THURSDAY
PIRATES 4 THUNDER 2
The Picton Pirates were winners on home ice at the Prince Edward Community Centre Thursday night over the Trent Hills Thunder.
Jonathan ‘Jonny’ Bonter made his return to Picton with a goal and an assist, which was duplicated by Ben Smith and Ty Mulder to thrill the faithful at the ‘Pirateship.’
Joey Coates had Picton’s other goal and Kirk Stevenson pitched in with two assists.
Cohen Bedore, named to the PJHL Top Prospects game, made 35 saves in one of his best performances of the season.
FRIDAY
RAIDERS 7 PANTHERS 1
The Napanee Raiders went full throttle in a convincing win over the last place Port Hope Panthers on Friday at Best and Bash Arena.
Napanee powered 62 shots on the Panthers net and scored seven times, led by Tanner Hawkins two markers, his third and fourth of the season.
Mason Goodfellow added his team-best 18th of the year, with other tallies going to Luc Amat, Carter Slaven, Ben Kerr, and Keenan Downey.
Denholm Blair made 27 saves.
SATURDAY
HUSKIES 5 RAIDERS 1
A Thomas Kuipers natural hat trick propelled the Frankford Huskies to a 5-1 home victory over the Raiders.
Maddox Vespa and Riley Grimmon each added their fifth of the season.
Evan Erwin assisted on all three Kuipers goals, Chris Brydges picked up two assists and Mason Boyer and Deke Osterhout added single helpers.
Liam Boyer made 31 saves in the win for Frankford.
Will Mitchell tallied Napanee’s lone marker in the third period, his seventh of the season.
Jacob Brown made 33 stops.
SUNDAY
HUSKIES 8 THUNDER 1
A five-goal second period fueled the Huskies to a winning weekend on Sunday at the Sunny Life Recreation Complex.
Kuipers continued his strong season with two more goals to get up to 18 on the season and Erwin chipped in with a pair.
Sterling Poff also notched his first two markers of the PJHL season following his arrival from Trenton, while Maddox Vespa and Jake Sage contributed one tally each.
Chase Kennedy’s first of the season was Trent Hills’ lone factor on the scoresheet.
Charlie Vos got the win with 16 saves.
The victory was Frankford’s sixth in a row and 15th overall in 17 games.
JETS 4 PIRATES 2
Gerrit Kempers accounted for all the Pirates offence in a 4-2 defeat in Amherstview.
Kempers, the veteran Picton captain, tied the score late in the first and buried a powerplay equalizer in the second before the Jets pulled away.
Coates had two assists, while Mulder and Blake Brown had one each.
Bedore was solid again in the loss, making 31 saves.
