When: September 17th 2010

Registration is 1:00pm with a 2:00pm Tee Off time with dinner to follow at 7:30pm.

Team registration must be made by September 11th.

Contact for info:

Jim Hare 709-689-1933 or jhare@nl.rogers.com

Fred Blair 709-685-8315 or fblair@jrblades.com

Mike Scott 709-727-3348 or mscott@jrblades.com

Be sure and check out the Mount Pearl Junior Blades Adult Dance on Saturday the 15th, 8pm at the Reid Community Center in Mt. Pearl.

The Blades shake hands with the Celtics after game 7. | Photo by: Colin Peddle

For the first time in 4 years, the Mark’s Work Wearhouse Mount Pearl Junior Blades will not be playing for the St.John’s Junior Hockey League Championship. The Junior Celtics defeated the Blades in game 7 on Sunday night by a score of 5-4. The Celtics will now playing the St.John’s Caps in the league finals.

The Blades opened the scoring as Brandon McDonald converted a 2-on-1 pass from Steve Bailey. Kyle Pardy replied for the Celtics, but McDonald scored his 2nd of the game quickly after that giving the Blades a 2-1 lead. The Celtics scored another goal before the end of the first, and the teams were tied in the intermission. The Celtics scored the loan goal of the second period, but controlled majority of the play as the Blades seemed as they could not get it out of their own zone. Goalie Nick Rodway kept the Blades in the game, as he has all series, making 35 saves in the loss. The third period seen the Celtics come out firing as they scored 2 early goals, and put them up 5-2. With a little over 6 minutes left, Lucas Dearing of the blades were assessed a 4 minute penalty for high-sticking. While on the Penalty kill, the Blades managed to score 2 goals, as Mike rose and Brandon McDonald, with his third of the game, scored to get the Blades within 1 of the Celtics. However, the Celtics managed to hold off the surging Blades, and the buzzer went with the Celtics winning. Game 1 of the League finals will go Tuesday night, Mar 23rd at Twin Rinks, game time 8:10pm.

Hillier slams home the overtime winner. | Photo by: Colin Peddle

It will all come down to one game. With a 5-4 overtime victory, the Mark’s Work Wearhouse Mount Pearl Junior Blades and Junior Celtics will battle it out in a game 7 to decide their semi-final series.

Kyle Pardy opened the scoring for the Celtics in the first period. The Celtics controlled most of the play in the first period, but Brandon McDonald tied the game before the end of the frame. The second period was controlled by the Blades, Steve Bailey scored a power play tally 3:33 into the 2nd and Aaron Schwartz made the game 3-1 at the midway mark. With just 2 minutes left in the period, a hit against the boards behind the Celtics net caused a pane of glass to shatter and play to be suspended. When play resumed after a delay, the momentum had shifted.  Shawn Roberts scored before the end of the 2nd and Pardy tied it up with his second of he game 9:33 into the third. Chris Ryan put the Celtics ahead just 46 seconds after the Pardy goal, making the game 4-3. As the clock was winding down, the Blades Lucas Dearing was kicked out of the game for checking from behind while the Blades were on a power play, meaning the play was now 4-on-4. With 1:31 left in regulation, Mark Hand and Paul Mitchelmore broke in on a 2-on-1 and Mitchelmore converted a pass from Hand to tie the game and send it into overtime. This set the stage for Luc Hillier. Just 1:38 into overtime, a scramble in front of the Celtics goal came out with Hillier scoring the game winning goal for the Blades, forcing a seventh and deciding game. Blades goalie Nick Rodway kept his team in this game once again, as he made many game-saving saves, and was once again named Jungle Jim’s Player of the Game as he made 37 saves in earning the ‘W’, Celtics goalie Andrew Stanford received Player of the Game for he Visiting Team.

Game 7 will be played Sunday night at O’Hehir arena at 7:45 pm. The winner of the game will then play the St.John’s Caps in the league finals.

Click for Larger View | Photo by: Colin Peddle

The Blades scored the loan goal in the first period as Brandon McDonald scored from Steve Bailey and Mike Rose. Matthew Oates scored 2 goals for the Celtics in the second period, as the Blades were down 2-1 after 2 periods of play. In the third period, Steve Bailey scored the tying goal from Lucas Coady and Rose. The game winner was scored by Lucas Dearing who converted a nice pass from Bailey on a 2-on-1 with just 3:03 left to play in the game. The Blades fended off the surging Celtics in the final minutes of the game, as the Celtics were on the power-play and had their goalie pulled from the net in the last minute of the third period. The Blades played most of the game with only 5 defensemen as Larry Gray received a game misconduct for checking from behind just 7 minutes into the game.

Nick Rodway made 31 saves for the win, while David Parsons made 23 saves for the Celtics. Rodway was named Jungle Jim’s Visiting Team Player of the Game, while Oates was named Jungle Jim’s Home Team Player of the Game.

Game 6 is set for Wednesday night, March 17, at the Glacier in Mount Pearl. Game time is 7:30pm.

These teams will meet again in Game 5, Sunday night at O’Hehir Arena, game time 7:45.

In the other series, the St.John’s Junior Caps completed a sweep on the CBN Junior Stars. The win advances the Caps to the St.John’s Junior Hockey League final series. They will now await the winner of the Blades/Celtics series.

Throughout the game, there will be tickets sold on 5 dozen beer. The cost on the tickets is $1 each.

Also, fans will be treated to a demonstration during the first intermission. Frontline Paintball and Tippmann Sports have teamed up to deliver the most realistic laser tag experience. Paintball Laser Tag is the new realistic and painless way to play paintball without the pain and mess, by adapting real paintball markers with the high-tech Eagle Eye Laser Tag system. Each time you score a hit on another player, the system will broadcast the information out to all players within range. Paintball Laser Tag is for everyone! It’s the perfect game for groups or individuals concerned about the perceived mess or pain of traditional paintball.

So come out to the game tonight, cheer on the Blades and have some fun.

The Blades opened the scoring  when Brian Hogan scored on the power play. The Blades went into the 1st intermission with a 1-0 lead. The Celtics evened the score early in second as Matthew Oates scored 23 seconds into the frame. The Blades were then given a 4 minute power play, in which the Celtics controlled much of the first 1:30, creating many odd-man rushes, and Christopher Ryan even scored on one of them, putting the Celtics up 2-1. Mark Hand did convert on that power play, tying the game for the Blades. However, before the end of the 2nd period Tyler Parsons scored for the Celtics, putting the Celtics up 3-2 heading into the third period. The Blades came out flat in the third period and the Celtics scored 2 more times as Travis Curtis and Justin LeBlanc converted on opportunities. The Celtics controlled most of the play in this game as they outshot Mount Pearl 47 to 36. If it wasn’t for the play of goaltender Nick Rodway, who made 42 saves in the loss (many of them spectacular), the score would have been a lot higher for the Celtics. Rodway was named Jungle Jim’s Visiting Team Player of the Game, while Tyler Parsons received it for the home team.

The Blades will look to stave off elimination Friday night at the Glacier in game 4, game time is 7:30 pm.