U18 Major Islanders notch first sweep of the season
Cape Breton West Islanders defencemen Lucas Chisholm and Sam Trenholm team up to protect Jack Bell’s blue paint during Saturday’s U18 Major game in Port Hood.
October 8, 2025
-by Bill Dunphy
“Sometimes you find the puck, sometimes the puck finds you.”
That’s how Cape Breton West Islanders captain described the wild scramble at the Cole Harbour Hunters net that earned him Saturday’s game-winning goal.
Tied 2-2 midway through the third period of their Nova Scotia U18 Major Hockey League game in Port Hood, Thomas MacEachern took a slash that sent a Hunters player to the box.
As the powerplay ended, the Islanders were pressing at the Cole Harbour net. The goalie was down and one of his defencemen was in the net with him. Meanwhile, a loose puck drifted past the open side, with Will Chisholm and Jake MacInnis both getting a look at it, but it was Heukshorst who found the handle and feathered it through all the traffic for the goal.
