At the Glacier Friday night, the Mark’s Work Wearhouse Mount Pearl Junior Blades came out with a hard-fought 2-1 win over the Junior Celtics. Brandon McDonald opened the scoring for the blades, with the assist coming from Steve Bailey. Matthew Oates replied for the Celtics, tying the game at 1′s. Mike Rose scored late in the second period, from Bailey and McDonald. There was no scoring in the third period. Nick Rodway once again stood tall between the pipes for the Blades, while Andrew Stanford was in net for the Celtics.

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.

Tonight the Mark’s Work Wearhouse Mount Pearl Junior Blades will look to fight off elimination as they play in Game 4 of the St.John’s Junior Hockey League Semi-final series against the Junior Celtics. The game time is 7:30 at the Glacier in Mount Pearl.

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.

Tuesday night at O’Hehir Arena, the Mark’s Work Wearhouse Mount Pearl Junior Blades were defeated 5-2 by the Junior Celtics. The loss puts the Blades 1 loss from elimination in this years St.john’s Junior Hockey League Playoffs.

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.

The Mark’s Work Wearhouse Mount Pearl Junior Blades find themselves in a hole after a pair of 5-4 loses to the Junior Celtics this past weekend.

Friday night, at O’Hehir arena, the Blades took a 2-1 lead after the first period of play, on goals from Steve Bailey and Jacob Pitcher. After the second period, the Blades led the game 4-2. Michael Rose scored and Pitcher notched is 2nd of the game. However, during the second period, the Arena had some maintenance issues which caused a few lengthy delays. After these delays, it seemed as though the wind was taken out of the Blades sails. The Celtics came out firing in the 3rd period, scoring 3 goals and shutting the Blades out. Celtics goal scorers were Matthew Oates, Jeff Hustler, Shawn Roberts, Michael Ricketts and Travis Curtis. Nick Rodway was in net for the Blades, while David Parsons was between the pipes for the Celtics.

The series switched to the Glacier for Sunday night, and the end result was the same, a 5-4 loss. The Blades were in a hole most of the game, with Kyle Pardy opening the  scoring for the Celtics. Jacob Pitcher tied the game at 1, but the Blades were down 3-1 after the first period. The Celtics tacked on another 2 goals before Mount pearl attempted a comeback. Down 5-2 late in the third period, Bailey and Lucas Dearing scored late in the game, but it appeared to be too little, too late, as the Celtics came away with another 5-4 victory. Robert Barrett scored the other Blades goal. Scoring for the Celtics were Pardy, Matthew Oates with 2, Justin LeBlanc and Justin Kelloway. Rodway was in net for the Blades again, while Andrew Stanford played for the Celtics.

In the other Semi-final series, the St.John’s Junior Caps lead the CBN Junior Stars 2 games to 0.

The Blades will look to rebound and get back in the series Tuesday night at O’Hehir Arena. Can the Blades turn the series around? Tell us what you think.

The Mark’s Work Wearhouse Mount Pearl Junior Blades regret to announce the passing of Michael Dinn. Michael passed away early Friday morning, March 5th, after a lengthy battle with cancer. Michael was a referee, and did so on many levels in Newfoundland. Michael was also committed to helping the fight against cancer, through the Hustle For a Cure campaign. If you wish to honor or pay tribute to the life of Michael, you can do so by making a donation to the Hustle For a Cure campaign, as a part of Michael’s team. The Hustle For a Cure website is, www.hustleforacure.org.

The Mark’s Work Wearhouse Mount Pearl Junior Blades will meet the Junior Celtics in the Semi-Final of the St.John’s Junior League Playoffs. This is shaping up to be a good series. Mount Pearl has won the season series 3-1, but the Celtics are one of the leagues hottest teams, going since 10-1-1 since December, with their only loss coming against the Blades. Both teams are coming off sweeps in their first round series, with the Celtics easily defeating Avalon, while the Blades had a little tougher time with Bell Island, needing 2 overtime wins to complete the sweep.

Both of these teams rely heavily on offense, as the Blades finished first in the league in goals scored for the regular season, while the Celtics finished only 3 goals behind them. The Celtics are led by League goal leader Kyle Pardy who scored 36  goals on the year, and totaled 53 points. Shawn Roberts was 1 point behind with 52 points and James Cadigan led all defenseman in points with 41. The Blades attack is more balanced, but is anchored by captain Steve Bailey who was second in the league in scoring with 57 points. Mike Rose finished the year with 40 points, and Aaron Schwartz with 38 points. The Blades will need these 3 players, and upstart rookie Robert Barrett to continue their strong play from the first series into this series with the Celtics.

While both teams are strong with the puck, they are also among the league leaders in Goals Against. The Celtics were second in the league in GA, while the Blades were third. The Blades will lean heavily on Nick Rodway who was 4-0 in the series against Bell Island. The Celtics however have 2 goalies they will depend on. David Parsons and Andrew Stanford will likely split the load, but both goalies are more than capable of carrying a team deep into a series.

Game 1 of this series will be Friday night, March 5th, at O’Hehir Arena, game time 7:45pm.

Game 2 will go Sunday night, March 7th, at the Glacier, with the puck dropping at 7:30pm.

How will the Blades/Celtics series go? Leave a comment.

On Saturday night the Mark’s Work Wearhouse Mount Pearl Junior Blades completed the 4 games sweep of the Bell Island Junior Blues by winning 5-4 in overtime. Matt Woodford scored the game winner 2:33 into the overtime period for the win. Aaron Schwartz scored 2 goals for the Blades, with Paul Smith and Robert Barrett scoring singles. Nick Rodway was in net for the win. The Blades were down 1-0 after the first period and down 2-1 after the second period.

The Blades will now play the Junior Celtics in the league Semi-Finals. The schedule has not yet been released by the league.

In the other semi-final series, the Sr.John’s Junior Caps await the winner of the CBN/Southern Shore series. CBN had a 3-0 series lead, but the Shore has since battled back to force a game 7 on Tuesday night