MONCTON, N.B. – It looks like there may be a race for first place in the New Brunswick/P.E.I. Major Midget Hockey League after all.
The surging Kensington Monaghan Farms Wild handed the Moncton Flyers their first loss of the 2018-19 regular season on Saturday night. Ryan Richards, who also added an assist for a three-point night, and Lucas Parsons each scored two goals to lead the Wild to a 7-2 road win. Kensington, which has won six games in a row, 10 of its last 11 and earned 21 of a possible 22 points during that stretch, improved to 11-2-1 (won-lost-overtime losses), one point behind league-leading Moncton (12-1-0).
Saturday’s win capped a sweep of four consecutive road games for the Wild, including a 4-3 come-from-behind decision over the Fredericton Caps on Friday night.
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Wild 7 Flyers 2
At the Superior Propane Centre, the Wild jumped out to a 4-0 lead after one period, but the Flyers cut the deficit to 4-2 at the end of 40 minutes. The Wild scored seven seconds into the third period to go up by three, and never looked back.
Keiran Gallant (1-1), Landon Clow (1-1) and Zac Arsenault also scored for Kensington. Ethan Beaulieu (2), Colby MacArthur (2), Isaac Wilson (2), William Proud, Dixon MacLeod and Jack Campbell added assists.
Patrick LeBlanc and Cole Cormier countered for the Flyers.
Winning goaltender Chad Arsenault turned in a 27-save effort as the Flyers outshot the Wild 29-23.
