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Every year thousands of young hockey players are drafted to a team in the CHL. Some make it some do not, but for most players it's not a straight line to archive their goal.

Ben Pickell recently finished his junior hockey career playing for the Sarnia Sting of the Ontario Hockey League. His journey to get to this point was a rollercoaster with many challenges along the way.

In this episode of the Sideline Podcast we explore Ben's journey from being drafted to the OHL to now playing at Robert Morris University.

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The Pickering Panthers and Stouffville Spirit met in round 2 of the Buckland Cup Playoffs.

Pickering jumped out to end early series lead but it ended up being a tightly contested series between the 2 teams.

Game 6:

Stouffville Spirit 2 at Pickering Panthers 4 - Status: Final
Tuesday, March 31, 2026 - Chestnut Hill Developments Recreation Complex

Stouffville 2 0 0 - 2
Pickering 0 0 4 - 4

1st Period-1, Stouffville, Martineau 4 (Armstrong, Corte), 1:14 (PP). 2, Stouffville, Windle 2 (Saroglou), 2:08. Penalties-Ferroni Pic ((minor) hooking), 1:06; Radley Sto ((minor) holding), 6:18; Armstrong Sto ((minor) roughing), 12:58.

2nd Period- No Scoring.Penalties-served by Windle Sto ((minor) delay of game), 2:59; Radley Sto ((minor) interference), 9:59; Boyle Sto ((minor) tripping), 11:44; Ferroni Pic ((minor) hooking), 15:28.

3rd Period-3, Pickering, Protopapas 3 (Indovina, Ciarallo), 5:04. 4, Pickering, Key 3 (Dean), 7:24. 5, Pickering, Ciarallo 2 (Indovina, Secko), 19:28. 6, Pickering, Key 4 19:31 (EN). Penalties-Secko Pic ((minor) slashing), 2:34; Breckles Sto ((minor) slashing), 9:06; Kavc Pic ((minor) slashing), 9:06; Demiglio Sto ((minor) interference), 9:41; Dean Pic ((minor) boarding), 11:33; Saroglou Sto ((minor) illegal equipment), 14:22; McKee Sto (inciting an opponent), 19:31; Armstrong Sto ((game misc.) disrespectful and abusive behavior), 19:34; Smith Sto (inciting an opponent), 19:34; Street Sto ((minor + gm, (major + gm) fighting) instigator/aggressor, (major + gm) fighting), 19:34; Kavc Pic ((major + gm) fighting), 19:34.

Shots on Goal-Stouffville 7-8-13-28. Pickering 18-10-14-42.
Power Play Opportunities-Stouffville 1 / 4; Pickering 0 / 8.
Goalies-Stouffville, Sabourin (41 shots-38 saves). Pickering, Sciere (28 shots-26 saves).
A-276
Referees-Andrew Thompson, Steve Sidey.
Linesmen-Mitchell Pulla, -.

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The Pickering Panthers have made it to the national championship against the Brooks Bandits...

This game presents numerous challenges for Pickering. They are playing their third game in 3 days and lost 9-1 to Brooks last meeting.

The Panthers know that to beat Brooks that have to do something different.

In this episode we put a bow on Beyond the Buck and dive into the Panthers game plan to try and win the Centennial Cup.

Thank you to everyone who tuned into the 8 episode series... stay tuned for more stories in the future!

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