The Tyke Pacers season finished with them competing in the Provincial championships in Whitby Sunday and Monday.
 

The Sarnia squad advanced to the quarter finals before being eliminated.

This team should be quite proud as at the beginning of the season there were many people who felt this team would not win a game.  The Pacers went 15-1 in league play and then went on to capture the Zone Championship. The coaching staff should be congratulated on their efforts as this team developed and progressed to a very high level.

As for the Provincials, Sarnia opened up against West Durham on Sunday morning. They came out flying and rolled to a 7-4 victory. Jared Pageau scored 3 goals and Jack McAuley added a pair. Also scoring were Jacob Knowles and Jack Hackett.

In the afternoon contest the Pacers were up against a very good Orillia team. They had closed the gap to 6-5 entering the 3rd period only to have Orillia score seven unanswered goals for a 13-5 defeat.

Jared Pageau scored 3 goals with singles going to Hunter Krajiniak and Jack McAuley.

Sarnia needed to win their next game to advance.

In the Monday morning contest Sarnia faced Orangeville and came out flying. Sarnia never let up and advanced to the quarter finals with a 9-0 shut out.  Jared Pageau scored 6 goals to lead the Pacers with singles from Brennan Mckegan, Drew Pepper and Gavin McGregor. Gavin, being the youngest on the team at six years old has two more years of tyke left and should dominate in the coming years. He is all heart out on the floor. Pageau's goals put him over 100 goals for the season.

The afternoon contest was a quarter final match up vs. Fergus. The teams were tied 1-1 at the end of the first but then the roof caved in and Fergus went on to a 9-3 triumph to put an end to the season for the Pacers. Jared Pageau replied with all three of Sarnia's goals.

Though the season ended with a tough loss the season was very enjoyable and the parents are very proud of all the kids.

The only down note on the weekend was that Asst coach Mike Mara was not allowed to coach on the bench due to the fact there was a snafu regarding his card and will also not be allowed to coach his midget team this coming weekend at the provincials.

On behalf of the Pacer parents we would like to Thank the coaching staff of Jeff Cox, Mike Mara, KC Galvin , Steve Pepper and manager Jenn Mathieson for a fun and rewarding season.