Jan 09, 2017 | David Valenti | 293 views
Flyers win consolation in home tourney
The boys played in their home tournament this weekend, we played 4 games and went 2-2 taking the consolation final, details on next page .....
upcoming events:
Practice Monday Jan 9th 7:30 Tony B
Game vs. Halton Hills Jan 11th at Mold Masters in Georgetown, 7:45 PM
Game vs Brampton Bears Jan 14th at PowerAde Centre, 6:30 PM
Team pictures Jan16th at 7:15 in Alder
Game 1 vs. Milton, 5-2 loss, We fell behind early and chased all game. We were down 3-0 going into the third period and clawed back to make it 3-2, we took 2 third period penalties making it difficult to stage a comeback, Joey and Owen V scored with Owen R earning an assist .
Game 2 vs. Whitby Select, 4-2 win, The team came out with a solid effort and earned this victory, Ted made some big saves to protect the lead while Owen R, Luke and Graham scored goals, Joey pitched in with 2 assists. Owen D continued his steady play on the back end and shared game MVP with Luke. The boys worked together and were penalty free, great game boys !
Game 3 vs. Kitchener Rangers MD, 5-1 loss, The winner of this game was going to move on to the finals. We started off very strong taking a 1-0 lead, we pushed the pace for the first half of the game, we held onto a 1-0 lead for about 1/2 the game, we then laid back giving Kitchener a chance to get back into it, they quickly went up 3-1 and it was difficult to recover. It would be nice to have this game back as they boys were capable of winning this one.
Game 4 vs. Whitby Select, 4-3 win, We pushed the pace for most of this game , we were up 4-1 late in the third when Whitby scored 2 quick goals, overall it was a good team effort, Connor and Luke earned game MVP's. Joey scored twice, Owen V and Adam had a goal and an assist, Kai earned a helper on one of Joey's goal while Luke had 3 assists.
Tournament MVP went to Graham for his consistent hard work in all 4 games.