St. Catharines Falcons head coach/general manager Tyler Bielby worked overtime this week to bring in a pair of new players and the newcomers quickly paid dividends.  

Brenden Anderson and Tyler Hunt, a pair of 20-year-old forwards, made their debut Friday and immediately went to work leading the Falcons to a 10-3 victory over the Pelham Panthers in Greater Ontario Junior Hockey League action at the Seymour-Hannah Sports Complex.

Anderson had a goal and three assists while Hunt collected a goal and two assists playing the wings on a line centred by captain Caleb Thompson who had three goals and an assist.

Bielby was naturally thrilled with the outcome and how the newcomers performed.

“It’s great. It’s not easy when you’re negotiating trying to get these guys in,” Bielby said. “You just don’t know anytime you mess with chemistry, especially when you’

re 7-1-1, but we’re pretty happy.”

Bielby said the newcomers have already fit in with their new teammates.

“I think the biggest takeaway is how they have entered the room,” Bielby said. “Their egos are checked at the door and both of them eat their humble pie. They want to be here to win and they want to get better. They both have post-junior aspirations for hockey and you can tell early on that’s the case.”

Anderson, a 6-foot-6 native of Ohsweken, has Ontario Hockey League experience with the Sarnia Sting and Hamilton Bulldogs and was an 11th-round (215th overall) selection by the Kitchener Rangers in 2019 OHL Priority Draft.

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