Bantam AE, 2012-13 (Owen Sound Minor Hockey Group)

The Kunkel Bus Lines Bantam AE’s are Georgian Bay Consolation Champs.  The team went 6-1-2 in the Georgian Bay Bantam AE B side battling Elmvale in the final 3 games to win the Championship Trophy. Owen Sound battled hard against Elmvale in every regular season game with an even record of 1-1-2 with the balance of wins tipping for Elmvale if you include a loss in the Muskoka tournament last fall.  All five games were heated, emotional, rough and tumble hockey.

The Kunkel Bus Lines Bantam AE’s may not be challenging for an OMHA title this year but the boys have proven once again that a team’s success is not always measured in the win column.

The Kunkel Bus Lines Bantam AE’s are Champions in South Muskoka Minor Hockey’s 1st annual Kris Clement Memorial Hockey Tournament in Bracebridge. Two of the three opposing teams were familiar to the squad with Midland and Elmvale in our league.  South Muskoka was the host team. Owen Sound opened the tournament slowly with a 4 2 loss to Elmvale on Saturday morning.  Scoring came from Kwyn Acton assisted by Tayan MacMillan and from Tayan MacMillan assisted by Logan McComb.

The team did some Coyote hunting in Elmvale on Tuesday night but their powder was a little wet to start the game as the Coyotes scored first and often leading 4 to 0 by the midpoint of the first period. 

The Kunkel Bus Lines Bantam AE’s opened their first tournament of the year vs a local team from Kent County. Goals from Tayan McMillan from Andrew Spitzig, and Dustin Lantz from Tayan MacMillan kept the game tied until the 3rd period when Kent was able to pull away and take the win by a score of 5 to 2.  Seth Gauthier was in net.