The St. John’s Maple Leafs increased their first place lead in major midget hockey as they downed the St. John’s Privateers 5-1.
James Locke, Dylan MacKenzie, Cody Langmead, Curtis Heffernan and Tyler Planetta shared in the scoring.
Adam Nolan scored for the Privateers.
MacKenzie Janes in nets for the Leafs made 29 saves. Jordan Yamrechuk made 25 saves in nets for the Privateers.
The Leafs lead the standings with 37 points and the Privateers are second with 27.
| STANDINGS | GP | W | L | T | SOL | OTL | PTS |
| St. John’s Maple Leafs
|
23 | 18 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 37 |
| St. John’s Privateers
|
23 | 13 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 27 |
| Western Kings
|
22 | 12 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 26 |
| Central Ice Pak
|
23 | 9 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 22 |
| Tri Pen Osprey
|
25 | 6 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 15 |
