CJHL Hockey
Grads surprise Lumber Kings in Pembroke, end four game losing skid
By Fred Sherwin
Orléans Online

The Cumberland Grads ended their four game losing streak with an impressive 5-2 road win in Pembroke on Friday, and they did it with a couple of goals from some unlikely sources.

Prior to Friday night, Sean Bamford, Brett Madigan and Kevin Tansey had a grand total of three goals between them in 23 games. All three players would factor into the scoring against the Lumber Kings, along with Brent Bisdee and Michael Borkowski who got the Grads going with an unassisted goal at the 1:24 mark of the first period.

After Keith Clark tied the game midway through the opening stanza, Bamford scored his first goal in 18 games on a shorthanded effort with 2:50 left to go before the first intermission.

Tansey's second goal in 19 games would give the Grads a two goal cushion midway through the second period. Borkowski then assisted on Bisdee's goal at the 5:02 mark of the third to put Cumberland up by three.

Tyler Tosunian would give the Pembroke fans reason to hoope for a comeback when he scored 26 seconds later, but the wind was taken completely out of their sails when Madigan scored his third of the season les than two minutes after that while the Grads were enjoying the man advantage.

The win is huge for Cumberland, which was heading in the wrong direction fast after losing their last four games. The two points they picked up will keep them among the top four in the overall standings, although several teams below them have a couple of games in hand.

Their next game is against the Hawkesbury Hawks on Sunday at the Navan Arena. Game time is 3 p.m.

(Posted 4 p.m., Nov. 7)

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