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Squires, from Charlottetown, scored a highlight-reel breakaway goal 1:18 into the extra period to lift the Eagles to a 3-2 win over the Charlottetown Islanders on the final day of regular-season play in the 2023-24 Quebec Maritimes Junior Hockey League campaign.The Eagles, who edged the Islanders 4-3 on March 22, completed the regular season in fourth place in the Eastern Conference at 38-26-1-2 and will face the fifth-place Rimouski Oceanic in the opening round of the playoffs.
Before 2,858 fans at Eastlink Centre, Squires made no mistake with the game on his stick as he made a move to his left and slid the puck past a sprawling Islanders goaltender Carter Bickle for his 33rd goal of the season. Squires also assisted Thomas Cibulka’s power-play goal that tied the game 2-2 38 seconds into the third period.Charlottetown Islanders forward Matthew Butler, 13, carries the puck into the Cape Breton Eagles’ zone during a Quebec Maritimes Junior Hockey League game at Eastlink Centre in Charlottetown on March 23. Eagles defencemen Xavier Daigle, 17, and Zach Biggar, 21, of Portage, P.E.I., hustle back to defend against Butler, who scored a second-period goal.
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