Marauders Maul Bearcats in Season Opener

The Metro Marauders kicked off the season last night at the Dartmouth Sportsplex

(Photo Credit: Michael Fines)

by Bill McLean

The Metro Marauders took full advantage of a listless Truro Bearcats squad in their season opener.

Playing for the first time at the Dartmouth Sportsplex, Metro dominated the Bearcats from start to finish, rolling to an easy 5-0 victory in front of nearly five hundred fans on Friday night.

Former Halifax Moosehead Bradley Macdonald led the way with 2 power play goals, giving goaltender Stefan Dumaresque all the insurance he would need to post a shutout after facing only 15 shots from the Bearcats.

Another former Moosehead, Justin Belanger, and veterans Wayne Bedecki and Kyle Dilosa rounded out the scoring for Metro garnering 1 goal each. The Marauders tallied 27 shots on goal.

The Marauders easily won the match up of special teams, going 3 for 5 on the power play while easily killing off only four penalties of their own.

The win kicks off a busy weekend for the Marauders. Tonight they'll travel to Yarmouth to meet the Jr.A Mariners, then quickly hop on the bus and get back to Dartmouth for a sunday afternoon tilt with one their major rivals, the Bridgewater Lumberjacks.

Game time at the Dartmouth Sportsplex on sunday is 1:00.

Tanner Manson was a physical force for the Marauders

Notes

Big thumbs up to the franchise for moving to the Sportsplex. God bless the venerable old Forum on Windsor but there is no comparison to the intimacy of the Sportsplex.....as dominating as the Marauders were, the Bearcats were dull and uninspired. A very dissapointing performance from a good hockey team playing it's season opener.....pretty good crowd at the Plex considering it was a summer friday night in Halifax and the Moose were kicking off thier season across the harbour.....Tanner Manson played a great game for the Marauders. The big, brusing forward set the tone early with his physical play and energy.

"We really set the pace right from the start and we had a lot of guys playing with energy. I couldn't be more pleased with our special teams and hopefully we can keep the momentum going throughout the weekend."

Troy Ryan, Marauders Head Coach and GM

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