Gryphins Start Season Where They Left Off

The puck dropped on the 2025-26 Allan Cup Hockey league season as the 2025 Robertson Cup and Allan Cup champion Wentworth Gryphins hosted the Cambridge Hornets at the Harry Howell Arena.

Cambridge scored the game and season’s opening goal just over four minutes into the contest when Nate Ferris found the back of the net on the man advantage. That tally would be the first in the franchise's history and the first Senior AAA goal since February 26, 2006.

Alex Hutchings would get the home side on the board at 8:12 of the opening period and evening the score at one before Michael Lomas scored 1:11 later to give Wentworth the lead. The Gryphins would extend their lead to two on Ryan Foss’ goal with just over five minutes remaining in the period. Each team would add one more in the opening frame with Brett Wilson scoring for the Hornets and Kevin Harvey notching a goal for Wentworth.

In the second period, Cambridge would outscore the Gryphins 3-2 and pull within a goal of the Allan Cup champions. Jason Pitton, Wilson and Nathan Herrigton would each score for the Hornets while Matt MacCleod and Chandler Romeo adding to the Wentworth total. It would be the latter of the two goals for the Gryphins that was the eventual game winner.

Hutchings added a goal in the final frame to give the home side an insurance goal and round out the scoring.

Wentworth’s Hutchings (2G, 1A), Foss (1G, 2A). Remy Giftopoulos (3A) and Mark Corbet (3A) all finished the contest with three points while Wilson led the scoring for the Hornets, picking up two goals and an assist.

Joe Murdaca picked up the win for Wentworth, making 33 stops on the night while the Hornets’ Marc Williams stopped 25 of 31 shots he faced in two periods of play. Mason Kameka played the final 20 minutes, allowing just one goal on 21 shots.

Neither team has time to rest as they both will be back on the ice on Friday night as the Hornets host the Gryphins at the Galt Arena Gardens starting at 8:00pm

Upcoming Games
Friday October 24
Wentworth at Cambridge – 8:00pm

Saturday October 25
Dundas at Stoney Creek– 6:30pm

Friday October 31
Dundas at Cambridge – 8:00pm

Saturday November 1
Cambridge at Stoney Creek – 6:30pm

Thursday November 6
St. Catharines at Wentworth – 7:30pm

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