The Point Edward Atom’s participated in the
OakRidges Local League Tournament between Jan
14-16th in Richmond Hill and brought home the
Championship cup
Game#1 vs OakRidges#3
The first game saw the Point hit the ice sluggish as
they played Friday night to open their tournament.
Action was end-to-end but neither team seemed to be
getting any good scoring opportunities. As the
period hit the mid-way mark, both teams were not
able to get a rhythm but the pace of the game
increased a bit. As the period came to a close, the
Hawks had a great chance to start the scoring but
the Kings goalie made a great save to end the period
tied at 0-0.
The start of the second period of play resembled the
first and the Hawks weren't able to clear their end
very effectively. At the mid-way point the Hawks
opened the scoring when Best received the puck at
center ice and rushed into the Kings zone and was
able to flip the puck over the left hand of the
goalie make it 1-0. The Kings immediately retaliated
with a goal of their own in a scammble in front of
the Point goal to make it 1-1. This seemed to spark
both teams as they opportunities began to open up.
Just as the period ended, Hocking retrieved the puck
at center and using the defense as a screen, shot a
slap shot along the ice to catch the Kings
net-minder off guard to make it 2-1 going into the
final period.
The third saw the Point get into penalty trouble
early but their skating improved as Gladwish caught
the Kings defense pinching in and got a breakaway to
extend the Hawks lead to 3-1. The third saw the
Hawks take control of the game and they didn't let
OakRidges get into a tempo. The Kings did close the
gap when they shot and scored off a tipped puck to
make it 3-2 but the Point team continued to press.
King made an excellent up ice pass off the boards to
a full striding Gladwish who had a break and made it
4-2 and before the buzzer rang Best hit the Kings
mesh to end it 5-2.
Blackhawk’s Scoring Summary
Period Time Goal Assist Assist
2 05:58 Noah Best Jacob Cunningham
2 00:08 Raymond Hocking Justin Waun
3 08:49 Nolan Gladwish Cole Molloy
3 02:36 Nolan Gladwish Jonathan King
3 01:43 Noah Best Nick Kootstra
Game#2 vs Oak Ridges#1
The second game of the tournament saw the Hawks play
a mid-afternoon game versus OakRidges#1. The Point
hit the board early when Kennedy passed to
Laframboise who shot from the blue line and scored
to take an early 1-0 lead. Action was tight for most
of the period with both teams getting opportunities
but MacDonald made some good saves to keep the Kings
off the board. Late in the period, the Kings took
advantage of a scramble in front of the net and tied
it at 1-1 to end the first.
Action was fast paced and the Kings were getting a
little frustrated as they got into a little penalty
trouble. The Point couldn't capitalize on the first
man advantage but as the penalty ended, Luciani
passed to King who rushed the puck into the Kings
end to make it 2-1. The Hawks couldn't take
advantage of the second man advantage and the pace
of the game slowed a bit. As the period came to a
close, the Point couldn't clear the puck as the
Kings pressured hard and they were able to tie it
2-2 going into the third.
The third saw both teams tasting the win as shifts
were short and play was fast. Reinders made some
great saves to keep the game tied and the crowd was
going crazy. As the time on the score board was
coming to a close and the crowd was getting ready
for OT, the Point made a last rush of the period
deep into the Kings end and Gladwish came across the
rink and put it in the top corner to make it 3-2
with 14 seconds left to give the Hawks the win.
Blackhawk’s Scoring Summary
Period Time Goal Assist Assist
1 09:19 Matt Laframboise Garrett Kennedy
2 05:33 Jonathan King Daniel Luciani
3 00:14 Nolan Gladwish Matthew Davis
Game#3 vs Oak Ridges#2
The Point's third game was a 10:30am game that the
team knew they had to win or tie to make it to the
championship. As previous games, the Point came out
early and Noah Best scored a 1:30 into the game. The
Kings would retaliate with a goal of their own
shortly thereafter to make it 1-1. The rest of the
period was back and forth with neither team getting
into a rhythm that would produce any good scoring
chances.
The second period saw the game swing towards the
Hawks as the Kings got themselves into penalty
trouble early in the period. In the middle five
minutes of the period the Oak Ridge team had three
penalties and the Hawks took full advantage of the
extra man as they scored two goals by Gladwish and
King to take a 3-1 lead. Playing short for such a
long time took its toll on the Kings as the Hawks
were able to score two more goals within 30 seconds
of each other by Best and Gladwish before the period
ended to go into the third with a 5-1 lead.
The third period saw the Hawks control the play and
keep the puck in the Kings end for a majority of the
period. Davis added to the Hawks lead off a rebound
the Kings defense couldn't clear. As the period
ended Kennedy got onto the score sheet when he took
a pass from Cunningham and shot a puck the goalie
wasn't ready for to give the Hawks a 7-1 win.
Blackhawk’s Scoring Summary
Period Time Goal Assist Assist
1 08:29 Noah Best
2 07:39 Noah Best Nicolas Robson
2 06:31 Jonathan King Robert Boccanfuso
2 02:15 Noah Best
2 01:48 Nolan Gladwish
3 06:27 Matthew Davis Noah Best Jonathan King
3 01:47 Garrett Kennedy Jacob Cunningham
Game#4 –Overall Championship vs Oak Ridges#3
The Hawks had an afternoon to kill before the
championship game. The Point was a bit nervous going
into the game and a bit sluggish from a long wait to
play as the Kings scored right from the opening
face-off to take a 1-0 lead. That opened the Points
eyes as they retaliated with two of their own goals
by Gladwish and Best to take a 2-1 lead 50 seconds
into the game. The Kings came out aggressive and
scored two and a half minutes into the period to tie
it a 2-2. Both teams seem to settle down and neither
team was able to score for the remainder of the
period as play was quick paced with both teams
defense playing very well.
The second period saw the Point take an early lead
when Best caught the Kings defense pinching in to
get a breakaway and beat the Kings goalie. Similar
to the second half of the first, the pace was very
fast and both teams weren't able to get any second
opportunities. As the period came to a close, the
Kings were able to tie the game with only 13 seconds
left.
The final 15 minutes of play was going to determine
the championship between two excellent teams. The
Hawks were able to take the lead mid-way through the
period when Gladwish intercepted a Kings
defensemen’s pass and shot a rocket to the top
corner of the net. The lead was short lived as one
minute later the Kings retaliated on a puck the
Hawks couldn't clear to tie it 3-3 and force the
game into OT.
The first overtime was 5 minutes of 5-on-5 and the
Point came out fast and furious. Gladwish took
advantage of a tired Kings team and scored 45
seconds into the OT to give the Hawks the
Championship.
Blackhawk’s Scoring Summary
Period Time Goal Assist Assist
1 09:22 Nolan Gladwish
1 09:11 Noah Best
2 08:44 Noah Best
3 07:22 Nolan Gladwish
OT 04:17 Nolan Gladwish
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