Thomas Casey scored the game winner after connecting on the tying goal as the Charlottetown Islanders got by the Cape Breton Sceaming Eagles, 3-2 in overtime.
Cape Breton came in with 4 straight wins.
The Islanders now just a point back of second place Halifax in the Maritimes division in the Q.
The Islanders host Baie-Comeau this afternoon at 3.00.
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The Drakkar helped the Islanders with a 2-1 edging of the Mooseheads in Halifax.
Sherbrooke over Saint John, 5-2.
Drummondville handed the first place Moncton Wild Cats a 7-1 loss.
No doubt the biggest win of the season for the UPEI men’s hockey Panthers who came back three times to edge the hot Saint Mary’s Huskies, 4-3. Cody Payne score twice and had the winner with under 3 minutes to play.
Goalie Matt Mancina the game star with 42 saves.
UPEI erased three Huskies one-goal leads. The Panthers move into 4th place in the AUS with their third straight win.
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#1 UNB now 13-0-2 this season with a 6-1 victory over Acadia.
St. F.X. stopped Moncton, 5-3.
NHL
Andreas Johnsson had three goals in the first period as Toronto blanked Philadelphia, 6-0 in the NHL. Garret Sparkes with a 34 save shutout.
John Moore scored on a power play with under three minutes left as Boston trimmed Montreal, 3-2.
Patrik Laine a huge night for the Winnipeg Jets scoring five goals in an 8-4 win over St. Louis.
NINE STRAIGHT FOR WILD
The Kensington Wild are tied for first in Major Midget with a 4-3 overtime win over the Moncton Flyers. Both teams have 29 points.
The Wild has won 9 in a row.
Zach Biggar had the overtime winner.
PEI HOCKEY
The Western Regals shutout Pownal, 4-0 in Midget AAA.
The Central Attack over Moncton,6-3.
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South Side doubled Summerside, 4-2 in Jr. C.
Sherwood Metros over North River, 7-4.
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The Central Attack blanked Mid Isle, 5-0 in Bantam AAA.
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The UPEI women’s Panthers are 6-1 this season in AUS basketball after bouncing UNB on the road, 76-63. Game star Jenna Mae Ellsworth had 28 points.
The men Panthers fell 90-64 to the Reds. Sam Campbell had 18 points for UPEI.
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VANIER CUP
The Laval Rouge et Or won their 10th Vanier Cup in university football, 34-20 over last year’s champs the Western Mustangs who beat them.
The home crowd of 12,380 in Quebec City helped.
Western came in ranked #1.
Quarterback Hugo Richard passed for 348 yards and two touchdowns and rushed for 60 yards and touchdown on his own.
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Adam Merner captured Red Shores Drivers Challenge winning the Paul MacDonald Memorial Trophy with 62 points beating Gilles Barrieau by two points.
Corey MacPherson was third in the eight race series.
Barrieau won with Rollwithharry in 1.58/4.
Killean Finale won the open filies and mares in 1.58/4 for Ken Murphy.
ON TODAY
The 106th Grey Cup game in Edmonton tonight at 7.00.
The Calgary Stampeders play the Ottawa Redblacks in the CFL final.
The Stamps have lost the last two Grey Cup games, last winning in 2014.
Ottawa last won in 2016.
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The NFL includes New England at the NY Jets, Seattle at Carolina, Pittsburgh at Denver and tonight Green Bay in Minnesota.
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The Charlottetown Islanders will try to make it six straight home wins as they host Baie-Comeau Drakkar at 3.00 this afternoon.
The Islanders got by Cape Breton, 3-2 in overtime last night while the third place overall Drakkar edged the Mooseheads, 2-1 in Halifax.
The Islanders could take over second place in the Maritimes in the Q with a win and if Drummondville beats Halifax.
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The NHL has four games.
Among them New Jersey at Tampa Bay and Edmonton in Los Angeles.
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AUS women’s hockey in Montague today at 2.00.
The Panthers host second place St. F.X. UPEI has won four in a row and X has won two straight.
Free admission for minor hockey players and there is a 2 for 1 deal on tickets for minor hockey parents.
Free admission for minor hockey players and there is a 2 for 1 deal on tickets for minor hockey parents.
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Jr. B today.
The Eastern Maniacs at the Western Red Wings at 2.15.
Cap-Pele at the Kensington Vipers at 7.00.
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Charlottetown visits Moncton in Major Midget.
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Moncton and Kings County at 3.00 in Souris in Midget AAA.
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The Eastern Express at the Mid Isle in Crapaud at 4.30 in Bantam AAA.