Titans strike early and sink the Dolphins 7–4

Jim Brown

Sports Contributor 

The Paris Titans took a 4-1 first period lead last Friday evening on their way to their second straight win as they scored a 7-4 decision over the Dorchester Dolphins in Provincial Junior C Hockey League play.

On the road October 31st, the Titans held a 5-3 advantage after 40 minutes and in the final

period outscored the Dolphins 2-1 to reach the final 7-4 score.

The action started when Jack Kersey opened the scoring for Paris with an unassisted marker at 3:03. Kayden Blacquiere gave the Titans a two-goal advantage at 10:39 with a

power play tally. Jake Semiwolos and Clark Dunford assisted. Ryan O'Keefe made it 3-0 at 11:30 in the first period thanks to a Blake Kersey set up.

Owen Stoddart scored the Dolphins first goal at 15:24 on the power play but Austin Christian scored over a minute later to raise the score to 4-1; Dunford and Jack Russell assisted.

In the second period, Cole Kersey scored Paris’ only goal on a power play marker to

give the Titans a four-goal advantage. Trevor McDowell and Blake Kersey assisted. Dorchester responded with two more goals from Damian Pancino and Wyatt Adkins to close the gap 5-3.

In the third, Cole Shoup would score Dorchester’s final goal bringing the score to 5-4. Paris responded with O’Keefe netting his second of the game, assisted by Blake Kersey. Carter MacKay grabbed an unassisted empty-net goal to secure the 7-4 victory.

Dorchester outshot the Titans 49-45 but Aaron Neal was solid in net for the Titan’s to seal the victory. Paris was 2-for-2 on the power play while the Dolphins were 2-for-5 with the man advantage. Paris was assessed five minors, and a misconduct and Dorchester was handed two minors and two misconducts.

Saturday evening's contest at the Brant Sports Complex between the Titans and the Hespeler Shamrocks was postponed due to game seven of the World Series between the Toronto Blue Jays and the Los Angeles Dodgers.

The Titans are in Norwich on Friday for an 8 p.m. contest against the Merchants and then host the New Hamburg Firebirds on Saturday for a 7:30 p.m. contest at the Brant Sports Complex.