Brockville Loses CCHL Home Opener to Smiths Falls 7-2 Friday Night

Brockville – The Brockville Braves lost their CCHL 2023 season home opener 7-2 to the visiting Smiths Falls Bears on Friday night at the Memorial Centre.

The Bears were first to score in the first period on a goal by Matthew Dimaline. In the second Smiths Falls picked up four more on goals by Alec Hamady, Matthew Herb, Thomas Cormier and Trevor Faucher.

The Braves got their first goal in the second from Aidan Carolan on the powerplay.

Brockville’s Lucas Culhane would pick up the second and final goal in the third for the Braves. Smiths Falls would go on to pick up 2 more to win the game.

The Braves had 36 shots on goal while the Bears had 42.

The Bears will travel to Pembroke on Sunday night to play the Lumber Kings at 7:00 p.m.

Brockville is off the ice until Friday night when they host the Carleton Place Canadians. The puck drops at 7:30 p.m. at the Memorial Centre.

Game Recap:

1st Period:
1, Smiths Falls, Dimaline 1 (Kilmurray, Heron), 7:47.

Penalties-Paquette Sf (tripping), 8:24; Culhane Bro (roughing), 10:51; Hails Sf (slashing), 15:45; Herb Sf (high sticking), 17:18; Stevenson Sf (boarding ), 18:13.

2nd Period:
2, Smiths Falls, Hamady 1 (Ouellette, Parker), 1:48. 3, Smiths Falls, Herb 1 (Heron, Dimaline), 4:51. 4, Smiths Falls, Cormier 1 6:41. 5, Smiths Falls, Faucher 1 (Lumsden), 14:31. 6, Brockville, Carolan 3 (Culhane, Watson), 18:52 (PP).

Penalties-Kilmurray Sf (high sticking, high sticking), 16:32; Herb Sf (tripping), 17:24.

3rd Period:
7, Brockville, Culhane 1 (Cardiff), 2:04. 8, Smiths Falls, Stevenson 1 (Brown), 5:45 (PP). 9, Smiths Falls, Cormier 2 (O’Brien), 6:11.

Penalties-MacAulay Bro (slashing), 4:47; Carolan Bro (check to the head, check to head misconduct), 15:08; Dimaline Sf (slashing), 16:46.

Shots on Goal:
Smiths Falls 13-18-12-43. Brockville 13-14-9-36.

Power Play Opportunities:
Smiths Falls 1 / 3; Brockville 1 / 7.

Goalies:
Smiths Falls, Labre 1-0-0-0 (36 shots-34 saves). Brockville, Girard 0-1-0-0 (20 shots-16 saves); Spaniol 0-1-0-0 (23 shots-20 saves).