Peewee Broncos win gold on home ice
The Swift Current Southwest Terminal Peewee Broncos scored 36 goals to win four straight games while winning gold at their 12-team home tournament over the weekend.
The Broncos opened the tournament with a 12-8 win over the Lumsden Lions on Friday afternoon. Kade Stringer led the Broncos with five goals and one assist. Parker Rondeau and Hudson Darby both added two goals and three assists, while Jake Starke registered two goals and two assists and Ryder Rommelaere added a single goal.
Easton Lee assisted on four goals, while Carter Tuplin picked up a pair of assists. Wesley Olson, Kye Fahselt, and Ryder Woods all added assists. Calder Jones earned the win in goal.
The Broncos followed up with a 12-5 win over the Battleford Barons that evening to place first in their round robin group. Lee led the way with three goals and two assists, while Woods added two goals and three assists. Stringer and Fahselt each posted two goals and one assist, while Tuplin added a goal and two assists. Starke registered a goal and an assist and Rommelaere and Makstr Mcintyre added two assists each. Rondeau also scored, while Aston Annesley, Cutter Knight, and Hudson Darby all added assists. Berney Weston earned the win in goal.
The Broncos faced the Saskatoon Express in the A semifinal on Saturday evening and won 9-3 as Calder Jones earned the win in goal.
Stringer led the Broncos with two goals and three assists, while Tuplin and Woods each added two goals and one assist. Lee chipped in a goal and an assist, while Rondeau added a pair of assists.
Hudson Darby and Starke also scored, while Knight, Peyton Keller, and Brady Simpson all picked up single helpers.
The Broncos defeated the Saskatoon Mission 3-2 in the championship game.
“This actually started last weekend when we played Yorkton,” said head coach Rej Stringer. “Something clicked, our effort was incredible. There was some good teams here today. The boys really bought into it. We changed a few things system-wise and they really bought into it. Our effort was just incredible. We were chasing pucks. We made it really difficult, the other teams had some really good players and we made it very tough on them. Our kids earned it. They really deserved this.”
The Broncos averaged nine goals per game over the tournament. “We are a little bit run and gun. One thing we know is that we do score goals. We are a young team. We are young defensively. We have two firstyear goalies. We know we are going to score. We try to average 40 shots a game. We know if we do that we are going to score goals. This weekend we scored a lot of goals,” said Stringer.
The Peewee Broncos (6-4-2) will be on the road this weekend to visit the Weyburn Wings (3-9-2) and the Estevan Bruins (9-5-1) in league action.
The head coach hoped his team could reproduce the performance from the tournament championship going forward.
“I think we just did it. We needed to improve our effort and our consistency and we found that this weekend. We’ve got it right now and now it’s just about building on it and sticking with it.”