Failing to qualify
N.L.’S Pinnacle AAA Growlers miss playoffs at 2024 Under-18 AAA Atlantic Championships
Wins were hard to come by for the Pinnacle AAA Growlers at last week’s under-18 AAA Atlantic Championships.
At the tournament held in Lantz, N.S., the Growlers were held winless against some of the top teams in the Atlantic provinces.
The Growlers started the tournament with a tight 5-3 loss to the Moncton Flyers. They again came close to a win in their second game against the Steele Subaru u-18 Major but again fell short.
The Growlers lost that one 4-2.
Their next two games were against the teams that eventually found themselves in the tournament final on Sunday, the Halifax Macs and the Kensington Wild.
The Growlers fell 8-1 to the Macs and 7-0 to the Wild.
Connor Hussey was the top scorer for the Growlers with two goals and three points in the tournament. Nolan Avery also picked up three assists.
TRI PEN PICKS UP A WIN IN FEMALE ATLANTICS
In Corner Brook at the 2204 Under-18 Female Atlantics, the Tri Pen Ice made it to the playoff round but couldn’t advance any further in the tournament.
The Ice met the TNT Western Flames in the playoffs but dropped the game 4-2 to finish their weekend.
Tri Pen went 1-3 in the round-robin, picking up a win over the host Western Warriors 6-5.
Their losses came to the Northern Subway Selects (60), Eastern Stars (6-3) and the Flames (6-1).
Tri Pen’s Chloe Pitts finished tied for third in the tournament scoring with six goals and eight points for the weekend.
Meanwhile, the Warriors failed to win a game and finished 0-4.
On top of the loss to the Ice, they fell to the Selects (10-2), the Flames (6-0) and the Stars (10-0).
Allie Hancock was their top scorer with five goals on the weekend.