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Brody Walker scored the game-winning, empty-net goal with eight seconds remaining to give the Glace Bay Panthers a 4-2 win over the Memorial Marauders to capture the 2025 Blue and White Challenge high school hockey tournament championship at the Membertou Sport and Wellness Centre on Sunday.
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Glace Bay Panthers capture 2025 Blue and White Challenge high school hockey tournament
Glace Bay Panthers' Brody Walker, front left, looks to grab the puck from Memorial Marauders' Nole Murray, centre, while Panthers teammate Carter Ford looks on during Sunday's Blue and White Challenge high school hockey tournament championship at the Membertou Sport and Wellness Centre. Walker scored the game-winning, empty-net goal with eight seconds remaining to give the Panthers a 4-2 win over the Marauders to capture the 2025 Blue and White Challenge. Photo by IAN NATHANSON/CAPE BRETON POST
Jordan O’Neill, Grayson Sheaves and Carson Hogan also scored for the Panthers.
Landen Leyte and Eric Power replied for the Marauders.
Glace Bay goalie Bryden Kelly made 15 saves, while Memorial’s Levi Hull stopped 22 of 25 shots.
The Sydney Academy Wildcats, who hosted the tournament, lost to the Marauders 5-1 in Sunday morning’s semifinal. Noah Tremblett scored a hat trick, while Leyte added two goals. Wildcats captain Anthony Melski, playing in his fourth and final Blue and White Challenge, was the lone goal-scorer for his team.
Hull made five saves for Memorial. Sydney Academy goalie Ethan Lewis stopped 35 of 40 shots up until the last minute of play, then Mikeda MacEwan turned away one shot before the game-ending buzzer sounded.
In the other morning semifinal, the Panthers downed the Eastern Shore Coyotes 4-2. Ryan White, Burke Aucoin, Carter Ford, Sam Donovan and Carson Hogan potted in single markers for Glace Bay. Tristen Conrad and Bailey Karsten responded for Eastern Shore.
Kelly went the distance between the pipes for the Panthers. Isaac Bengert started in goal for the Coyotes for nearly the first nine minutes before being replaced by Rylan Bent for the rest of the game. Goaltender statistics, however, were not available.