FLORADALE 4 – LISTOWEL 1
Floradale kept the play in the Listowel end for most of the first period and came out with a two-goal lead. Javon Martin scored the opener and set up Tim Martin for the second. Ryan Martin assisted on the first goal.
Listowel came back with a power play goal in the second. Ray Jantzi blasted a shot from the point and Curtis Wagler netted the rebound.
Floradale responded with a quick goal. Tim Martin stepped into a loose puck and beat the goalie with a wrist shot.
Floradale added one more late in the game. Tim Freeman intercepted a shoot-in attempt and raced down the ice on a break away. A low shot through the five hole put the game away.
DRAYTON 6 – BETHEL 3
Bethel grabbed the first goal off the opening face-off. Zach Bauman snapped a shot on net and Kyle Martin knifed in the rebound.
Drayton came back to take the lead before the period ended. Rob DeWeerd took the pass from netminder Kevin Ottens and blasted a low shot along the ice for the goal. Less than a minute later Herman Mulder earned the go-ahead goal off the passes of DeWeerd and Chad Reinders.
DeWeerd scored twice in the second for a hat trick and gave Drayton a solid lead, assisted by Pat Landman and Mike DeWeerd.
Bethel came back in the third period. Offensive pressure ended with Zach Bauman stuffing the puck into the short side.
Drayton responded with a goal, but Bethel matched the pace. Dave Mulder tipped the puck into the near side for the Drayton goal and Brandon Wideman snapped in a rebound for the Bethel tally. The Drayton goal was assisted by Landman and DeWeerd and the Bethel goal by Tim Bauman.
One more empty net goal by Drayton put the game away. Landman scored the goal, assisted by Herman Mulder.
COMMUNITY 4 – MISSIONARY 5
Missionary took an early lead but saw it disappear before the first period ended. Matt Duff scored, assisted by Matt Freund and Brady Franklin.
Delmer Frey tied the game for Community with a shot from the point and Tanner Hackbart snapped in a shot from the short side for the lead. Assists were earned by Kevin Gingrich and Josh Martin.
Missionary tied it in the second period on a power play. Paul Vandenberg kept the play alive with a pass to Matt Burnett, who blasted a shot along the ice to even the score.
Community regained the lead early in the third. Terry Horst sent Kevin Gingrich down the ice with a pass. Gingrich drove to the net and rolled it underneath the goaltender.
But Missionary stormed back for two goals to tie the game. Both goals were scored by Matt Freund, assisted by Bryan Deen and Steve Slot.
Missionary took the lead late in the game when Bryan Deen stuffed a loose puck into the short side corner.
