Game 1, Sutherland Cup Championship Series
Chatham Maroons 7
St. Catharines Falcons 3
(CHA leads best-of-7 series 1-0)
Eamon Edgar hat-trick propels Maroons to series opening win
AP call-up Eamon Edgar scored three goals to lead the Chatham Maroons to a convincing 7-3 win over the St. Catharines Falcons in the opening game of the series in front of 843 fans at the Seymour-Hannah S.E.C.
VIDEO: Eamon Edgar records hat-trick in Maroons’ Game 1 win
The victory was Chatham’s first win in a Sutherland Cup final in 20 years, the last coming in Game 4 of the 2005 final against the Thorold Blackhawks.
Carter Chadwick scored his 9th and 10th goals of the playoffs for the Maroons (13-7), with goals also coming from Trevor Zanutto (2) and Ewan McChesney (2).
Treyson Dewar (7), Cameron Lowe (7) and Brendan Grenville (8) replied for the Falcons (12-4)
Maroons netminder Gannon Hunter (W, 13-7) made 38 saves. Hayden Jeffery (L, 12-4) started in net for the Falcons and stopped 14 of 20 shots faced. Jacob Ceranic replaced Jeffery after Chatham’s 6th goal and stopped all 9 shots for the remainder of the game.
The Maroons were 1/3 on the power play, while the Falcons were 0/2 with the man advantage.
VIDEO: Game 1 highlights and interviews
The 15-year-old Edgar — chosen in the 2nd round (35th overall) by the Barrie Colts in the 2025 OHL Priority Draft — is the youngest player in GOJHL history and only the second ‘rookie’ to record a hat-trick in a Sutherland Cup Finals game. The only other rookie to do so was Mike Rebry, who scored 3 goals for the Brantford Golden Eagles in a 5-2 win over the Falcons in Game 1 of the 2012 Final.
The most recent hat-trick by any player in a Sutherland Cup Final was by Connor MacPherson of the Leamington Flyers in a 4-0 win over the Stratford Warriors in Game 7 of the 2023 Final.
The 7 goals by the Maroons are the most they have scored in a Sutherland Cup Final game since a 10-2 win over the Stratford Cullitons in Game 2 of the 1999 final.
VIDEO: Post-game comments from Maroons GM/Head Coach Richard Santos
VIDEO: Post-game comments from Falcons head coach Tyler Bielby
Game 2 will take place Sunday night at Memorial Arena in Chatham. Game time is 7:00pm.
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