It was hard fought weekend for the Milton Menace. The good news: the they didn’t lose a game!
The action started on Saturday, November 12th at the Scotiabank Pond when the Menace visited the Toronto Jr. Canadiens.
The game went scoreless through the first period.
The Jr. Canadiens then scored the first goal of the game, 2:43 into the second period. The Menace would be kept off the board again and the second would end 1-0 Toronto.
Thankfully, the Menace managed to find twine in the third period, with Menace Captain Owen Forester scoring the goal. It was assisted by Bradley Banach and Marco Iozzo. It would be tied at one after regulation play, and the game would head to overtime.
Both overtime periods would prove to be pointless, and the game ended in a 1-1 tie.
In net for Milton was Christian Trianni. He’d stop 36 of 37 stops. That’s a .979% save percentage.
The next day, on Sunday, November 13th, the Milton Menace returned home with a game against the Markham Royals.
The game started off a little poorly with the Royals jumping out to a 2-0 lead after one period.
That bad start continued for Milton, as Markham then added a third goal 5:02 into the second. The Menace then got one back with a goal at 9:18. Connor Driscoll scored on the powerplay with assists from Myles Perry and Bradley Banach. The Royals then scored again, to give Markham a 4-1 lead after 40-minutes of action.
The third period then happened, and it was madness. The Menace scored 40 seconds into the game. Ryan O’Toole, assisted by Banach and Owen Forester. Less than a minute later, Aidan Hughes scored for Milton, with assists from Joseph Meleca and Lucas Buzziol. Milton would tie the game at the 17:46 mark when Driscoll would scored again on the powerplay. Perry got the lone assist. It was 4-4 after regulation play.
The first overtime period almost came to a close before Buzziol scored a goal of his own, also on the powerplay, with assists from Hughes and Cole Semeniuk. The Menace won 5-4 in overtime, completely the hard fought comeback at home.
According to the box score, Christian Trianni was in net again, stopping 26 of 30 shots. That’s good for a .866% save percentage. He stopped 62 of 67 shots over the weekend, which is a very respectable .925% save percentage.
The Menace are now 16-3-1-2 over 22 games, giving them 35 points. That ties them for second place in the Ontario Junior Hockey League (OJHL) North/West Conference with the Collingwood Blues, who have only played 20 games this season. The Burlington Cougars have leapt into first place in the conference with 36 points in 24 games played.
Milton will play next on Wednesday, November 16th when they head into Georgetown to take on the Raiders. Game time at the Mold Masters Arena will be at 7:30 p.m. The Menace will return home on Friday, November 18th with a game against the Collingwood Blues. That game starts at 7:30 p.m. as well. Milton Menace home tickets for this OJHL season can be found here
