Special teams spark Islanders vs. Titan
The Charlottetown Islanders rode sturdy performances from their particular groups en path to a series-opening win in opposition to the Acadie-Bathurst Titan on Might 15. The Islanders scored two power-play objectives and as soon as short-handed in a 4-1 victory earlier than 2,199 followers at Eastlink Centre.
Recreation 2 within the best-of-five second-round playoff sequence within the Quebec Main Junior Hockey League is again in Charlottetown on Might 16 at 7 p.m.
Defenceman William Trudeau opened the scoring on a rocket of a one-timer from the best wing excessive underneath the cross bar to the best of Titan goaltender Jan Bednar at 7:55 of the second interval.
Captain Brett Budgell scored from in shut on a two-man energy play at 9:50 to make it 2-0.
Covehead’s Keiran Gallant, who labored relentlessly all through the sport, made no mistake in beating Bednar from the slot at 15:52.
Patrick Guay completed off a 2-on-1 with Budgell for a short-handed aim on the 18-minute mark to ship the Islanders into the second intermission forward.
The Titan’s lone aim got here on an uncommon sequence of occasions simply previous the midway mark of the third interval.
The Islanders’ Zac Roy was hauled down as he broke in alone on Bednar. With a penalty being referred to as on the play, Islanders goaltender Franky Lapenna raced to the bench for an additional attacker.
The Islanders maintained possession of the puck within the offensive zone, however a cross again to the purpose was off beam and the puck went the size of the ice into the open internet, eluding a diving Lapenna, who tried to get again in time.
Jacob Melanson was credited with the Titan aim.
Roy, Guay, Budgell, Noah Laaouan, Lukas Cormier, Drew Elliott and Ryan Maynard added assists for the Islanders.
Lapenna completed with 17 saves, and Bednar stopped 24 of 28 photographs.
The Islanders, who swept the Moncton Wildcats in a best-of-five first-round sequence, improved to 4-0 (won-lost) in post-season play.
The Titan superior to the second spherical with a five-game sequence win over the RisePEI Mooseheads.
The sport’s three stars had been: 1. Brett Budgell (Islanders), 2. Drew Elliott (Islanders), 3. Franky Lapenna (Islanders).
After Recreation 2, the sequence shifts to Bathurst, N.B, for Recreation 3 on Might 19 and, if mandatory, Recreation 4 on Might 20.
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Jason Simmonds is a sports activities editor with the SaltWire Community in Prince Edward Island. @JpsportsJason
