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Novice MD
Tier 2 win SILVER MEDAL at Cambridge
Tournament
The Sarnia
Jr. Sting Novice Tier 2 team
participated in the 41st Hespeler Minor
Hockey Olympics Tournament Dec. 27-29
and were crowned SILVER MEDALISTS in the
Novice AE Division. The team played
very well and rose to the occasion and
provided exciting hockey games for
parents, grandparents and siblings. It
was great hockey to watch.
Game 1 -
Dec. 27
Sarnia's first opponent in the
tournament was Oshawa. Jakob Knowles
had the start in net and played well,
including an awesome save on a 2-0
breakaway late in the first period.
Each team had 3 shots on net in the
opening frame. Curtis Marks put the
Sting on the board first with a great
breakaway goal. Joel Pavey was credited
with the assist. Oshawa would come back
and get one of their own just over a
minute and thirty later. With great
determination and hussle the Sting would
begin to take it to Oshawa and were
rewarded for their efforts. Starting
the scoring spree was Dawson Young,
assisted by Camden Pomerleau. Lucas
Knowles would beat the buzzer and tuck
one past the Oshawa goalie with 1.0
second left in the period. Assisting on
the play was Matt Hunt. Ryan Gould
would put the Sting up by 4 with a goal
early in the third. Assisted by Dawson
Young. Oshawa was able to put one past
Knowles at 7:38 but that would be the
end. Rounding out the scoring was
Dawson Young with a goal. Brent
Tunstill assisted on the play. Final
score 5-2 for the Sting. Player of the
Game was Dawson Young.
Game 2 -
Dec. 27
Next opponent for the Sting was Aurora.
While
on a power play late in the first
period, it was Lucas Knowles who put his
team on the scoresheet with a great goal
("up where Mama keeps the peanut
butter"). Assisting on the highlight
goal was Carson Payne and Ryan Gould.
Unfortunately that would be all the
scoring that the boys could produce but
they would not give up. They continued
to work hard, but unfortunately Aurora
would come back and score 4 unanswered
goals including 2 powerplay goals to win
the game 4-1. Player of the Game was
Camden Pomerleau.
Game 3 -
Dec. 28
Up next
for the boys was a match up against the
host Hespeler Shamrocks in an early
morning game. Jakob Knowles was between
the pipes. The game was only 48 seconds
old, when Dawson Young was awarded a
penalty shot for being tripped up on a
breakaway. Although he made a great
effort, he was "stoned" by the goalie.
It was at 1:10 of the first when Dawson
would get his reprieve on the goalie and
put one past him to put the Sting on the
board. Collecting the assist was Aidan
Manery. Young would get another to put
his team up by 2. Assisting on the play
was Ryan Gould. Young would complete
the "natural hat trick" with another
marker at 5:30, assist going to Matt
Hunt. Justin Houle would get his first
goal of the season and put the game out
of reach. Assists were awarded to Ryan
Gould and Joel Pavey. Collecting his
first SHUT OUT of the season was Jakob
Knowles and for his efforts was awarded
the Player of the Game.
Game 4 -
Dec. 28
The boys had their work cut out for them
in the next game. Facing a very
strong team from Stratford (who have
"walked through" the round robin), the
Sting would have to work hard and not
give up to advance to the playoff round.
The Sting were unable to match the size
and power of their opponents, but did
make a gallant effort to keep the game
close. Although the score was very
one sided, the effort was there from the
boys. Stratford was able to score 2 in
the first, 3 in the second and 2 in the
third. Scoring the lone Sarnia goal was
Brett Brydges, assisted by Joel Pavey.
Final score 7-1 Stratford. Player of
the Game was Ryan Gould.
With three
teams tied going into the playoff round,
the Sting would advance with a better
goals against average and would be
facing their league rivals North London
Nationals in the semi-finals.
Semi-final -
Dec. 29
From
start to finish, the fans were in for a
real treat with this game. Jakob Knowles
had the start. Lucas Knowles would put
the Sting on the board first with a goal
late in the first period. Assisting was
Dawson Young. Burke Roszell (with his
first goal of the season) would put the
black and yellow up by 2 at 9:35 of the
second. Collecting the assist
was Carson Payne. North London would
get right back into the game with 2
quick goals to tie the game. They would
continue to crash the net but Jakob
would deny them. Joel Pavey (also with
his first of the season) would put the
Sting up by one on the power play at
6:11 of the third. Assist would go
Curtis Marks. With the clocking winding
down, North London would pull their
goalie with a over a minute remaining
hoping for the equalizer, but the boys
worked hard and won the game 3-2. Player
of the Game, Brett Brydges. With the
win, the boys advanced to the
Championship game for a rematch against
Stratford.
Final - Dec.
29
Coming into the final game, the boys
knew that they had to shut down
Stratford's top player to have a chance
at the gold.
Stratford was on the board first, early
in the first for a 1-0 lead. The boys
did very well to bother # 2 and try to
keep him off the game sheet. Matt Hunt
tied the game at 1 on the power play,
9:35 of the second. With 32.2 seconds
remaining in the period, Stratford would
go ahead 2-1. Stratford would continue
to press and would put the game out of
reach in the third period including a
short handed marker. Final score 4-1
Stratford. Taylor would face a total of
24 shots and for his efforts was Player
of the Game.
Thanks for
the great tournament boys, you made us
all proud. CONGRATULATIONS on your
silver medal, it was well deserved.
Next action
for the team is Thursday, Jan. 3rd, when
they travel to Argyle Arena to take the
league leading London Devilettes.
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