{"id":33622,"date":"2023-01-12T22:20:59","date_gmt":"2023-01-13T02:20:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thelaker.ca\/?p=33622"},"modified":"2023-01-12T22:20:59","modified_gmt":"2023-01-13T02:20:59","slug":"valiant-effort-by-kings-comes-up-short-in-ice-jam-loss-to-bucs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/?p=33622","title":{"rendered":"Valiant effort by Kings comes up short in Ice Jam loss to Bucs"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

[adrotate banner=”78″]<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[adrotate banner=”115″]<\/p>\n\n\n\n

LANTZ:<\/strong> \u00a0Martello Buccaneers goalie Ben MacDonald was peppered in the late going but didn\u2019t crumble under the pressure holding off a late-game effort by the Sackville Kings on Jan. 12.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

MacDonald turned away 28 of 29 pucks he faced as his Bucs won 2-1 at the East Hants Sportsplex in U-16 AAAA action at the Saltwire East Coast Ice Jam in the Keith Miller Arena.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Bucs opened the game, which was scoreless for two periods, with goals from Mack Bursey on the power-play and Nolan MacKay.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ryan English made it 2-1 late in the game, on a pass from Josh Hollett.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[adrotate banner=”42″]<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[adrotate banner=”71″]<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hollett had several glorious chances in the third period to tie the game, but MacDonald was either there to thwart the chance or the post was.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

One of those chances had the puck come to Hollett\u2019s stick and with a wide-open net he started to fire it for what some thought was going to be a sure goal. MacDonald had something to say and got in the way of the shot.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Kings have several players from the East Hants, Fall River and Windsor Junction areas who suit up with them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Action continues all weekend in the East Coast Ice Jam. Follow along the results at: www.icejam.ca<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[adrotate banner=”84″]<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[adrotate group=”8″]<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Here are some game action photos from the game we snapped:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"\"
Brock Andrews eyes an opposing player. (Healey photo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"\"
The puck is loose but Kings goalie has his eyes on it. (Healey photo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"\"
Grant Sexton goes in from his off wing for a shot on goal, which was saved by the goalie. (Healey photo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

[adrotate banner=”111″]<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[adrotate banner=”126″]<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"\"
A Kings player sidesteps two Bucs players to get in on goal. (Healey photo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"\"
The Bucs high five along the bench after a goal. (Healey photo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"\"
Max Blackwood of the Kings holds a Bucs player as a teammate digs for the puck in their skates. (Healey photo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

[adrotate banner=”190″]<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[adrotate banner=”123″]<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"\"
Dylan Probert prepares to skate back as a Buc player has the puck. (Healey photo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"\"
Max Blackwood sets up an offensive zone play for the Kings. (Healey photo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"\"
Liam Duquette carries the puck into the Bucs zone as he tries to get something going to spark the Kings. (Healey photo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

[adrotate banner=”95″]<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[adrotate banner=”105″]<\/p>\n\n\n\n

<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

[adrotate banner=”78″] [adrotate banner=”115″] LANTZ: \u00a0Martello Buccaneers goalie Ben MacDonald was peppered in the late going but didn\u2019t crumble under the pressure holding off a late-game effort by the Sackville Kings on Jan. 12. MacDonald turned away 28 of 29 pucks he faced as his Bucs won 2-1 at the East Hants Sportsplex in U-16 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":33630,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[4467,4468,196,677,4469,4470],"class_list":["post-33622","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports","tag-buccaneers","tag-east-coast-ice-jam","tag-east-hants","tag-east-hants-sportsplex","tag-kings-hockey","tag-u16aaa"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33622","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=33622"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33622\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/33630"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=33622"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=33622"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=33622"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}