The Mount Forest Patriots top go-getters couldn't notch any goals and Alliston knotted up the North Conference Final up at one with a 3-1 win in Game 2 in Alliston Friday night.
Alliston would score twice in the first period, once on the power play, to take a 2-0 lead into the second period.
Michael Anselmini scored the only goal in the second, and the Patriots' only goal of the game, to make it 2-1.
The Hornets finished it off in the third period.
Mount Forest peppered the Alliston net with 47 shots.
Aidan Quish faced 23 and stopped 20.
Game 3 of the series is in Mount Forest Saturday at 8 p.m. and the game can be heard on Cherrey Buslines OHA Hockey on CKNX.
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The Exeter Hawks couldn't hold or increase a lead and lost 6-2 to Lakeshore as the Canadiens go up 2-0 in the South Conference Final.
Exeter took a 2-1 lead in the second period but Lakeshore would run ahead scoring five unanswered goals, one on an empty net.
Game 4 is in Lakeshore Sunday night.