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The 99 Bluewater Major
Novice Sharks completed their spring season at the Shark
Tournament over the weekend. They played their
best hockey against the best competition they have
faced.
In the opening game
against Compuware the Sharks were beaten 3-2 in a nail
biter.
The Sharks opened the
scoring 30 seconds in on a goal by Max Steeves on a feed
from Jared Pageau.
Compuware tied it 3
minutes later and took a 2-1 lead early in the 2nd
period.
Jared Pageau tied it
2-2 late in the 2nd on an unassisted goal.
Compuware scored the
game winner with 3 minutes left to go in the game and
with the goalie pulled the Sharks swarmed the net only
to have the goalie make a remarkable save to thwart the
Shark effort.
Emma McCormick was
solid in net.
In the second game of
the day the Bluewater team faced the Cleveland Jr. Jacks
and skated to a well deserved 8-3 victory. Jared
Pageau paced the Shark attack with 3 goals and 2
assists.
Cameron Rannie had 2
goals with singles going to Josh Barraclough, Elijah
Contreras and Tyler Hotham. Adding assists were Max
Steeves with 2, Barraclough, Nash Nienhuis and Cade
Robbins. Emma McCormick was in net again as Pat Kelly
was recouping from the chicken pox.
Saturday morning the
Sharks faced the Plymouth Stingrays in what was the most
exciting game of the tourney but came on the short end
of a 2-1 loss. Again Bluewater took an early lead
on an unassisted goal by Jared Pageau. Plymouth scored
to tie it and scored the game winner with 3 minutes left
to play in the game. The Sharks had their chances but
could not beat the Plymouth net minder. The Sharks
played their butts off only to fall short.
Pat Kelly was itching
to play and got the start and played well in net.
In game 2 Saturday the
sharks played eventual tourney champs Little Caesars and
came up on the wrong side of a 3-2 score. Bluewater
again played an excellent game but could not find the
net. Like the previous games Bluewater scored
first on a breakaway goal by Jared Pageau.
Little Caesars would
score the next two goals but Garret Miller, on a
breakaway, tied the score late in the third but Caesars
scored the winner 10 seconds later. Emma McCormick
played well in net.
The Sharks advanced to
the quarter finals by the points per period system and
faced the Toronto Iron Heads. The Sharks gave a strong
performance but were beaten by a 6-3 margin.
Bluewater was down by 3
midway thru the 2nd period but goals by Tyler Hotham and
Jared Pageau with assists to Daniel Wellington, Garrett
Miller and Elijah Contreras cut the lead to 3-2. The
Iron Heads scored to make it 4-2 early in the 3rd only
to have the Sharks again pull to within one on a goal by
Cameron Rannie from Garrett Miller and Tyler Hotham, but
that is as close the Sharks would get as The Iron heads
scored 2 more goals for the 6-3 win.
Pat Kelly started in
net and was relieved by Emma McCormick in the 3rd. Both
goalies gave solid efforts.
The players should be
proud by their showing in this tournament as they were
in every game and never quit. With a little luck they
would have won a couple of those 1 goal losses. This
team made great strides and turned into a pretty good
hockey club. It was a very enjoyable Spring season.
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