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Bantam Jets sweep Loyalist in series

January 20, 2016

The Bierworth Readi-Mix Bantam Jets were in Loyalist Friday night for game two in their series.
Just under three minutes into the game, Jack Kauffeldt banged one in to open up the scoring, assisted by Jesse Mountney.
Late in the period, Brett Cooney scored two consecutive goals just thirty seconds apart, both unassisted, to make it 3-0 Bancroft. A goalie change by Loyalist in the second, didn’t stop Bancroft.
Five minutes in, Chris Poste put one in the back of the net, after a pass out front by Brett Cooney.
Less than three and a half minutes later, Loyalist was on the scoreboard. With 3:33 left, Bancroft took advantage of a power play, as Brandon Hudder riffled one in from the point, assisted by Riley Krieger.
The second ended 5-1 Bancroft.
Loyalist tried to rally back, scoring two quick goals in the third, but it wasn’t enough. Bancroft finished it off with an empty netter scored by Brett Cooney, unassisted, for a final score of 6-3 Bancroft.
The Bancroft Jets returned home on Saturday for game three.
Bancroft’s penalty kill was put to the test right off the bat and they did a great job killing it off, only to take another penalty shortly after, but once again Bancroft denied Loyalist.
Halfway through the first, Bancroft had a power play of their own and they cashed in, as Hudder scored from the point, assisted by Alana Jentas.
With 32 seconds left, Jared McCaskie one timed one in off a pass from Mountney, also assisted by Jentas, to make it 2-0 Bancroft heading into the second.
Bancroft racked up the penalty minutes in the second, they even had to kill off two five-on-three situations.
With under five minutes left, Kauffeldt scored a beauty one-handed breakaway goal while Bancroft was down two players, unassisted.
It was the only goal in the period, so Bancroft was up 3-0 after two.
Bancroft added two more goals in the third.
The first one, Poste put top shelf, assisted by Brett Cooney, and the other, a power play goal by Brett Cooney, assisted by Kauffeldt and McCaskie.
Ethan Glecoff, in net for Bancroft, earned another shut out and Bancroft won the game 5-0, to sweep the series three straight.
The Bancroft Bantam Jets now await their next opponent for round two.

Submited by Stacy McCaskie