Kemptville Lost 7-1 to Smiths Falls in CCHL on Sunday

Smiths Falls – The Smiths Falls Bears scored four times in the opening period and never looked back, earning a convincing 7-1 victory over the Kemptville 73’s on Sunday afternoon at the Smiths Falls Memorial Centre.

The Bears Captain, Alex Fortier, opened the scoring before Bourque doubled the Bears’ lead. Smith later added a power-play goal, and Riopel scored late in the period to give Smiths Falls a commanding 4-0 advantage after 20 minutes.

After a scoreless second period, Ebrahim extended the lead early in the third. Hennessy responded for Kemptville with a power-play goal, but Barnett and Carvalho added late markers to secure the Bears’ sixth and seventh goals of the game and complete the 7-1 final. Smiths Falls was outshot by Kemptville 35-31.

Heideman made 34 saves for the Bears, while Della Santina stopped 24 shots for Kemptville.

The 73’s will host the Navan Grads this Wednesday night at the North Grenville Municipal Centre starting at 7:00pm.

Game Summary:

1st Period-1, Smiths Falls, Fortier 5 (Burchett, Delamaire), 7:17. 2, Smiths Falls, Bourque 2 (Carroll), 10:36. 3, Smiths Falls, Smith 4 (Bonomo, Fortier), 15:00 (PP). 4, Smiths Falls, Riopel 5 (Burchett, Smith), 18:53. Penalties-Miller Sf (roughing), 5:29; D’Arienzo Kem (holding), 6:00; Streska Kem (holding), 13:52.

2nd Period- No Scoring.Penalties-Smith Sf (hooking), 18:07.

3rd Period-5, Smiths Falls, Ebrahim 6 (Iannuzzi, Delamaire), 1:42. 6, Kemptville, Hennessy 2 (Gannon, Karon), 4:22 (PP). 7, Smiths Falls, Barnett 1 12:33. 8, Smiths Falls, Carvalho 1 (Fortier), 18:19. Penalties-Ebrahim Sf (cross checking), 4:10; Offman Kem (interference), 5:53; Smith Sf (roughing), 18:19.

Shots on Goal-Kemptville 9-10-16-35. Smiths Falls 16-6-9-31.
Power Play Opportunities-Kemptville 1 / 3; Smiths Falls 1 / 2.
Goalies-Kemptville, Della Santina 4-1-0-0 (31 shots-24 saves). Smiths Falls, Heideman 4-3-0-1 (35 shots-34 saves).