MISSIONARY 4 COMMUNITY 3
Community used an early power play to get on the scoreboard in the first period. Terry Horst fed the puck up along the right boards to Tanner Hackbart, who shot the puck along the ice to catch the back of the goaltender’s skate and bounce the puck into the net.
Missionary tied the game in the second period. Cody Gleeson rifled a slap shot from the top of the face circle. Scott Vandepas slapped his stick on the ice to tip the puck under the pads.
Community took the lead again with a shorthanded rush. Kevin Gingrich teed up a shot for Kyle Roes at the blue line and Roes blasted it in through the crowd.
Missionary tied the game back up before the period ended. Cody Gleeson and Matt Burnett sent Curtis Bults away with the puck. Bults cut to the net and snapped the puck into the top corner.
Missionary took the lead late in the third. Curtis Bults skated into a loose puck and carried it to the Community net. A late shot into the nearside corner earned the go-ahead goal.
Missionary added an insurance goal less than a minute later. Matt Duff and Steve Domitrovic set up Matt Freund at the empty corner. A quick tip sent the puck behind the goaltender.
Community came back with one but fell short for the loss. Terry Horst set up Kevin Gingrich who snapped a rising wrist shot over the glove for the goal.
FLORADALE 3 LISTOWEL 1
Despite buzzing the net for 15 shots in the first period, Floradale only counted one goal. Jason Newton and Corey Wideman sent Mike Martin away with the puck on a power play rush. Martin snapped a low shot along the ice into the goal.
Floradale added another goal to start off the second period. Ryan Martin and Josh Brohman sent Mike Martin to the net again. This time a rising wrist shot sent the puck into the top corner.
Listowel fought back in the dying seconds of the period. Ryan Streicher sent Josh Kozak down the right side boards. Kozak carried the puck deep and slipped a pass across to Kyle Streicher who flipped the puck into the open corner.
Floradale strengthened their lead to open the third. Tim Martin and Willis Martin sent a shot on net and Andrew Martin stayed with the puck to bury the rebound.
DRAYTON 3 BETHEL 1
Drayton scored the opening goal in the middle of the second period. Eric Decker created a scramble at the left face-off circle and Mark Scholten snapped a hard shot along the ice for the goal.
Drayton added a second goal less than a minute later. Scholten skated to the net with a two-on-one rush. A pass across the ice gave Brent DeKoning a shot into the open corner.
Bethel edged back into the game midway through the third period. Matt Horst worked the puck deep and split through the defence to set up Mike Seiling with an open corner. Seiling rolled the puck into the corner for the goal.
Bethel pulled their goaltender in the final minute. But Pat Landman gained control of the puck and gave Eric Decker the shot into the empty net to put the game away.
