Schneider hat trick lifts Cape Breton past Charlottetown

SYDNEY, Nova Scotia (Interstat) — Elias Schneider scored three goals and had six shots on goal to lead the Cape Breton Eagles past the Charlottetown Islanders 6-2 on Sunday at Centre 200. Cape Breton improved to 6-7, while Charlottetown dropped to 5-10. After Jude Herron gave Charlottetown a first-period lead, Cape Breton scored three times in the second to take control. Antoine Provencher pulled Charlottetown to 3-2 early in the third, but Schneider answered 15 seconds later and later completed his hat trick. Cole Chandler also scored twice for Cape Breton, and Jacob De Ladurantaye added one goal, two shots and one hit. Noah Jettelson recorded three assists, two shots and one hit. Liam Lefebvre contributed two assists, two shots, two penalty minutes and three hits. Maxim Schäfer added one assist, four shots and two penalty minutes, while Reece Peitzsche had one assist, three shots and one hit. Provencher finished with a goal, an assist, three shots and one hit. Herron had a goal and an assist with three shots, and Antoine Boudreau assisted twice with seven shots. Schneider added two penalty minutes. The announced attendance was 2,225.