SUMMERSIDE, P.E.I. — An ineffective power play cost the Kensington Monaghan Farms Wild in a first-place battle with the Moncton Flyers on Friday night.
The Wild failed to score on 12 man advantages while the Flyers went 1-for-7 en route to posting a big 3-0 win in the Hub City. The win gives the Flyers firm control of first place in the New Brunswick/P.E.I. Major Midget Hockey League. Moncton, which is 24-3-1 (won-lost-overtime losses), opened up a four-point lead over the Wild (22-6-1). Moncton will play five of its seven final regular-season games at home. The Flyers also hold one game-in-hand on the Wild, who will play four of its final six games at home.
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Both teams are back in action on Saturday as the Northern Moose (1-25-2) visit the Wild at Credit Union Centre, and the Fredericton Caps (7-16-4) travel to Moncton. Both games are 7:30 p.m. starts. Moncton closes out a busy weekend on the road against the Charlottetown Bulk Carriers Pride (15-12-1) at MacLauchlan Arena on Sunday at 1:45 p.m.
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At the Superior Propane Centre, Mathias Savoie made 31 saves in recording the Flyers’ second straight shutout over the Wild. The previous one came in a 1-0 win in the championship game of the recent 2019 Chronicle Herald East Coast Ice Jam tournament in Bedford, N.S.
Yannick Bastarache (1-1), Owen Cole and Alexis Dube scored for the Flyers, who held period leads of 1-0 and 3-0.
Chad Arsenault stopped 30 of 33 shots for the Wild.
