The Wellington Dukes go into the playoffs as winners.

The Trenton Golden Hawks? Not.

While Dukes wound up their regular season with a big win over their Quinte Region rivals Friday, the G-Hawks followed up that loss with another Saturday, dropping a 4-1 decision to the hometown Hurricanes in Newmarket.

• Hurricanes 4, Hawks 1

Caleb Boman notched the lone TGH goal, unassisted, at 4:57 of Period 2 — the lone goal of the middle frame, with Trenton trailing 2-0 at the time. Newmarket added two more tallies in the final frame to secure the victory.

Carson Poulin made 34 saves in the G-Hawks net; Fraser Kirk had 19 stops for Newmarket.

Power plays were: Trenton, 0-for-3; Newmarket, 1-for-5.

Trenton finishes the regular grind in the eighth and final playoff berth in the Eastern Conference with a record of 24-26-2-2 for 52 points. Newmarket, at 33-14-6-1 for 73, takes the third seed.

• Need to know: Poised to join TGH for the playoffs on an AP card is local forward Dalton Bancroft of Madoc, a former Quinte AAA Red Devil and OHL draft pick of the Saginaw Spirit. Playing in the Greater Ontario Junior league this season, Bancroft (6-2, 195) leads the St. Mary’s Lincolns in scoring with 39 points (21 goals, 18 assists) in 41 games. St. Mary’s, last in the Western Conference, will not make the GOJHL playoffs. Bancroft turns 17 on Monday.

Dukes, meanwhile, primed up for the playoffs by pounding the Golden Hawks 8-2 in a lopsided Battle of Quinte Friday night at Community Gardens.

• Dukes 8, Hawks 2

Wellington, which has clinched first place in the OJHL’s East Division and the No. 2 seed in the conference, led 5-0 before the hometown G-Hawks even got on the board.

Teddy McGeen, with the hat trick, Ben Evans, Andrew Rinaldi, Colin Doyle, Mitchell Martan and Dawson Ellis scored for the Dukes. Caleb Boman and Matt Nastasiuk had the G-Hawks goals.

Dukes outshot their Quinte Region rivals, 35-22, with Tyler Richardson posted a 20-save victory in the Wellington cage. Carson Poulin (18 saves on 23 shots) and Will Rawski (9-for-12) both pulled duty in the TGH net.

Officials called 80 minutes in penalties — 46 to Trenton — with Dukes converting two of seven power plays. Golden Hawks were 1-for-6.

Attendance was announced as 423.

Wellington completes its regular-season schedule with a record of 33-13-3-5 for 74 points.

• Need to know: Dukes stretch their playoff streak to 29 straight seasons.

ON DECK: First-round playoffs, TBA. Wellington (2) vs. Pickering (7); Trenton (8) vs. Aurora (1).

JUNIOR C PLAYOFFS

The Picton Pirates are on the brink of playoff elimination, following a 5-2 loss to the Port Hope Panthers in Game 3 of their best-of-seven OHA Jr. C Tod Division semi-final series.

• Panthers 5, Pirates 2

On Saturday night, hometown Port Hope put a 3-0 stranglehold on the series, scoring three unanswered third-period goals to blow open a 2-2 tie. Belleville’s Evan Foley got the game winner 6:27 into the final frame; Noah Brant from Justin Arnold, and Matthew Scott from Nick Hoey and Kurtis Wood were the Picton scoring plays — both coming in the second period.

Port Hope fired 40 shots at Pirates netminder Pierce Nelson; Spyros Koskinas faced 21 pucks in the Panthers cage.

Each team scored once on the power play: Picton, 1-for-5; Port Hope, 1-for-4.

• Jets 4, Raiders 3

The Amherstview Jets evened their best-of-seven semi-final playoff series against the Napanee Raiders, 1-1, with a 4-3 victory in Game 2 Friday night at Strathcona Paper Centre.

The visitors led 4-1 going into the final frame before Austin Labelle and Griffen Conger closed the gap for hometown Napanee, but the Raiders would get no closer. Labelle wound up with two tallies on the night. Joey Mayer’s second-period goal for Amherstview proved to be the winner.

Jets goalie Alex Masanko was the difference, earning the nod as First Star with 46 saves. Nicholas Nabuurs (21 saves on 23 shots) and Jeremy Piazzi (0-for-2) both had minutes in the Napanee net.

Power plays were: Raiders, 0-for-3; Jets, 1-for-3.

Attendance was announced as 446.