by Romano Di Franco
The Raiders visited the Kemptville 73s to play out the second part of their home and home set at the North Greenville Municipal Centre. Nepean came off a tough loss last time they played, but they came into the game looking for redemption. Kemptville came into the game fresh off a 5-1 victory against the Pembroke Lumber Kings.
For the starting goalies, Otsirakatste Brant got the start in goal for the Nepean Raiders. Rylan Donovan got the start in goal for the 73s.
The Raiders drew first blood on the strength of Jackson Legault’s first goal of the season assisted from Ryan Kinghan and Mason Rotondo. Nepean thought they increased their lead to 2-0 from Raphael Tellier. It was waived off due to goalie interference. Therefore, the only goal to report was Legault’s aforementioned goal.
The shots on net at the end of the first period were even at eight a piece.
Fifty four seconds into the second period, Eric Sweetapple scored his third goal of the season assisted from Zachary Venance. The Raiders regained the lead from Raphael Tellier’s eighth goal of the campaign on the powerplay assisted from Jack Yates and Spencer Thompson.
Shortly before the middle frame came to an end, Will Mullins fired home his eleventh of the year assisted from Alexis Beaulieu and Zachary Venance.
By the end of the second period, the Kemptville 73s outshot the Nepean Raiders 14-6. However, Otsirakatste Brant was amazing in that second period stopping thirteen shots in that period alone.
Nepean engineered the lead for the third time in the game from Luka Benoit’s fifteenth goal of the season assisted from Lucas Leblanc and Tyler Smith.
Just as regulation time came to an end, Zachary Venance scored his third point of the game which was the game tying goal assisted from Alexis Beaulieu and Lucas Achim.
The 73s would win the game from Nicolas Voisey’s fourth goal of the campaign assisted from Alexis Beaulieu and William St. James.
Despite the loss, the Nepean Raiders overall played a great game and showed they can bounce back from blowout loss.
For the three star selections, with the game winning goal in this game Nicolas Voisey garnered the first star selection for the 73s. For his thirty five save performance Otsirakatste Brant was named the second star for the Raiders. Finally for his three point performance Zachary Venance was named the third star for the Kemptville 73s.
Nepean’s next game will take place on Sunday, December 7th when they play host to the Brockville Braves.
Be sure to subscribe to the Raider’s official YouTube channel!
