Smiths Falls Bears Lead CCHL Series 2-0 Over Carleton Place

Carleton Place – The CCHL playoff series between the Smiths Falls Bears and the Carleton Place Canadians had the first two games over the weekend.

On Friday, The Bears won a 7-2 decision over the Canadians in Smiths Falls and again The Bears won 4-3 after two overtime periods on Sunday in Carleton Place.

Smiths Falls now leads the series 2-0.

Game 3 is tonight back in Smiths Falls. The puck drops at 7:30 pm.

Saturday’s Game Summary:

1st Period:
1, Smiths Falls, Stevenson 2 (Faucher, Watson), 8:23 (PP). 2, Smiths Falls, Ouellette 1 (Wasmer, O’Brien), 8:57 (PP). 3, Carleton Place, Ryan 1 (Cooper, Soloway), 10:17 (PP).

Penalties-Bouwer Cp (slashing), 6:50; Dagenais Cp (interference), 8:39; Hails Sf (slashing), 10:11.

2nd Period:
4, Carleton Place, Kinloch Varga 2 7:11 (PP).

Penalties-O’Brien Sf (roughing), 2:45; Watson Sf (roughing, roughing), 2:45; Benvie Cp (roughing), 2:45; Fehr Cp (roughing), 2:45; James Sf (hooking), 6:34; Gourgon Cp (slashing), 7:55; Cooper Cp (slashing), 7:58; Bouwer Cp (tripping), 11:56.

3rd Period:
5, Smiths Falls, Wasmer 4 (Stevenson, Faucher), 11:35. 6, Carleton Place, Bouwer 2 (Soloway, Ryan), 14:07 (PP).

Penalties-Booth Sf (high sticking), 13:21.

1st OT Period:
No Scoring. Penalties-No Penalties

2nd OT Period:
7, Smiths Falls, Ouellette 2 (O’Brien), 1:09. Penalties-No Penalties

Shots on Goal:
Smiths Falls 14-10-13-7-2-46. Carleton Place 9-13-10-9-0-41.

Power Play Opportunities:
Smiths Falls 2 / 5; Carleton Place 3 / 4.

Goalies:
Smiths Falls, Labre (41 shots-38 saves). Carleton Place, Feddema (46 shots-42 saves).

Friday’s Game Summary:

1st Period:
1, Smiths Falls, Wasmer 1 (Culhane, Stevenson), 2:57. 2, Smiths Falls, Wasmer 2 (O’Brien, Booth), 8:44 (PP). 3, Carleton Place, Kinloch Varga 1 (Prudhomme, Culley), 16:19 (SH).

Penalties-McLean Cp (holding), 7:19; served by Gourgon Cp (too many men), 9:29; Gourgon Cp (high sticking), 16:03.

2nd Period:
4, Carleton Place, Bouwer 1 (Gourgon, Cooper), 1:12 (PP). 5, Smiths Falls, Dimaline 1 (Booth, Culhane), 9:31 (PP). 6, Smiths Falls, Hamady 1 (Watson, James), 18:56.

Penalties-Wasmer Sf (interference), 1:03; Benvie Cp (high sticking, high sticking), 8:30; Kudrna Cp (slashing), 17:05; Ouellette Sf (slashing), 17:36; Ryan Cp (slashing), 19:57; O’Brien Sf (roughing), 19:57.

3rd Period:
7, Smiths Falls, Stevenson 1 (Culhane), 0:50. 8, Smiths Falls, Wasmer 3 (Rosa, Dagg), 4:02. 9, Smiths Falls, O’Brien 1 (Dagg, Kilmurray), 11:53 (PP).

Penalties-Gourgon Cp (cross checking), 11:36; Boudreau Cp (roughing), 12:51; Booth Sf (slashing), 12:51; Ouellette Sf (holding), 12:51; Ouellette Sf (slashing), 17:42; Kudrna Cp (roughing, grabbing face mask, checking from behind, game misconduct), 18:21; Stevenson Sf (grabbing face mask, roughing), 18:21.

Shots on Goal:
Carleton Place 4-6-12-22. Smiths Falls 18-14-11-43.

Power Play Opportunities:
Carleton Place 1 / 4; Smiths Falls 3 / 8.

Goalies:
Carleton Place, Feddema (36 shots-30 saves); Vandenberg (7 shots-6 saves). Smiths Falls, Labre (22 shots-20 saves).