Whycocomagh oilers

The first game was held on Nov. With people in the small rink, Robert Smith, on a pass from Robert MacDonald, scored 29 seconds into overtime to give Mabou a win. And so, the year journey began. As the first season marched towards playoffs, the Port Hood Bees were the class of the field, clinching a playoff berth early and finishing with a won-lost-tied record. Meanwhile, it was a dogfight to the end for the other four teams. Whycocomagh pulled ahead of Inverness in the final week to finish second, with the Maroons in third.

The Mabou Blues took the final playoff spot over the Alouettes, who were dealt a blow in the final weeks of the regular season when Markie Merry, Marc Larade, and Fidele Lapierre all received stiff suspensions for an incident in Port Hood.

The semifinals began with Port Hood vs. Mabou and Whycocomagh vs. The Bees eliminated the Blues in five games. Mabou rebounded with a win in game three, but the Bees would not be denied, winning the next two games and Meanwhile, the Oilers and Maroons were locked in a seesaw battle that would eventually require a seventh game to decide it.

Whycocomagh opened the series at home with an win only to lose in Inverness. In game three, MacLellan scored four times as the Maroons took a series lead with a win.

All hell broke loose at the Whycocomagh Arena in game five when Derrick MacFarlane scored a powerplay goal with 43 seconds left in the game to give Whycocomagh a win and a series lead. The Maroons staved off elimination at home in game six with a win, but the Oilers wrapped up the series with a win.

However, the Oilers showed up for game two and quickly tied the series with an win. Controversy came calling once again in the third game of the series. The Oilers won the game , but the game was later awarded to the Bees after it was determined goaltender Jimmy Ellsworth was ineligible to play for Whycocomagh. Share on Facebook. Logan Prosper, who recently finished his last season in minor hockey as a forward with the Cape Breton West Islanders, made headlines in December when he and his family lodged a formal complaint to Hockey Nova Scotia about racist comments made toward him during a game.

The incident prompted the hockey organization to create a diversity and inclusion task force, and to tighten rules regarding verbal abuse on and off the ice. The experience also inspired year-old Prosper and his father Phillip Prosper to start the Red Tape Movement to shine a light on the issue of racism in the sport and to encourage players to take personal responsibility for ending the problem.

Players and teams from across the country wrapped their hockey sticks in red tape to show their support for Prosper, and a Red Tape Game, where Indigenous players and their culture were celebrated was held at Saint Mary's University in Halifax in Now Mike Kelloway, the Liberal MP for Cape Breton-Canso, is giving a shout-out of his own to recognize Prosper's positive contribution to the sport by way of an official letter of appreciation.