Recorder & Times Staff
They’ll try to climb over the .500-mark on Sunday.
The Brockville Braves defeated the Pembroke Lumber Kings 3-1 on Friday night. The win at home evened the Jr. A Braves’ record at 6-6.
Aidan Yarde gave Brockville a 1-0 lead on a power-play late in the first period; it was his fourth goal of the season. Luke Tchor’s eighth goal of the year made it 2-0 for the Braves late in the second period.
Eric Barnard scored his second goal of the season at 12:61 of the third to give Brockville a 3-0 advantage. Lucas Legault broke up Philip Rondina’s shutout bid with about 48 seconds to go in regulation.
The Lumber Kings edged the Braves in shots 28-27. Rondina was named first star. Second and third stars went to Barnard and Legault.
Ben Forget made 24 saves for Pembroke in the loss. The Lumber Kings are now 2-8-0-1 and have the fewest points in the CCHL.
A crowd of 556 was on hand at the Brockville Memorial Centre. Attendance at the five home games played in Brockville has averaged about 600.
The Braves will look to make it four wins in a row when they take on the Kemptville 73’s at the North Grenville Municipal Centre on Sunday afternoon at 2. The 73’s improved to 4-6-2-0 with a 4-1 home win against Nepean on Friday night. Ty White scored a hat trick for Kemptville to give him seven goals on the season. Jacob Biron picked up the win in net for the 73’s.
In other CCHL action Friday night, the Smiths Falls Bears (8-4-0-1) lost to Navan 3-1 in the first of a home-and-home. The Grads (8-4-2-0) will host the rematch Sunday.
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