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London Early Bird Tournament
September 24 - 26, 2010
The
Minor PeeWee Jr. Sting team
participated in their second
tournament of the 10-11 season in
London.
Game
#1 vs Oakville Jr. Rangers
The Jr.
Sting Minor Peewee’s started out the
tournament against an OMHA team from
Oakville on Friday afternoon.
The Jr.
Sting played a very strong,
disciplined game and generated many
scoring opportunities but were only
able to dent the twine once. Conner
Royer took the puck wide and used
his speed to break in and bury one
five-hole. Oakville then tied it up
on a goalmouth scramble. It appeared
that the Jr. Sting’s Royer had given
the Jr. Sting a late lead and the
referee at the net even signaled a
goal but it was eventually
over-ruled and the game ended in a
1-1 tie.
Conner Royer scored the lone goal
and was the Game MVP.
Ryan Brown had the assist.
Ethan Hunt had a strong game in net.
Game #2 vs Rochester Alliance
The Jr.
Sting were up against the New York
based Rochester Alliance in game two
on Friday night.
The game
was played at the smaller Carling
arena and the boys never quite
seemed to find their legs. The game
was a seesaw affair with both teams
swapping goals. Jack Hackett got
things started for the Jr. Sting,
scoring a short-handed effort off a
rebound from a Ryan Gould drive.
Rochester replied to tie it up. The
Jr. Sting’s Max Steeves then scored
on a rebound from a Cade Robbins’
shot to give the lead back to the
Jr. Sting after period one.
Rochester answered back with two
goals of their own to take a 3-2
lead into the third period. Conner
Royer scored to tie the game at 3-3.
Then Jack Hackett scored his second
short-handed goal of the game on a
beautiful individual effort to give
the Jr. Sting the victory.
The boys
battled back and picked up the win
to make the morning contest against
Halton critical.
Jack
Hackett scored two goals and was the
game MVP.
Max
Steeves and Conner Royer each had
one goal.
Ryan
Gould, Cade Robbins, Daniel
Wellington and Nicolas DiScanno each
had one assist
Ethan
Williams got the win in net.
Game #3 vs Halton Hurricanes
The Jr.
Sting were up against the 2-0 Halton
Hurricanes on Saturday morning.
The Jr.
Sting looked confident and at times
took the play to the OMHA based
Halton team. Lambton peppered the
Hurricane goalie with many shots and
the line of Jared Pageau, Ryan Brown
and Conner Royer hemming them in for
multiple shots.
The
goalie was up to the task and
continued to shut down our boys.
Halton opened the scoring and the
scored stayed 1-0 until late into
the third period when Halton would
score again. Lambton played a strong
game and just needed to capitalize
on the power play opportunities to
get a different outcome.
Ethan
Hunt played a strong game in between
the pipes and was the game MVP.
Game #4 vs London Jr. Knights
The Jr.
Sting were up against league rival,
the London Jr. Knights in the final
game of the tournament. With Halton
already guaranteed a spot in the
semi-finals, the game was for
bragging rights. Both teams played a
hard hitting, fast paced game with
multiple power play opportunities
for both squads. The game was
knotted at zeros through the first
two periods until Garrett Miller
made a nice rush and gave it to
Jared Pageau on the door-step and he
fired home the opening marker.
Unfortunately the lead did not hold
up as London tied it up and then
late in the third period the Jr.
Knights scored the winner
short-handed after a mix-up on a
defensive zone face-off. Lambton was
not able to produce any last minute
heroics and the game ended in a 2-1
loss for the Jr. Sting.
Jared
Pageau scored the only goal with
Garrett Miller assisting.
Brennan McKegan played a strong
two-way game and was the game MVP.
Ethan Williams had an outstanding
game in net. |
