Record for the Week: 3-0-0

Record for the Season (As of Oct 2, 2019): 7-1-0 (1st in North Division)

Streak: Won 5

Player of the Week: F Riley Nadeau, 3 GP, 10 Points (5G, 5A), 1 GWG

Rookie of the Week: F Savva Verbetskii, 3 GP, 3 Points (2G, 1A)

Goalie of the Week: G Artur Veiber, 2 GP, 2 W, 2.00 GAA, .949 SVS%

Games this past week:

Almaguin Spartans @ New Tecumseth Civics

9.26.19- Civics 7, Spartans 1

A three goal third period flurry and an impressive near 12 minute penalty kill in the second helped send the New Tecumseth Civics on their way as they went on to conquer the Spartans in a GMHL encounter Thursday at New Tec Rec.

It was the Civics defensive leader Mikhail Kornilov who opened up the scoring in this one just over 2 minutes into the first period, by the end of the frame the games third star Vadim Shatunov would add the eventual game winning goal off assists from Roman Kulakov and Emils Erglis.

In the second period the Civics were unable to stay out of trouble with a man in the box near constantly from the 3:30 mark until the 15 mark in the frame. Despite the penalty trouble the Civics were able to add 2 more to their total as Lane Knapp scored on a 4 on 4 opportunity and then Civics captain (and second star of the game) Riley Nadeau scored on a breakaway shorthanded chance.

Nadeau would also open up the scoring in the third period before the Spartans got their lone marker in the contest when Sergey Tyukavin slipped one past Artur Veiber. That would be as close as the Spartans would get as the Civics would restore their 5 goal lead shortly after via Vadim Shatunov and finally round out the scoring when Maksim Kalashnikov found twine with less than 5 minutes left in the game.

Veiber in the Civics net made 49 stops in a winning cause.

Martin Petiul started for the Spartans and suffered the setback, giving up four on 30 chances while Cole Kohut saved 22 of 25 in relief.

New Tecumseth Civics @ Bancroft RockHounds

9.28.19- Civics 8, RockHounds 3

A four-goal offensive barrage in the third period, including two shorthanded, sent the New Tecumseth Civics to a convincing 8-3 victory over the Bancroft RockHounds in GMHL play Friday at the North Hastings Community Centre.

The Civics got off to a very quick start scoring the games first 2 goals in the games first 2 and a half minutes with Riley Nadeau and Viacheslav Vorobev collecting markers early.

The teams would trade shorthanded goals as David Gajdac and Nathan Curley converted down a man for the SharpShooters and Civics respectively. The RockHounds would end up sending the game into the first intermission tied after 1 on the heels of two late period goals from Jan Skalka.

The lone marker in the second period came off the stick of Marshel Tupper as he would bury the eventual game winner while on the penalty kill.

Action in the third period saw the GMHL team leaders in tallies flex their offensive might once again striking four times in  to take control of the contest and eventually lead to the victory.

Nathan Curley started the outburst just 45 seconds into the frame before exactly 1 minute later Matthew Senra would add another to the Civics total putting them in control of the game early in the third.

The Civics would add two more special teams goals to finish the contest both coming in the final 2 minutes of play when rookies Savva Verbetskii and Viacheslav Vorobev both added shorthanded markers.

Civics goaltender Artur Veiber made 26 saves to record the victory.

Egor Popov started for the RockHounds and suffered the loss allowing all 8 Goals on 28 shots in defeat.

New Tecumseth Civics @ Ottawa SharpShooters

9.29.19- Civics 12, SharpShooters 2

17 Hours after puck drop in Bancroft the Civics were back at it again in the nation’s capital of Ottawa to take on the Sharpshooters where the Civics would open with 5 goals In the first on route to a recorded 12-2 victory in Sunday afternoon GMHL action at the Richcraft Sensplex.

In the opening period the Civics got started early and got everyone involved as 5 different Civics scored (Shatunov, Verbetskii, Nadeau, Kalashnikov, and Kulakov) and Civics goaltender Chris Cabral stopped all 14 shots in the period.

The Second period was once again all Civics (aside from an Ottawa power play goal) and the Civics outscored Ottawa 7-1 including the first junior ‘A’ goals from Tyler Boyce, Vadim Tsyrkunov, and Ryan Fraser.

The SharpShooters would add a goal in the third period but the game would end 12-2 for the Civics.

Cabral got the start and the win for the Civics making 31 saves in 2 periods of work to pick up the games 2nd star, Ilya Melnichuk made 3 saves in relief for the Civics in the third period

Ottawa also split goaltending duties with Steven Prati starting and allowing 12 goals on 26 shots while Jakub Biernat made 18 saves in relief.

Home Game this week:

South Muskoka Shield @ New Tecumseth Civics

10.3.19- 8:30 New Tecumseth Rec Centre

The Civics have played their way into first place behind strong goaltending and the most potent offence in the league (7 Goals per game) and on Thursday they will be hosting the South Muskoka Shield who recently picked up a victory against the Bradford Bulls. The first match up of the season between the two clubs saw the Civics defeat the Shield 4-0. The offences will be reliant on the heavy hitters as Nadeau, Senra and Kulakov go up against Baker, Frischknecht, and Zheltakov carry the loads for their respective teams. On defense a pair of assistant captains will be looked upon to lead as Mikhail Kornilov of the Civics and Tristan Charles of the Shield will carry their units. The goaltending battle in the game will likely see Civics #1 Artur Veiber face off against Shield #1 Iskander Shamsiyev. Action gets underway at 8:30 at New Tec Rec