Two more first goals were registered for the Wellington Dukes as they doubled the Pickering Panthers 4-2 on Sunday night.
Oliver Coyle and Ryland Harvey both notched their first OJHL markers as part of four unanswered from the Dukes to improve to 3-1-1 on the season.
The Panthers got it going first, with a case of great goaltending at one end leading to offensive success at the other for their opening goal.
Landon Marleau made a nifty dangle to elude a Pickering defender sliding into his path, before feeding across the goalmouth to Jayden Levesque, who was denied by the quick movement of Jacob Gibbons.
Moments later, the Panthers struck through Cayden O’Hearn at 17:40, then added a second marker a little more than two minutes later on a shot from Lewis Hergaarden that flopped over Riley to bump the lead up going into the first intermission.
The Dukes found their early offence in the second, with Marleau pulling off another nifty dangle before beating Gibbons through the legs for his fourth of the season on a powerplay from Zach Mascard just 1:16 into the period.
Coyle pierced through Gibbons for the score-knotter from Mike Albert and Cooper Woron at the 3:29 marker.
At 6:48, Harvey’s first was of the boomerang variety, with an initial shot from the point getting blocked before he got it back and ripped another one that got through a screen and eluded Gibbons for the Dukes first lead of the night.
Sammy Longo salted the win by deflecting a Presley Kelly shot into the twine 2:08 into the third on another man advantage.
Blake Berthiaume added an assist on the Belleville product’s third of the season.
Riley did the rest, making 14 stops in a busy final frame and finishing with 33 saves in total.
The Dukes will look to continue their solid road efforts in Milton on Tuesday at 7 p.m.
