
Cape Breton Screaming Eagles – 5
Sherbrooke Phoenix – 1
Cape Breton goals: Mitchell Balmas (3), Egor Sokolov, Brooklyn Kalmikov
St. Andrews’ Declan Smith and the Screaming Eagles (31-15-3), who have won five straight and eight of the last nine, are sixth in the 18-team league with 65 points, two points behind Rimouski for fifth, and four points ahead of seventh-place Charlottetown.
Cape Breton leads the two-game season series 1-0; the teams meet again in Sherbrooke Feb. 17.
Photo credit: Cape Breton Screaming Eagles (www.CapeBretonEagles.com)