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The final day of round-robin play at DO JO could be a dizzying day for final positioning.
news • 2024-04-26
The defending Atlantic Junior Hockey Champions, the Antigonish Jr. Bulldogs lost in overtime Thursday at the 2024 Don Johnson Memorial Cup in Mt. Pearl, Newfoundland. The Bulldogs are now 1-0-0-1 for 4 points but strangely enough a pair of regulation time wins Friday in the final day of the round robin would vault the Bulldogs into first place.
It could happen because the Bulldogs are playing the 2-0-1-0 Kensington P.E.I. Vipers at 12:00 noon, a regulation win in this game would give them7 points as teams earn 3 points for a regulation win and 2 points for an overtime win. Then Friday night, the final game of the round robin pits the Bulldogs against the team stealing the show to date, the host Mount Pearl Blades who are undefeated and perfect at 3-0-0-0 for 9 points. As you can see with the Bulldogs having two games remaining and 6 points available, meaning they could finish with 10 points. If Kensington were to defeat the Bulldogs, it would give the P.E.I. Team 9 points but even if the host Blades were to lose to Antigonish Friday night, the Blades would still take first place because of their tournament win over the Vipers.
In the third game Friday, the Kent Coyotes who have an overtime win and two losses play the St. John’s Capitals who after winning the Junior League Championship in Newfoundland have stumbled from the very start losing all three games they have played. The Coyotes and Capitals clash Friday afternoon.
