Minor
Atom
AAA
Come
Up
Short
in
First
Tournament
The Lambton
Jr. Sting Minor Atom AAA played in their first tournament of the
season this past weekend, participating in the London Jr. Knights
Early Bird Tournament, where they came away with 2 wins and 2
losses. The Jr. Sting met the host team (and league rivals) in their
first game of the tournament. The game was a penalty filled affair
and unfortunately, the Jr. Knights had the Sting's number and came
away with a 6-0 win. In game 2 of the tournament, Lambton met up
against the York Simcoe Express. Once again, the game was full of
penalties and the Express came away with a 5-1 win. The Sting's goal
was scored by Derek "Tugger" Esselment on a pass from underage
winger, Austin Harper.
Day 2 of the tournament faired much better for this young team. They
faced the Guelph Jr. Storm in their third game and came away with a
convincing 6-1 win. Point scorers in the game for the Lambton Jr.
Sting were defenseman Nicholas Medeiros (1G, 2A), winger Austin
Harper (1G, 1A), winger Andrew "Chacunsongoût" Lemieux (2G), and
centre Derek Esselment (2G). Goaltender, Blake "Fozzy" Foster made
some key saves throughout the game to earn his 2nd win of the
season.
The Jr. Sting followed up their strong performance against the Jr.
Storm with a phenomenal team effort versus the high-flying Toronto
Red Wings. Lambton played the game of their young lives and won a
nail bitter 3-2. The Jr. Sting took the early lead in the first
period when winger Jake "JMAC" MacLean scored his first of the
season from centre Ryder Nienhuis. The Red Wings would come back in
the second and at the end of the period, the score was tied 2-2.
Scoring for the Sting, with his second of the game, was Jake MacLean
on a beautiful cross ice pass from Andrew Lemieux. Both teams played
hard in the third and had numerous chances. Fortunately, Lambton was
the lone team to capitalize on one of their chances and went up 3-2
early in the third. Defenseman, Wesley "Seabiscuit" Brooks scored
his first of the season on a shot from the point that bounced around
and somehow found the back of the net. Andrew Lemieux was given his
second assist of the game on the play. The defense corpse of Owen
"Bones" Chambers, Madeleine "Angry Barbie" Godfrey, Matthew Moore,
Nicholas Medeiros and Wesley Brooks played beyond their years and
blocked numerous shots to help keep the score close. Goaltender,
Kaden "KMAN" Gray, made a couple of spectacular saves, including a
toe save with just 1:06 left in the game to earn his first win of
the season.
The Lambton Jr. Sting Minor Atom AAA team has a very busy schedule
this coming week with a road game in Chatham on Thursday night and
home games on Saturday and Sunday afternoon versus the Waterloo
Wolves and the Kitchener Jr. Rangers. Go Sting Go!!!!
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