Trenton Golden Hawks and their fans celebrate during Game 3 of the Ontario Junior Hockey League Nutrafarms Championship Series in Trenton Monday night. The Golden Hawks won 5-4. (Photo by Amy Deroche/OJHL Images)
David Fournier scored the game-winner at 10:44 of the third period to give the Trenton Golden Hawks a 5-4 win over the Collingwood Blues in Game 3 of the Ontario Junior Hockey League Nutrafarms Championship Series in Trenton Monday night.
Collingwood leads the best-of-seven series 2-1.
It was the second goal of the game for Fournier, the 18-year-old from Blainville, Quebec.
Just as in Game 1, a 5-4 win for the Blues, the teams scored three goals apiece in the first period.
Mark McIntosh scored 30 seconds into the game and defenceman Cameron Eke at the 2:48 mark to give the Blues the early 2-0 lead.
Trenton’s Owen Wilson, a 6-foot-4, 205-pound defenceman, had the only goal of the second period.
Lucas LaPalm and Sami Douglas-Najem had the other Trenton goals.
Spencer Young scored two for Collingwood, his 11th and 12th of the postseason to go with 15 assists.
Attendance was 1,271.
Game 4 will be played in Trenton Wednesday.
The winner of the series gets the Buckland Cup and a berth in the Centennial Cup national championships in Oakville May 9-19.
The OJHL champions’ first game at the Centennial Cup will be played May 9 against the champions of the Alberta Junior Hockey League.
SERIES SCHEDULE
Trenton 4 at Collingwood 5, April 19
Trenton O at Collingwood 4, April 20
Collingwood 4 at Trenton 5, April 22
Collingwood at Trenton, April 24
*Trenton at Collingwood, April 26
*Collingwood at Trenton, April 29
*Trenton at Collingwood, May 1
*if necessary
