Photo by Paul Wright

Dundas picked up their second win of the round robin on Monday night as Phil Brewer scored three times and Nathan Longpre added a pair, defeating the Innisfail Eagles 5-2.

Brewer opened the scoring just over three minutes into the game on a goal mouth scramble. Longpre then scored the next two goals, taking a pass in the slot and wristing the puck past the Eagles netminder at 6:26 and then tipping in a pass from Cam Fergus with 5:58 left in the first.

Innisfail would get on the board before the period closed when Parker Smyth collected the loose puck and deked McCoys’ goalie Ryan Demelo but put it into his pads. Shawn Bates crashed the net and put it over the goal line to cut the Dundas lead to two heading to the intermission.

The Eagles made it a one-goal game late in the second period when Ty Clay backhanded a rebound into the McCoys net just seven seconds into a power play.

Brewer closed out the game with a pair of goals, scoring on a tip in on a shot from the point 3:07 into the final frame and then sealing the victory with an empty netter from his own zone with 27 seconds left on the clock.

Demelo picked up the win, stopping 33 of 35 shots he faced in the Dundas net. At the opposite end of the ice, Brodan Salmond allowed 4 goals on 43 shots.

With the win, the Real McCoys are a win away from clinching a bye right to Saturday’s championship. However, before they get there, they will face the Stoney Creek Tigers on Wednesday night starting at 7:30pm. For the Eagles, they will be battling to get to the semi-final game in their final round robin game against the Southern Shore Breakers Wednesday afternoon at 3pm. Both games will be played at the J.L. Grightmire Arena in Dundas.

Players of the Game
Dundas Real McCoys – Nathan Longpre (2G, GWG)
Innisfail Eagles – Ty Clay (1G)

Single game tickets are available at the J.L. Grightmire Arena doors on game days approximately 90 minutes before game time.

For the 2024 edition of the Allan Cup Challenge, fans can get the schedule, scores, standings and stats on GameSheet by clicking here and searching for “Allan Cup Challenge” or use the QR code located on the home page of the Allan Cup Hockey website.

Following the round robin, the first-place team will receive a bye to Saturday’s championship game at 3pm on CHCH TV.  The first-place team will take on the winner Friday night’s semi-final game between the teams that finish the round robin in second and third place. The semi-final game will be played at 7:30pm. The semi-final will be shown live in the Hamilton area on Cable 14. Both the semi-final and championship games will be streamed live online at https://cable14now.com/live-streams/.

Upcoming Games
Tuesday April 23
Southern Shore vs Stoney Creek – 7:30pm

Wednesday April 24
Southern Shore vs Innisfail – 3:00pm
Dundas vs Stoney Creek – 7:30pm

Friday April 26
Semi Final – 3rd Place vs 2nd Place – 7:30pm

Saturday April 27
Championship – SF Winner vs 1st Place – 3:00pm