Apr 01, 2013 | Ghammond | 765 views
Express Peewee Rep make finals in Aylmer
Glenda Ponsonby Ing/Oxford Realty Peewee Rep team made it to the finals in the Aylmer tournament. Their first game Thursday night the Express played well against Strathroy beating them 4-1.
Noah Robinson stood strong in net allowing only 1 goal. Keegan Clark would start things off scoring the first goal assisted by Alex Foster and Nathan Gould. With 2:33 left in the second period Nolan Adkins would score assisted by Anthony Ziraldo and Nathan Gould, 2-0 Express. The other goals would come in the third period. Ethan Stevens would get the third goal assisted by Clayton Hammond and Tanner Gray. Our fourth goal would be from Alex Foster assisted by Clayton Hammond and Keegan Clark. Strathroy would score their only goal with 7:16 left in the third period on a power play.
Friday night the Express would get another win against Mt. Forest. In a close game Ingersoll would come out on top with a score of 4-3. Jayden Purdy would keep us in the game stopping shot after shot. Mt. Forest would score twice in the first period taking us into the second, down 2. Ethan Stevens would score unassisted to put us on the board. With three minutes left in the second Justin Holmes would score unassisted to tie the game. In the third Mt. Forest would pull ahead making it 3-2. Tanner Gray would put one in assisted by Maxx Shelton tying it at 3-3. With 2 minutes left Justin Holmes scored assisted by Anthony Ziraldo and Clayton Hammond for the win!
After having to go back home from the tournament to play Saturday's Southern Counties game, the Express had to be up at 5:00am to play the rest of the tournament Sunday morning. They would suffer their first loss of the tournament to Ayr Flames 2-0.
Two hours later The Express were back out to take on Georgian Shores in the semi finals. Noah Robinson would keep the team in the game blocking shot after shot. The Express needed one point to make it to the finals. The game would remain scoreless into the third period until Clayton Hammond would score the only goal assisted by Keegan Clark for the win 1-0 Express.
In the finals Ingersoll would lose to Ayr after a hard fought battle with 6 games in one weekend.
Great job!