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Freel and Campbell Score Goals In 5-2 Loss to Smiths Falls

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by Romano Di Franco

The Nepean Raiders travelled to the Smiths Falls Memorial Centre to visit the Bears to begin a busy week in which four of the six games will be on the road. For the starting goalies, John Gedraitis who was great in his last start against the Navan Grads got the nod in goal while Ethan Morrow was in goal for the Smiths Falls Bears.

Here’s a breakdown of key moments and statistics:

Scoreline:

  • Nepean Raiders: 2 (1 in the 1st, 1 in the 2nd, 0 in the 3rd)
  • Smiths Falls Bears: 5 (0 in the 1st, 1 in the 2nd, 4 in the 3rd)

Notable Plays:

  • Nepean’s Goals:
    • 1st Period: Peter Freel (PP), assisted by Nicolas Papineau.
    • 2nd Period: Deklyn Campbell (PP), assisted by Nick Houben and David Taylor.
  • Smiths Falls’ Goals:
    • 2nd Period: Quinn Booth scored, assisted by Tyson Parker and Caeden Heins.
    • 3rd Period:
      • Peyton Veltkamp scored, assisted by Andrea Blais and Travis Ouellette.
      • Caeden Heins scored, assisted by Andrea Blais.
      • Travis Ouellette scored unassisted.
      • Quinn Booth sealed the game with an empty-netter, assisted by Tyson Parker and Jack Paquette.

Penalties:

  • The game had several penalties, including a 10-minute misconduct for Nepean’s Tristan Konobelj for a check to the head, with both teams getting chances on the power play. Nepean scored on 2 of 5 power plays, while Smiths Falls went 0 for 3.

Three Stars:

  1. Quinn Booth (Smiths Falls Bears) – 2 goals, including an empty-netter.
  2. Caeden Heins (Smiths Falls Bears) – 1 goal, 1 assist.
  3. Peter Freel (Nepean Raiders) – 1 goal.

Team Stats:

  • Shots on Goal: Nepean Raiders (23), Smiths Falls Bears (33).
  • Power Plays: Nepean Raiders converted 2 of 5 opportunities, while the Bears were 0 for 3.

Smiths Falls took control in the third period, scoring four unanswered goals to secure their win. On the other hand, the Nepean Raiders did a great job on their penalty killing on this game just like the previous one. They killed off all three penalties.

Nepean’s next game will be held on Sunday October 20th when the Renfrew Wolves come to town.

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