Bears Drop Season Finale 3-2 in Brockville

The Bears concluded their 2017-2018 season with a 3-2 loss to the Brockville Braves Friday night in Brockville before a crowd of 583.

The Bears opened the scoring in the 1st period when graduating Bear Hayden Hart scored his 6th of the season on a nice passing play with Marc Shannon & Alex DiCarlo at 7:42 of the opening period. The Braves outshot the Bears 17-16 in the period.

Brockville scored 3 times in the middle stanza to take a 3-1 advantage as they outshot Smiths Falls 10-8.

The Bears cut the lead to 3-2 in the 3rd period when Mitchell Larabie scored his 15th of the season. Shannon & Brett Humberstone had the assists on the goal. The Bears were outshot 14-8 and were unable to tie the game.

Marc Shannon was chosen as the games 3rd star.

With the Bears not qualifying for the playoffs the game marked the end of the junior careers for 20 year old Bears Kyle Dowdall, Hunter Garlasco, Michael Larose & Hayden Hart. All 4 players have played 2 seasons with the Bears and contributed to the teams success on and off the ice. The Bears organization wishes our graduating players the best of luck in their future endeavours and thanks them for their contributions to our club.