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GENERALS ENTER FINAL WEEKEND OF THE SEASON IN FIRST PLACE

Date:  Source: Stoney Creek Generals

Last weekend proved to be a successful one for the Generals winning both games; against the Dundas Real McCoys on Friday night and the Whitby Dunlops on Monday afternoon. 

On Friday night the Generals headed to the JL Grightmire arena and despite having a short bench, Dundas opened up the scoring but Stoney Creek answered back 3 times to finish off the first period. Goals in the first scored shorthanded by Pageau, Gongalsky and O’Donnell.

In the second period it was all Generals, scoring an additional 5 goals, giving Stoney Creek an 8-1 lead after 40 minutes of play. Konkle scored 2 of those goals, Gongalsky added his second of the night, Fergus and Falasca with 1 each. 

In the third, Dundas scored 2 more goals and Konkle scored one more of his own to round out a hat trick. The final was 9-3 for Stoney Creek. 

On Family Day the Whitby Dunlops made the trip to Gateway for a 2:30PM puck drop. It was a back and forth game as Stoney Creek kept getting a one goal lead, only to have it answered by Whitby. It wasn’t until the middle of the third period when the Generals took the lead for good, and beat the Dunlops for the first time this season. The Generals’ penalty kill was on fire in the third, and they needed it as they took 4 penalties almost back to back and managed to kill them all off and go a perfect 9 for 9 on the penalty kill in the game. 

Pageau had a pair of goals; one shorthanded, Dzieduszycki, O’Marra and Justin Donati added singles and Bibic secured the win with an empty net goal. The final score was 6-4 for Stoney Creek. Generals’ goalie Matt Sagrott faced 55 shots over both games and to date has a GAA of 3.76. 

The Generals are back vs the Brantford Blast in a home and away series on Friday and Saturday to conclude the regular season.