford as all 4 teams were 2-0 for the week.

Top Performances
Goals: 3 - Ben Morris (Kitchener) vs Listowel Oct. 10, Sam Cherry (Waterloo) vs Brampton Oct. 13, Jeremy Goodwin (Elmira) vs Guelph Oct. 15
Assists: 2 - Sean Kawalec (Kitchener) vs Listowel Oct. 10, Austin Gaboury (Kitchener) vs Brantford Oct. 12, Alex Lycett (Waterloo) vs Brampton Oct. 13, Carter Tresoor (Waterloo) vs Brampton Oct. 13, Winston Cestnick (Waterloo) vs Brampton Oct. 13, Patrick Del Vecchio (Brampton) vs Waterloo Oct. 13, Sam Cherry (Waterloo) vs Brampton Oct. 15, Cameron Stokes (Guelph) vs Elmira Oct. 15, Jeff Jordan (Elmira) vs Guelph Oct. 15, Tyler McBay (Elmira) vs Guelph Oct. 15, Zack Cameron (Elmira) vs Guelph Oct. 15, Ryan Takamatsu (Elmira) vs Guelph Oct. 15, Addison Macey (Stratford) vs Brantford Oct. 15, Jack Scanlan (Stratford) vs Brantford Oct. 15, Sean Ross (Stratford) vs Brantford Oct. 15, Graham Brulotte (Stratford) vs Brantford Oct. 15, Troy Henley (Brantford) vs Stratford Oct. 15
Points: 4 - Ben Morris (3G, 1A) (Kitchener) vs Listowel Oct. 10, Jeff Jordan (2G, 2A) (Elmira) vs Guelph Oct. 15
Saves: 58 - Travis Smith (L) (Brampton) vs Waterloo Oct. 15
Shutout: 33 SV - Kailem Chappelle (Waterloo) vs Brampton Oct. 15

WESTERN CONFERENCE
The Leamington Flyers keep winning on top of the Western Conference, but the London Nationals are starting to hit their stride with two convincing wins last week. In 2 games the Nats outscored their opponents (St. Marys and Komoka) 15-1, as the Nationals have now won 5 straight. Taking notice, the Chatham Maroons, who entered the weekend after losing to Sarnia 3-2 in overtime, scored 14 against Strathroy at home on Sunday night as the Maroons look to get their season back on track.

Top Performances
Goals: 3 - Mitchell Webb (London) vs St. Marys Oct. 11, Brandon Glover (London) vs St. Marys Oct. 11, Max Vinogradov (London) vs Komoka Oct. 14, Dane Johnstone (Chatham) vs Strathroy Oct. 15
Assists: 4 - Brandon Glover (London) vs Komoka Oct. 14, Dakota Bohn (Chatham) vs Strathroy Oct. 15, Jordan Frasca (Chatham) vs Strathroy Oct. 15
Points: 6 - Jordan Frasca (2G, 4A) (Chatham) vs Strathroy Oct. 15
Saves: 54 - Tristan Lewis (L) (St. Marys) vs St. Thomas Oct. 15
Shutout: 32 SV - Ryan Wagner (Chatham) vs Strathroy Oct. 15

This Week: 30 games

(The GOJHL Week in Review is posted on Tuesdays during the 2017-18 GOJHL regular season.)

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