Sarnia Bantam Pacers Win Silver at Provincials

 The Sarnia Bantam Pacers won the Silver medal this year in the Provincials held in St Catherines August 15, 16 & 17.

They had an extremely strong weekend finishing with a 5-1 record. The first game saw an enthusiastic Pacer squad easily handle Halton Hills winning 9 – 3. Kyle Jackson was the top point getter for the Pacers with 7 points (4g, 3a) while Dan Charlton netted 3 goals. Adam Lebrasceur also had an assist.  Devon Kohn earned the victory in net Game 2 Sarnia found themselves in tough against Fergus, but persevered and came out with a decisive 7-3 victory. Kevin Conroy was the star of this game tallying 3 goals. Kyle Jackson earned 3 points (2g, 1a) with Dan Charlton, Cody Ross, Mitchell Dougthy and Pee Wee call-up Liam Wright chipped in for 2 points each. Llew Falla was stellar in net to earn the win. To round out the Round Robin play, Sarnia defeated Akwasasne by a score of 10-1. Kyle Jackson put in 6 points (4g, 2a) while Dan Charlton and Connor Smith put in a 3 point performance. James Riley and Kevin Hussey also collected assists.  Devon Kohn was solid in net.

In the Quarterfinals Sarnia faced off against Niagara on the Lake. In a hard fought game Sarnia was able to fend off a swarming Niagara team to earn an 8-5 win. Kyle Jackson was the horse again for the pacers with a 7 point performance (6g, 1a) while Kevin Conroy chipped in for 4 points (1g, 3a). Llew Falla was once again stellar in net. In the Semi-Final game Sarnia squared off with Orangeville. After falling behind for the first time all tournament, Sarnia dug deep to come up with a hard earned 7-3 win. Jackson tallied 5 points (3g, 2a) while Charlton put in 3 points (2g, 1a) and Connor Smith had 2 points. Devon Kohn put the wall up in net to fend off a relentless Orangeville attack. 

This put Sarnia in the Finals against a very strong Owen Sound Team. In a hard fought back and forth game Owen Sound narrowly came out on top with a 7 –5 victory. Jackson netted 3 points (2g, 1a) while Conroy, Charlton and Pee Wee call up Davis Prince rounded out the scoring for the Pacers. Devon Kohn and Llew Falla shared goaltending duties and both played superbly. Other notable standouts for the tournament were defensive specialists Tyler Smith, Mike Hummell and Josh Plain. Their tough play in the defensive end made for a bad day for many of the opposing players.

This tournament was a great finish to and extremely productive year. The Coaching staff of Shaun Kennedy, Mike Jackson and Ken Barrett would like to thank Randy Dunn and Mal Coats for helping out and a big thank you to all the players for a phenomenal year.