Anderson Appliances - Novice LL, 2012-2013 (Ingersoll & District Minor Hockey)

Barring a few mental mistakes and some positioning miscues, Anderson’s looked both fast and poised from start to finish, led by goalie Jeremy Hardeman. Hardeman bailed the defense out on a couple of occasions however when called upon to do his own job he was equal to the task every time but once backstopping Ingersoll to a 4-1 win over visiting Waterford.

Tambourines chimed in the stands as the Dehi Novices took to the ice in Ingersoll to face Anderson’s our novice team.  It was  the loudest their fans  would be.  When the game started the loudest cheering would come from our Ingersoll supporters  after we scored each of our 3 goals, a great save or even keeping the pressure on in Delhi’s end . We went on to beat Delhi  3-0.

From the opening faceoff to the final buzzer we controlled the play, the puck and the scoreboard beating Burford in their building 6-1. It was a game that saw several players trying out different positions, but that didn’t affect our speed and work ethic at all. For most of the game the puck was in their end and the few times Burford got to our blue line , our defensemen or back checking forwards quickly regained control.

We always start strong out of the gate, and build momentum from there, however it was just mental breakdowns and little mistakes that landed us in a tie 3-3 in a game we should have won against Simcoe.

The chant started as soon as coach Alexander opened the dressing room door and said let’s go, but coming around the corner, hitting the ice and seeing the Six Nation players and their size, the chant quickly turned into hockey business. The opening faceoff seen Six Nations take control of the puck go through all defenders and score on Jeremy, who honestly was just settling in, and he wasn’t the only one. We in the stands barely got comfy, seeing this I’m sure we all thought to ourselves… Here we go, poor guys are in for a tough game.