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Huskies joyride ends in PJHL Final Four

By Brock Ormond Apr 27, 2026 | 5:30 AM

The magical playoff ride of the Frankford Huskies made its final stop over the weekend.

Trailing 2-1 in the series, the Huskies were outscored 8-4 in the final two games, including the last of the season at the Frankford Arena, ending the organization’s longest season in its short five-year history.

Game 4- WHALERS 5 @ HUSKIES 3

Needing a big win to get themselves on even footing, the Huskies fell behind 2-0 less than three minutes into Game 4 on goals from Fergus’ Justin Ewald and Liam Eveleigh.

That forced the hosts to play from behind most of the night.

Avery Wease cut into the deficit early into the second, but Ryan Forwell and top scorer Joey Martin spread the lead out even further with tallies less than a minute apart.

A Foley powerplay goal from Keegan Juchau and Brock Davy gave the Huskies a chance to get into the last period within striking distance, but Frankford’s budding momentum wound up being dashed with 34 seconds remaining in the frame.

Forwell stuck home his second of the night and largely took the wind out of Frankford’s sails.

Deke Osterhout scored at the 7:46 mark of the third stanza on a powerplay, but his Huskies couldn’t take advantage of the remaining time and dropped behind 3-1 in the series.

Liam Boyer made 24 saves in the defeat.

Game 5- HUSKIES 1 @ WHALERS 3

With their backs against the wall and little room to maneuver, the Huskies got the coveted first goal on a powerplay with five-and-a-half minutes left in the opening frame courtesy of Osterhout.

The Plainfield native’s 11th of the playoffs, assisted by Rheydan McCoy and Ryan Foley, held up until the midway point of the second when Andrew McClure buried the equalizer on Boyer.

The tie held up until the 7:29 mark of the third, when McClure put Fergus ahead for good in the series.

An empty-netter from Martin sealed the five-game series victory for the Whalers, sending them to the Schmaltz Cup final to meet the winner of the Lakeshore Canadians-Tavistock Braves.

In a postseason full of heroic performances, Boyer was brilliant again in his efforts to will Frankford to at least one more game with 37 saves in a game where his team was outshot two-to-one.

The Huskies thank everyone for their support during the season and look forward to building on the campaign in the 2026-27 season.