The Gillespie's Tree Service U15 Red Devils took to the ice for their last two regular season games this week.
Wednesday evening saw the North Shore Whitecaps come to town. The Whitecaps would jump out to a 2-0 lead before Ewan Dahle forced a turnover at the blue line and potted a solo effort to cut the lead in half. The teams would trade goals again before the end of the second with Trent Clow taking another Whitecaps turnover from his own blue line and tucking it just under the bar to close the second period with the Devils down 3-2. Andrew Laurin would tie the game at 3 with a power play marker set up with some great passing by Trent Clow and Spencer Harold. Quinte would give up the next 2 goals before Laurin notched his second straight from Brechyn Aird and Clow. It was not to be on this night though as the team came up on the wrong end of a 6-4 score.
Saturday night saw the Devils head East down the 401 to wrap up their regular season against the Jr Gaels in Kingston. A tight checking affair saw no scoring until well into the second period when Andrew Laurin picked up a lose puck on the wall and fed Ewan Dahle in the slot to put the Devils up 1-0. Dahle would tally his second of the night on the power play early in the third frame. Laurin and Brechyn Aird would pick up helpers as well. Trent Clow got on the scoresheet as well banging home a rebound off a combined Jack Sutton and Austin Preston effort. The Gaels would get one back before Lawson Minifie sealed the deal into an empty net. Jax Martin and Preston picked up helpers as well to send QRD to the post season on a winning note.
The playoffs are here! The Red Devils open the post season with a pair of road contests travelling to Scugog on Saturday to take on COW and St Andrew's College on Sunday to do battle with the streaking York Simcoe Express. Puck drop on Saturday is at 6:45 and Sunday sees a 5pm start.