After an 8-3 defeat to the Carleton Place Canadians on Sunday afternoon the Renfrew Timberwolves playoff hopes were slim, sitting 7 points out with just 6 games left. A 4-2 win over Perth and a 6-5 shootout victory over Ottawa West put Renfrew right back into the playoff picture. Friday night’s rematch was the Timberwolves 4th game in 6 days and the Canadians prevailed with a 4-2 win at Ma-te-Way Rink.
Hisham Barayan and Ethan Wardman assisted on each other’s goals in the opening period. Barayan scored shorthanded 5:28 into the game and Wardman extended the lead to 2-0 before the first intermission.
Brandon English cut the lead in half with a powerplay goal in the 2nd period and the game would stay tight until late in the 3rd.
Ryland Mosley’s 38th goal of the season with 4:44 left would stand as the game winner. Eastan Eckert added a powerplay goal 1:17 later.
Vincent Bujold-Roux won his 3rd straight start in net, making 17 saves to improve his record to 18-7.
Carleton Place are one point ahead of Westport for 1st place in the Richardson Division. Both teams have 3 games left including the regular season finale against each other. Both teams are on the road Saturday, Westport are up against Athens (28-16-4) and the Canadians are taking on Whitewater (26-23-0).
Carleton Place are back home on Family Day for a 12pm game against Arnprior.
