What a weekend for the Minor Bantam Crew. They played some great hockey against some very good London Teams, and a Pickering team, held their own, and were 1 period away from winning it all. They went 3-1-1 on the Weekend.
Game 1 saw the boys
take on the strong London Bandits. We were down 2-0 until late in the 2nd
period when Tanner Prior took a great pass from Matthew Lyall went in alone and
buried it. The boys got pumped up and took it and scored 2 more in the 3rd
on their way to a 3-2 win. Noah Solinger and Scooter Dodd each scored once.
Reese Pettigrew wasn’t busy in the 1st 2 frames only facing 11
shots, but came up big in the final frame stopping 11 more to preserve the win.
Game 2 saw the Firemen
take on the Pickering Panthers, and were by far the better team in this one
winning it 6-3. Lots of penalties lots of goal and lots of shots for the Owen
Sounders. 6 different goal scorers in this one. Scooter Dodd, Damien Sutton,
Brady Brown, Tanner Prior, Andrew Lavergne and Matt Lyall all tallied. Mac
Kuglin didn’t see a lot of rubber on the day but was solid and picked up the 2nd
win for his team on the weekend stopping 5 of 8 he faced.
Game 3 was played
against another good London Nationals team and ended 3-3 but was enough to put the boys
in 1st place in Division 2. Scoring were Brady Brown, Kurt Long and
Noah Solinger. Reese Pettigrew stopped 9 of 12 he faced.
Game 4 was a Semi
Final game against the same London Nationals team they tied the night before.
This was a great game going end to end and after 35 minutes of play this game
was also tied, however it went into a 5 minute Sudden Victory showdown. The 1st
minute started out 4 on 4, and then it went to 3 on 3 with nothing solved.
Damien Sutton and Scooter Dodd came on the ice for a 2 on 2 showdown with 2 of London’s
best and we got the puck into the London end with Damien Sutton digging it out the corner and popped it home for an exciting win. Scooter Dodd and
Kurt Long added the other markers. Mac ‘Kugmeister’ Kuglin didn’t see a lot of
rubber during the 1st 3 frames, but did see 3 great scoring chances during
the Sudden Victory OT period and came up huge, stopping em all to preserve the
win for the boys and send them off to the Championship against the London
Bandits.
The Championship game saw
the Firefighter's get out of the gate quick and held a 2-0 lead into the 3rd
frame. The boys held the Bandits to only 7 shots in the periods 1 and 2. Unfortunately, the gas tank seemed to be
running on fumes in the 3rd for the Firefighter's and the Bandits
were able to get 11 more shots on netminder Reese Pettigrew and put home 3 unanswered goals in the final frame to take
home the Championship. Kurt Long and Luc Chiasson both scored in the loss.
Reese Pettigrew took the loss stopping 15 of 18 he faced..
All in all the Bench
Staff and Parents should be very proud of the boys and the effort this past
weekend. Anytime you get to a Championship game you have done something right
and although it is always a better feeling to leave a Champion, leaving a
Runner Up is still quite an achievement and the boys should hold their heads
high after a successful weekend of hockey.
Great Job Boys!!!!