The Oakville Blades visited the Den for the Panthers’ second game of the weekend. The opening period was relatively quiet, with neither team able to generate a goal. Pickering broke through early in the second, as Marco Costante and Devon Ferroni scored within the first minute on long shots from nearly the same spot just […]
Pickering held a 4-2 lead over the Wellington Dukes heading into the third period, but a stretch of four consecutive minor penalties in the opening ten minutes put heavy pressure on the Panthers’ penalty kill and allowed Wellington to control play in the Pickering zone. The sustained pressure paid off, as the Dukes scored two […]
This game had all the makings of a playoff matchup, and it lived up to the billing with fast-paced, hard-hitting hockey between two evenly matched teams. Newmarket arrived at The Den just two points behind Pickering, with the Panthers holding a game in hand. Another storyline heading in was whether Pickering would have enough left […]
Pickering wasted no time in this one, as Jack Dean scored just 18 seconds into the game. The Panthers added three more goals before North York responded on a Pickering giveaway, sending the teams to the first intermission with a 4-1 advantage for Pickering. The Panthers poured it on early in the second, scoring three […]
The long bus trip to Collingwood once again proved difficult for the Panthers, as they dropped a 4-1 decision to the Blues in their first loss of 2026. Collingwood opened the scoring midway through the first period, then added a shorthanded goal in the final seconds of the frame to take a 2-0 lead into […]
With their second eight-goal performance of the weekend, the Panthers received scoring from seven different players in an impressive 8-2 victory over the Rangers. Ryder Dagenais led the way with two goals, his 10th and 11th of the season. Single tallies came from Peter Smith (13th), Jake Mallory (8th), Kyle Secko (3rd), Angelo Protopapas (6th), […]
It took a little time for the Panthers to find their legs following the Christmas break, but once they did, they looked dominant. Pickering led 1-0 after the opening period and 3-0 after two, then exploded for five more goals in the third to secure an emphatic 8-0 victory. Veterans Charlie Key and Matt Indovina […]
Unlike their last outing against the Rangers, Pickering was looking for a strong start in the return match against North York, and they got exactly that. The Panthers jumped out to a 2-0 first-period lead on two goals from Angelo Protopapas, the second coming on a Pickering power play. They added two more in the […]
The Panthers erased a two-goal first-period deficit, scoring four unanswered goals to defeat the North York Rangers, collect two points, and extend their winning streak to six games. North York capitalized on some disjointed Pickering play early to jump out to a 2-0 lead after the opening frame. Pickering responded in the second as Ryder […]
It wasn’t always pretty, but the Panthers broke the game open with three unanswered goals in the third period to pull away from the Cougars. Cobourg jumped out to a 2–0 lead early, scoring once on the power play and again shorthanded. Pickering responded later in the period, first with Peter Smith’s 11th of the […]
