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HIGH SCHOOL HOCKEY: Riverview Ravens capture Highland Region Division 1 boys hockey championship title

 

Josh Novak of the Riverview Ravens, left, gets tripped on a breakaway by Coady Grace of the Glace Bay Panthers, middle, as goaltender Brandon Cole prepares for the shot during School Sport Nova Scotia Highland Region Division 1 boys' playoff hockey action at the Miners Forum on Tuesday. Novak would be awarded a penalty shot on the play, but failed to score. Riverview won the game 6-4. JEREMY FRASER/CAPE BRETON POST.

Josh Novak of the Riverview Ravens, left, gets tripped on a breakaway by Coady Grace of the Glace Bay Panthers, middle, as goaltender Brandon Cole prepares for the shot during School Sport Nova Scotia Highland Region Division 1 boys' playoff hockey action at the Miners Forum on Tuesday. Novak would be awarded a penalty shot on the play, but failed to score. Riverview won the game 6-4. JEREMY FRASER/CAPE BRETON POST.

GLACE BAY, N.S. - The Riverview Ravens have been crowned the School Sport Nova Scotia Highland Region Division 1 boys hockey champions.

The Ravens defeated the Glace Bay Panthers 6-4 in Game 4 of their best-of-five series at Miners Forum in Glace Bay on Tuesday. Riverview wins the series 3-1.

Royce Balcom and Matthew Burke scored twice, while Keigan Geizer and Gahan Rector chipped in with single markers for the Ravens, who advance to the provincial championship tournament next month.

Kale McNeil, Niklas MacDonald, Brayden MacDonald and Dylin White netted goals for the Panthers.

Riverview's Andrew Burke made 22 saves. Glace Bay's Brandon Cole stopped 23 of 28 shots.

Feb 22, 2023