The Haliburton County Huskies opened last weekend with a 3-1 Friday night win on the road over the Pickering Panthers. But they were on the return end of a 3-1 loss Saturday afternoon, at the hands of the Wellington Dukes.
The Oct. 7 loss puts the Huskies at five wins, four losses, and two ties.
On Oct. 6, forward Charlie Fink netted two goals against the Panthers.
After a scoreless first, he put the Huskies up 1-0 at the 4:18 mark of the second period with his first of the season, assisted by Ty Petrou.
Pickering answered just over two minutes later, as former Husky, Nicholas Athanasakos, scored his eighth of the season.
Huskies’ captain, Patrick Saini, then put the blue and white up 2-1 with his eighth, from Hunter Martell and Petrou.
Fink sealed the deal with his second, at 19:37 of the second, from Lucas Stevenson.
It was a scoreless third as Husky goalie, Logan Kennedy, turned aside 26 of the 27 shots he faced in this game.
Wellington had the jump on the Huskies the entire game Oct. 7.
After a scoreless opening frame, the Dukes got on the board first as Panavioti Efraimidis broke the goose egg at 12:09.
Fink answered back with his third of the weekend, at 17:35, from Petrou and Saini.
But the Dukes got the late killer, at 18:53 of the second, off the stick of Ben Vreugdenhil. An empty-netter, at 18:28 of the third period, made it a 3-1 Dukes game.
t’s a big week for the squad, with away games Oct. 12 and Oct. 13. The Huskies are back at home Oct. 14 against the Trenton Golden Hawks. Puck drop is 4 p.m. at the S.G. Nesbitt Memorial Arena.
Bowmaster signs
The OJHL has announced Huskies’ forward Declan Bowmaster has confirmed his commitment to join the NCAA Division I Merrimack College Warriors, in Andover, Mass. Beginning the 2025-26 season.
A 17-year-old, Bowmaster first joined the blue and white as an affiliate player from the Oshawa Generals U18 team in the 2021-22 season. He was a third-round pick of the Peterborough Petes in the Ontario Hockey League’s 2022 U18 draft. During 2022-23, he scored six goals and seven assists in 41 games. Bowmaster has four goals and an assist in nine games this season.
“We are really excited for Declan,” the OJHL site quoted Huskies’ head coach and general manager Ryan Ramsay as saying. “I have seen him grow as a player since joining our team as an AP in 2021. He has a high level of skill and great hockey IQ.”
“Haliburton is the best place to become a better hockey player,” Bowmaster told the OJHL. “The coaches care about developing you as a player with video, skills skates and power skating. The community is always involved and they care so much about the team, it’s a great organization to be a part of
“I chose the NCAA because it’s the best place for me to develop into a better hockey player and become a better student. The NCAA offers me a chance to progress my hockey career and my education at the same time with excellent coaches and teachers.”
