Recorder & Times Staff
Going four for seven on the power play helped.
The Brockville Braves defeated the 73’s 7-3 in Kemptville on Tuesday night. The road win enabled the Jr. A Braves to stay two points behind Hawkesbury for second overall in the Central Canada Hockey League (CCHL).
Brockville and Kemptville were tied 1-1 after the first and 3-3 at second intermission. The Braves scored four unanswered in the third.
Jack McDonald’s second goal of the night and sixth of the season gave Brockville the lead for good about five minutes into the third. Luke Tchor’s 20th of the year made it 5-3 at 6:36. Caleb Kean added some insurance with 3:45 to go in regulation; it was his 14th goal of the season. Colin Elliott closed the scoring with about 26 seconds on the clock; he now has four goals on the year.
Justin Dauphinais and Trent Ledrew had scored their 16th and third goals respectively earlier for the Braves.
Hunter Brazier, Patrick Larkin and Jeff Taylor had Kemptville’s goals. Two were on power plays
Brockville had the edge in shots 33-31. Sami Molu picked up the win in net for the Braves. Rylan Donovan was the 73’s goalie.
McDonald, Larkin and Dauphinais were named first, second and third stars.
Attendance at the North Grenville Municipal Centre was 172.
Brockville (31-13-0-2) remains in first place in the Robinson Division and third overall in the CCHL, six points up on Renfrew. Kemptville (24-16-4-2) is fourth in the division and sixth overall.
The Braves have home games on consecutive nights. Brockville hosts the Navan Grads on Thursday at 7 p.m. and Nepean on Friday at 7:30. Navan (22-19-1-1) defeated Rockland 4-3 in a shootout Tuesday.
The Braves won their previous three games against the Grads this season.
Also in the CCHL Tuesday, the Hawks edged the Bears 3-2 in a shootout in Smiths Falls. Renfrew kept pace with Brockville by defeating Pembroke 5-1. The Lumber Kings had been tied with the Braves but now trail them by eight points.
Carleton Place, which was shut out by the Braves in Brockville twice on the weekend, edged Nepean 4-3 in overtime at home Tuesday.
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