Watford mourns loss of long-time firefighter
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Rhett Joy scored his first PJHL goal Saturday
Flyers feel the Joy with win over Parkhill
October 6, 2025
Rhett Joy had his first career game-winning goal at 4:10 of overtime to give the Petrolia Flyers a 4-3 win over the North Middlesex Stars in Parkhill on Saturday.
Isaac Truman and Tobias Iantorno each had a goal and an assist for the winners who are now 3-3 on the PJHL season. Cam Davidson had the other goal for Petrolia.
Elijah Grant improved to 2-0 in the Flyer crease with 36 saves.
Petrolia has back-to-back home games later this week at Greenwood hosting Thamesford Thursday and entertaining North Middlesex Friday. Both games begin at 7:30 p.m.
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