Lambton Minor Peewee AAA Tournament Champs in Niagara
Tuesday december 2, 2014
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The Lambton Jr.
Sting Minor Peewee AAA team
participated and won the Niagara
Jr. Purple Eagles Thanksgiving
Tournament over the weekend. The
team went undefeated in round
robin play out scoring their
opponents 18-4 before winning
the championship game 4-1.
The Jr. Sting opened the
tournament with a 7-0 thumping
of the Rochester Jr. Americans.
Nate Highfield opened the
scoring 5:09 into the first
period from winger Andrew
Lemieux. Jake MacLean would
score Lambton's second goal 5
minutes later on the power play
from Aiden James and Highfield.
Nicholas Medeiros would close
out the period with a goal of
his own from defensemen Connor
Nesbitt. Carson Peer would
continue the onslaught in the
second with a goal from
Highfield. The third period was
all Lambton with Highfield's
second goal of the game from
Carter Viglasky and Peer. Ryan
Whelpley would also get on the
scoresheet with a goal from
Bradyn Santavy while Ryder
"Deuce" Nienhuis would finish
things out from Wesley Brooks
and Lemieux. Blake Foster was
strong between the pipes earning
his first shutout of the season.
Game 2 saw the Jr. Sting facing
off against the Webster
Cyclones. In this tightly played
contest, the Jr. Sting played to
a 3-3 tie. Scoring for Lambton
were Highfield from Madeleine
Godfrey, Viglasky from Brooks
and Lemieux and Highfield
unassisted. Odin Hessel was
solid in net for the tie.
Once again, Lambton came out
flying versus the host Niagara
Jr. Purple Eagles team taking
them 7-1. Nienhuis would get
Lambton on the board from
Lemieux and Medeiros while just
11 seconds later Peer would
score from Highfield and
Viglasky. The Jr. Sting would
dominate the second period
scoring 4 unanswered goals.
Medeiros would put Lambton up
3-1 from Lemieux and Santavy
would follow that up with an
unassisted goal of his own.
Round out the period were goals
from James from Whelpley and
Peer from Highfield and MacLean.
The Jr. Sting would put the
final nail in the coffin in the
third scoring 2 more goals from
Highfield (Peer) and Medeiros (Nienhuis
and MacLean). Hessel made a
couple of key saves throughout
the game to earn the win.
In the Championship game,
Lambton faced off against the
Webster Cyclones once again.
Unlike their fist contest, the
Jr. Sting were ready for their
opponents and dominated the game
from beginning to end. James
would open the scoring early I
the first from MacLean and
Santavy would put Lambton up 2-0
before the end of the period.
Nienhuis would put the Jr. Sting
up 3-1 late in the second from
Medeiros and MacLean. Nienhuis
would put the game away midway
through the third form line
mates Medeiros and Lemieux.
Foster was stellar between the
pipes earning his second win of
the tournament.
Team members are : Derek "Tugger"
Esselment, Bradyn "Conway"
Santavy, Andrew "Coach" Lemieux,
Wesley "Seabiscuit" Brooks,
Connor "Red Fury" Nesbitt, Nate
"The Guilty One" Highfield,
Madeleine "Angry Barbie"
Godfrey, Odin "Thor" Hessel,
Blake "Fozzy" Foster, Matthew
"Shin Pad" Moore, Ryan "Donair"
Whelpley, Jake "Colgate"
MacLean, Carter "APB" Viglasky,
Carson "Bar Down" Peer, Nicholas
"Gypsum" Medeiros and Aidan "The
Pizza Guy" James.
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