Islanders edge Regiment 7‑5 in Friday road victory
ST. JOHN’S, Newfoundland and Labrador (Interstat) — Friday at Mary Brown’s Centre, the Charlottetown Islanders defeated the Newfoundland Regiment 7-5. Charlottetown scored two goals in the first period, three in the second and two in the third. Newfoundland scored two in the first, one in the second and two in the third. Attendance was 4,502. Charlottetown improved to 6-10, while Newfoundland fell to 9-7. Hugo Charron had one goal and one assist with three shots on goal for Charlottetown, and Owen Conrad added one goal and two assists. Rowan Walsh, Antoine Provencher and Antoine Boudreau also scored. For Newfoundland, Kingsley Austin had one goal and eight shots, Liam Arsenault had one goal and one assist, Benjamin Veitch had one goal and 10 shots, and Maddex Marmulak recorded two assists. Damian Norris and Matthew Frost gave Newfoundland an early 2-0 lead, but Walsh and Anthony Flanagan tied it in the first. Provencher and Charron helped Charlottetown build a 5-3 lead through two periods. Conrad scored in the third, and after Arsenault and Veitch pulled Newfoundland within 6-5, Boudreau sealed the win at 19:43.