Hockey / Lockport Regals Set To Open At Home Against Hamilton

Lockport Regals Set To Open At Home Against Hamilton

Date:  Source: GOJHL League Site

The Lockport Regals of the Greater Ontario Junior Hockey League will open the 2018-19 regular season at home this Wednesday, September 12th as they host the Hamilton Kilty B's from Hamilton, Ontario.  The Regals will play their first regular season game at their new home in the beautiful Cornerstone Arena in Lockport, NY.

 

The Kilty B's also find themselves in new surroundings as the team relocated at the end of last season from Ancaster, Ontario to Hamilton and they have taken on the well loved Kilty B's name.

 

Hamilton comes into this game having gone undefeated in pre season with a 3-0-1 record, outscoring their opponents 19 to 8. Leading the way for the Kilty B's were 18 year old Freddie Teeple and 16 year old Mark Duarte, each scoring 3 goals in pre season.  The 6-2, 210lb Teeple came from Brantford, Ontario Midget Major AAA while the 6-0, 165lb Duarte played last season with the Hamilton Huskies AAA Minor Midget team.  Defenseman Tanner Brennecke recently stated about  his team "up front we have a lot of depth with four lines of forwards that are all pretty equal".

 

The Regals come into the contest having gone 2-3 in pre season scoring 16 goals while allowing 18.  Leading the way in pre season for the Regals were Alex Stinis with 6 points and Tim Lopez with 5.  Goaltender Chase Clark had a solid .908 save percentage in the pre season.  Lopez, from Loveland, Colorado is a 6-0, 185lb 18 year old who played last season for the Brookings Blizzard NAHL team in Brookings, South Dakota.  Stinis, from Niagara Falls is a 5-9, 185lb 17 year old who played last season for the Buffalo Junior Sabres U16 AAA team.  Clark, a 6-4, 195lb Williamsville, NY resident played last year for the Toronto Young Nationals Minor Midget AAA team.  Regals Head Coach Jamie Bird stated "We are looking forward to the challenge of playing a good team like Hamilton and seeing how our guys respond.  We had a good training camp and the boys are ready to compete".

 

The Regals play most of their home games on Wednesday nights but there are 3 Saturday contests later in the season.  A full schedule can be found on our website at: www.lockportregals.com

 

Season tickets and group packages as well as promotional game packages are available. Contact Director of Marketing and Communications Pete Preteroti for details at 716-491-0375