Major Bantam A Petes win gold at Kingston Canadians Series Hockey Tournament
The Peterborough NDB Firm and Associates Major Bantam A
Petes as they took top honours in their division at the Kingston Canadians Series Hockey Tournament on the Nov. 2-4 weekend.
The Major Bantam A Petes had five wins and a loss over the three-day tournament, outscoring their opponents and topping the event off by beating Ancaster Avalanche 5-2 in the championship final.
The Petes opened their tournament play on Nov. 2 and were shut out 1-0 loss in a hard fought game with the Leitrim Hawks. Goaltender Kyan Micks took the loss in net.
Later that night, the Petes rebounded to defeat the Ancaster Avalanche team 4-1. Lukas DiBella, Nick Stinson, Matthew Robinson and Cole Lester scored for the Petes on assists from Lester, DiBella, Liam Vollans, Chris Girardi and Isaiah Scott. Ryder Hadwyn had a strong game in net.
On the Nov. 3 morning the Petes took on the Innisfil Hawks and won 2-1 in a close, wellmatched game. Vollans and Stinson scored for Peterborough, on assists from Girardi, Stinson and Lester. Micks had a strong performance in net.
Taking top spot in their Pool A standings, the Petes went on to the quarter-finals later that night against the Halton Hills Thunder. In the Halton Hills game, the boys put on a monster performance blanking the Thunder 6-0. Stinson had two goals with singles to Lester, Girardi, Robinson and Vollans. Lester and Vincent Galeazza had two assists each on the goals while Girardi, Nolan Keating, DiBella, Stinson, Robinson and Callan Baker had single assists. Hadwyn supported the team in net.
Moving on to the semifinals on the Nov. 4 morning, the Petes once again went up against the Leitrim Hawks. The team played hard and this time defeated the Hawks in a hard-fought game 4-3. Stinson, Carter Rutherford and Lester scored for the Petes with assists awarded to Nathan Burke, Lester, Stinson and Girardi.
Kyan Micks had a strong game in net.
In the final game, the Petes came out strong and skated to a 5-2 victory over the Ancaster Avalanche. The Petes had goals from Burke, Vollans, Rutherford, Girardi and Keating with assists to Kaiden Bletsoe, Lester, Stinson, Keating, Burke and Galeazza. Ryder Hadwyn had a superb game as net minder.
“To win this tournament was a fantastic accomplishment for our boys,” stated head coach Shawn Micks.
“The competition was strong throughout the tournament. The semi finals and final games were pretty intense in the beginning as we started behind in both games into the first period. Our opponents came on strong but our team quickly picked up their game to qualify and win the finals. This win was a total collaboration by all of our players. The boys played discipline hockey, everybody contributed and they came together as a team and supported each other. It took everyone on this team to win gold.”
“The boys stayed focused, stuck to the game plan for the weekend and felt the rewards at the end by winning gold,” assistant coach Rob Baker said.
“Every player had their shining moment,” assistant coach Tim Killingbeck added.
“It was a team effort with a solid defence shutting other teams down, a solid offence that contributed to lots of goal scoring and great passing, and strong goaltenders who had few goals against.”