Lumber Kings Fall 5-3 to Red Hot Nationals
The Rockland Nationals are on fire. The Nats made it 9 wins in a row to start the Central Canada Hockey League season as they upended the Pembroke Lumber Kings 5-3. Rockland outshot Pembroke 44-26 and never trailed in the game as they continued their torrid pace, dropping the Kings back to .500 with a 4-4-0-1 record in the early part of the season.
Liam Cardiff scored twice for the Kings in a losing cause. Jayson Alegria netted his tenth goal of the season for the Kings.
The Lumber Kings will now regroup and prepare to face the defending league champion, Navan Grads in a Thanksgiving matinee on Sunday, October 13th at 2 p.m. at the Pembroke Memorial Centre.
Lumber Kings Outlast Raiders 5-4
Jayson Alegria scored his league leading 9th goal of the season and the Pembroke Lumber Kings connected for 4 powerplay goals in a 5-4 home ice win over the Nepean Raiders. The team's leading scorer, Eric Barnard also added a goal and an assist and now has 16 points in the first 8 games of the season.
The win pushes the Lumber Kings over the .500 mark as the team is now 4-3-0-1 on the season and sits in the middle of the pack in the Central Canada Hockey League Robinson division standings.
The Lumber Kings are on the road on Friday, October 11th to take on the Rockland Nationals. You can listen to that game on MY FM radio beginning at 7:30 p.m. The Kings return home for a Thanksgiving matinee with the defending league champion, Navan Grads, on Sunday, October 13th at 2 p.m. at the Pembroke Memorial Centre.
The Lumber Kings now have a week off before facing the Nepean Raiders on Sunday, October 6th at 7 p.m. at the Pembroke Memorial Centre.
