OAKVILLE, ON - JAN 6, 2018: Ontario Junior Hockey League game between the Oakville Blades and the Markham Royals. Devyn Mayea #5 of the Markham Royals skates up ice.

Written By Rino Mattucci     Photo by Spencer Smye / OJHL Images

JAN 31, 2018: For the second time in 5 days, the Markham Royals (23-17-1-4) will travel to Trenton to take on the Golden Hawks (22-20-2-2) in a North-East Conference match-up, and the 5th and final meeting of the regular season.

The Golden Hawks were able to capitalize 4 times on the power play on Friday night, leading them to a 7-2 victory in a game that had a little bit of everything for both teams. The Royals followed that with a rare opponent on Sunday afternoon in the North York Rangers. Markham was able to battle back from a 3-1 third period deficit to grab an all important single point in the North-East Conference playoff race.

The Royals have 9 games remaining in the regular season (including a yet to be announced rescheduled game against the Newmarket Hurricanes), 5 of those 9 games are against North Division opponents giving the Royals an opportunity to challenge for home ice advantage in the first round of the playoffs.

Game time at the Duncan McDonald Memorial Gardens in Trenton is at 7:30pm.

Royals Watch
#5 Devyn Mayea - with points in 4 of his last 5 games (2 goals, 6 points), Mayea has been one of the Royals most consistent members of the blue line this season. His strong play has been rewarded with some special teams minutes and has two game winning goals on the season.

Past Results
VS Trenton
10/06/17    Trenton 3 at Markham 4
11/08/17    Markham 3 at Trenton 2
12/03/17    Trenton 4 at Markham 9
01/26/18    Markham 2 at Trenton 7

By the Numbers
Record
Markham - 23-17-1-4
Trenton - 22-20-2-2

Goals For / Goals Against
Markham - 167 / 155
Trenton - 144 / 151

Special Teams (PP / PK)
Markham - 29 for 193 (15.0%) / 38 for 206 (81.6%)
Trenton - 42 for 210 (20.0%) / 42 for 235 (82.1%)