SOURIS – The Kensington Moase Plumbing and Heating Vipers made it back-to-back shutouts Saturday night.
Cameron Visser turned aside all 30 shots while Nick Trainor scored a hat trick in leading the Vipers to a 5-0 decision over the host Eastern Maniacs. The win followed Caleb Coyle’s 31-save effort in an interlocking game with the Cap-Pelé Predators of the New Brunswick Junior Hockey League on Nov. 25.
In other league action Friday night, the Sherwood-Parkdale A&S Scrap Metal Metros edged Cap-Pelé 3-2 in interlocking action.
Vipers 5 Maniacs 0
At the Eastern Kings Sportsplex in Souris, the Vipers built period leads of 1-0 and 3-0.
Dylan Wheatley contributed a goal and two assists in his Vipers’ debut, and Noah Stewart added a single goal. Two assists were credited to Tyler Gallant and Jesse Jay as the second-place Vipers improved to 8-3-0 (won-lost-overtime losses).
Noah Laybolt gave up five goals on 22 shots in 43 minutes of action for the Maniacs (0-11-0). Cam Duffy blocked all eight shots he faced over the final 17 minutes.
Metros 3 Predators 2
At the Cap-Pelé Arena, Nick Currie’s second goal of the game at 16:44 of the third period broke a 2-2 tie and lifted the Metros to victory. Drew Bowman also scored for the Metros (7-7-0).
Simon Savoie-Vienneau and Connor Hayes scored for the Predators.
The period scores were 1-0 and 2-0 in favour of the Metros.
Winning goaltender Liam Jay finished with 28 saves.
Sunday’s games
There are two games scheduled on two fronts Sunday. The first-place Arsenault’s Fish Mart Western Red Wings host the Maniacs at the Evangeline Recreation Centre in a 2:15 p.m. start, and the Metros travel to Credit Union Centre in Kensington to take on the Vipers at 7 p.m.
