The Lambton Jr Sting
Major Bantam team
travelled to the
Windy City to
participate in the
International AAA
Bauer Invite
tournament. Their
first opponent was
the New Jersey
Rockets. Cole
Lauzon had the win
turning aside many
shots on the net.
Goals were scored by
Alec Segers assisted
by Dillon Saunders;
Brendan Trottier
from Brett Corrigan
and Sam McCormack,
Tim Kaldeway from
Trottier and
McCormack and Segers
with his second of
the game from Matt
Gough and
Saunders. Sting
get their first win
of the tournament
5-3.
The Sting would then
go on to beat the
Indiana Ice. Travis
Moore was the
winning goalie.
Austin Hewton had
the hat trick with
single goals from
Tyler Drury and Jake
Mott. Assists went
to Segers, Trottier,
Kaldeway, Corrigan,
McCormack and Dylan
Carroll.
Game #3 was against
the Anaheim Ducks.
Cole Lauzon helped
to keep this game
close stopping many
close shots and the
defensive core of
Cory Burr, Mike
Zottl, Adriano Fuoco,
Cole Harris,
McCormack and Drury
shut down the
speedy likes of
Teemu Selanne’s
son. Saunders and
Corrigan had the
goals with Kaldeway,
Hewton and Harris
picking up assists.
With 3 wins under
their belt, it still
was not enough due
to the tournament
format to guarantee
a spot in the
quarter finals. The
final game in round
robin would
determine the only
team to go on in the
Fargo division.
Lambton was up
against Farmington
Hills. With
outstanding penalty
kills led by Matt
Gough blocking
several shots and
the solid
goaltending by
Travis Moore was key
to a Sting victory.
Trottier had the
winning goal
assisted by
Corrigan. Josh Reda
would also find the
back of the net.
Segers and Trottiers
had the helpers.
Kaldeway sealed the
deal with unassisted
goal in the last
minute of play.
With a 3-0 victory,
the Sting would wait
to find out their
opponent in the
morning quarter
finals.
The Sting would
meet a familiar face
Sunday morning. The
Sting had handed the
Michigan Ice Hawks
(one of the top
ranked teams in
their US division)
their first loss of
the season when they
had met at the
Border City Cup.
The Sting battled
hard the entire
game. McCormack
would have two goals
in this game
assisted by Trottier
and Corrigan. Both
goals were answered
by the Ice Hawks.
It looked like this
game would be going
into overtime but
with less than a
minute to go, the
Ice Hawks would
score the winning
goal. Travis Moore
suffered the loss in
a hard fought game
with many quality
chances at both ends
of the ice.
Although
disappointing to the
boys to be so close,
they had an amazing
weekend with 4 wins
and battled hard
right to the final
buzzer. They should
be extremely proud
of themselves as
they have made great
gains this
tournament and
season.