Ottawa, ON – It was an action-packed Wednesday in the EOJHL, with Ottawa West, Casselman, and Arnprior all skating away with wins in tightly contested matchups.
Ottawa West 5, Perth 3
Thomas Dickey led the charge for the Ottawa West Golden Knights with a hat trick and an assist as they held off the visiting Perth Blue Wings 5–3.
After Carter Pilon opened the scoring for Ottawa West, Max Shewfelt quickly answered for Perth — the first of his two goals on the night. The teams traded tallies through two periods, with William McCulligh adding his 13th for the Knights, while Shewfelt and Tristan Brown responded for Perth to even the score.
Dickey’s second goal early in the third gave Ottawa West the lead for good, and he sealed the win with an empty-netter in the final minute. Justin Murdoch (3A) and Seamus Lockhart (3A) both had big nights setting up plays, while Dustin Riff stopped all 15 shots he faced in relief to secure the win.
Ottawa West improved to 11-0-1-0, while Perth dropped to 3-7-0-1.
Casselman 4, Ottawa 3
The Casselman Vikings handed the Ottawa Jr. Canadians just their second loss of the season in a 4–3 home victory led by Tristan Webb’s two-goal performance.
Marc-Olivier McCarthy opened the scoring midway through the first, and Webb doubled the lead minutes later. Ottawa clawed back with goals from Jacob Perreault and Mattias Côté, both assisted by Riley Bloom, but Webb’s power-play marker in the third restored Casselman’s advantage.
Mathieu Cloutier capped the night with a power-play empty-netter, finishing with a goal and two assists, while goaltender Émile Pagé made 24 saves for the win. Darcy Murphy turned aside 30 shots for Ottawa in defeat.
Casselman moved to 10-2-0-0, while Ottawa slipped to 12-2-0-0.
Arnprior 5, Smiths Falls 3
Ethan Smith scored a hat trick to power the Arnprior Packers to a 5–3 road victory over the Smiths Falls Jr. Bears.
Cameron Sheppard opened the scoring for Arnprior before the Bears tied it late in the first. Smith tallied twice in the second to help the Packers reclaim control, while Brody Nielissen’s power-play goal kept Smiths Falls within reach.
Brendan Lynch added an insurance marker early in the third, and Smith completed his hat trick midway through the period. Tristan Hodgson stood tall in net for Arnprior with 49 saves, outdueling Cole King, who made 32 stops for the Bears.
With the win, Arnprior improved to 6-4-0-0, while Smiths Falls dropped to 7-7-0-0.
