(Dukes captain Jacob Vreugdenhil scores the hat trick against Caledon)
The Wellington Dukes have moved into second place in the OJHL’s South-East Conference but not without learning a valuable lesson along the way.
Despite holding a 6-2 third period lead on home ice the Dukes watched Caledon battle back to force overtime. In fact double-time.
Thanks to captain Jacob Vreugdenhil’s third goal of the game Wellington prevailed 8-7 over the visiting Admirals. Vreugdenhil has scored 27 goals this season.
Barrett Joynt chipped in a pair (23) with singles from Ryan Cutler (5), David Campbell (17) and Matheson Mason (14).
Wellington outshot Caledon 44-33.
The win pushed the Dukes one point ahead of the Haliburton Huskies into second place with four games left in the regular season.
Wellington is in Lindsay on Friday night.
Raiders rout Jets
In Amherstview the visiting Napanee Raiders scored four goals in the second period to ground the hometown Jets 7-3.
Michael Patrick and Beckett Palmer-Stephen scored twice.
Napanee is running away with the Provincial Junior “C” Hockey League’s East Tod Division. They hold a 19 point lead on second place Amherstview.
