Athens Aeros Win Both Weekend Games in EOJHL

Athens – The Athens Aeros won both of their games in Eastern Ontario Junior Hockey League action over this past weekend.

On Saturday the Aeros hosted the Ottawa Junior Canadians beating them 4-3 at Centre 76. Then Sunday they hosted the Smiths Falls Jr, Bears winning 8-1.

This Friday night Athens travels to Perth to take on the Blue Wings. The puck drops at 7:30 PM.

Game Summary – Athens 4 vs Ottawa Jr. Canadians 3

1st Period:
1, Athens, Curson 11 (Dixon, Clarke), 1:17. 2, Athens, Palmer 6 13:08 (PP).

Penalties-Kyte Ojc (unsportsmanlike cnd.), 12:13; Going Ojc (slashing), 16:48.

2nd Period:
3, Athens, Palmer 7 (Curson, McGlade), 0:28. 4, Athens, Dulmage 2 (Hawkins, McNulty), 2:50. 5, Ottawa, Kyte 7 (DeFazio, Matthews), 16:44 (PP).

Penalties-Dulmage Ath (hooking), 8:54; served by Hawkins Ath (too many men), 13:28; Thompson Ath (tripping), 16:05.

3rd Period:
6, Ottawa, Levchenko 3 (Weekes), 5:58. 7, Ottawa, DeFazio 11 (Levchenko, Kyte), 17:45.

Penalties-Thompson Ath (interference), 12:53.

Shots on Goal:
Ottawa 13-12-15-40. Athens 7-9-13-29.

Power Play Opportunities-Ottawa 1 / 4; Athens 1 / 2.

Goalies:
Ottawa, Hodgson 0-2-0-0 (29 shots-25 saves). Athens, Greig 1-4-0-0 (40 shots-37 saves).

Game Summary Athens 8 vs Smiths Falls 1

1st Period:
1, Athens, Hunter 1 (Curson), 4:24. 2, Athens, Curson 12 (Palmer, McGlade), 8:23 (PP). 3, Athens, McGlade 3 (Palmer, Curson), 17:04.

Penalties-Shail Sfb (check to the head, misconduct – check to head), 6:43.

2nd Period:
4, Smiths Falls, Bourne 7 (Bourne, Waito), 6:56. 5, Athens, Boyer 2 (Taylor, Palmer), 15:02. 6, Athens, Curson 13 (McGlade, Clarke), 17:24. 7, Athens, Clarke 6 (Blevins, Dixon), 18:18.
Penalties-No Penalties

3rd Period:
8, Athens, Curson 14 (McGlade, Tornberg), 0:10. 9, Athens, McNulty 2 (Dulmage), 4:04.

Penalties-Bourne Sfb (slashing), 7:24; Tornberg Ath (slashing), 7:24; Bourne Sfb (butt ending , butt ending ), 12:49; Clarke Ath (holding the stick), 15:50; Clarke Ath (tripping), 18:32; Burns Sfb (hooking), 19:04.

Shots on Goal:
Smiths Falls 10-15-15-40. Athens 21-13-6-40.

Power Play Opportunities:
Smiths Falls 0 / 2; Athens 1 / 2.

Goalies:
Smiths Falls, Halpenny 4-6-2-1 (34 shots-28 saves); Kasdorff 1-1-0-0 (6 shots-4 saves). Athens, Riff 6-4-2-0 (40 shots-39 saves).