Ripley Wolves take on Shallow Lake in opening round-robin series

The Ripley Wolves wrapped up their regular season on the weekend by ending the Saugeen Shores Winterhawks' pursuit of first-place in the North Division, with a 4-2 win on home ice at the Ripley Arena.
 

The win, which came on the heels of a wild 10-7 loss in Elora, Saturday night, left the Wolves in sixth-place overall, and the second seed in the ‘A’ playoffs, which will be a round-robin amongst Shallow Lake, Ripley, Lucknow, and Shelburne, and Milverton and Seaforth from the South Division. The top four teams in the round-robin will meet in the ‘A’ semi-finals.
 

The Wolves begin the round-robin in Shallow Lake Saturday at 8:30 p.m. The Crushers are the top seed in the ‘A’ - they tied the Wolves in points in the regular season but held the tie-breaker.

Other round-robin games:

• Feb. 14, at home against Lucknow – 8 p.m.
• Feb. 15, in Seaforth – 8 p.m.
• Feb. 20, at home against Shelburne – 8:30 p.m.
• Feb. 21, at home against Milverton – 8 p.m.

Scoring in the game on Sunday against Saugeen Shores, were Tim Dwinnell, Brett Catto, Ryan Armstrong and Nick Locking. Assists went to Travis VanGaver (2), Cody Britton, Tyler McCarthy, Paul Stewart, Devin Kemp and Locking.

Kurt Edwards was great in the Ripley net, stopping 35 shots for the win.
 

Friday in Elora, goal-scorers were Brian Stanley, Jordan Cale, Britton, Catto, VanGaver, Locking and Armstrong. Assists went to Jeremy McQuillin (3), McCarthy (2), Britton (2), Locking and VanGaver.

Edwards took the loss in net.

-- with information from ripleywolves.com