CHARLOTTETOWN, PEI, March 11, 2012 - The Cornwall Thunder finally broke the "home team wins" series between them and the Charlottetown Islanders Sunday afternoon, defeating their cross Island rivals 5-2 and winning the PEI Provincial Championship series four games to two. They will now go on to the Major Midget Atlantics in Torbay, NL beginning March 28.
The Thunder came out strong in the first and were up 2-0 before the period was over. They added another two in the second while the Islanders got a singleton and each team scored once in the third.
Cornwall wildly outshot their opponents 46-29 including 19 in the first and 18 in the third to keep Sam Walsh very busy in the net kicking out 41.
Ross Martin led the Thunder with a goal and an assist as five different scorers contributed to the final tally. Curtis MacGregor opened the scoring just over five minutes into the game, followed by Nick Handrahan, an AP who also scored in the first.
Logan Doiron and Logan Smallman rounded out the scorers. Chipping in with assists were Smallman, Mark MacMillan and Jordan Buchanan.
The Islanders Damon MacDonald and Tyler Doyle replied for the home team. They were assisted by Doyle, Mike White and Matt Cox.
Playoff MVP Goalie Grant Grady was the winning goaltender with 27 saves
Game Results
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Friday, March 09, 2012
Charlottetown Islanders 2 Cornwall Thunder 1 in Double OT
Isaac Jay scored at 2:04 of the second overtime period to give the Charlottetown Mark’s Work Wearhouse Islanders a 2-1 win over the Cornwall Superior Thunder in P.E.I. major midget hockey championship action Thursday night at MacLauchlan Arena.
The best-of-seven series is tied 2-2 with Game 5 in Cornwall on Saturday at 8 p.m.
Jay also had an assist in the contest.
Kameron Kielly collected the other Islanders goal and assisted on Jay’s overtime winner.
Tanner McCabe and Alex Gallant each had an assist.
Ross Martin, from Logan Smallman and Curtis MacGregor) scored the Thunder, which led 1-0 after the first two periods.
Daryl MacCallum faced 39 shots for the Isles, while Grant Grady faced 18 for Cornwall.
Next Game is Saturday @ 8:00 pm at the APM Centre in Cornwall
2011-2012 Provincial Playoffs
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Monday, March 05, 2012
Next Game Thursday at 8:00 PM at CARI.
Come on out and cheer the Thunder on!!
Game 1 - Thunder 7 Islanders 2
Game 2 - Islanders 3 Thunder 2
Game 3 - Thunder 4 Islanders 1
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