Carmeuse Lime Midget AE’s brought home Tourney Hardware from the Bob Tansley Memorial Tournament held in Tillsonburg Nov 16-18th.
The Express faced Mariposa early Saturday morning. The team killed off the first of the many 4-minute head check penalties that would be called during the tourney. Midway thru the first, Jeff Couse rung his penalty shot off the post. Excellent passing began early and continued throughout the weekend. Jesse Wilson made several great quick face-off saves. The players were aggressive to the net all game during their power play opportunities. Late in the 2nd, a collision in front of our net forced Wilson to sit out and ice his neck strain for the 3 period. Going into the 3rd still no score, the team battled hard, and Austin Webber rung one off the post. Excellent penalty killing by the players start to finish. Joel Couse’s hard shot late in the period was stopped by the Mariposa goalie who was having a similar great game as Wilson and Malchesky. Regular play ends in a tie. The overtime would see 5 minutes of 3-on-3 play. The team held their stamina up with continuous on the fly changing of fresh legs. Second overtime was 1-on-1 with Nick Rizzo heading out to battle hard. Two breakaway opportunities, one for each team, had the crowd on their feet. Both goalies were stellar in their respective nets. A gutsy penalty shot was called and Rizzo buried the game winner for Ingersoll. Score: Ingersoll 1 Mariposa 0
Twelve hours later, the Midgets came up against Pt. Colborne who scored 30 seconds in. The opposition was strong on the power play and capitalized. Both teams played a fast- paced and physical game on the small ice surface. The other team got another quick goal but Ingersoll answered back midway through the 1st with a goal by Nick Medica (Adam Dyzngel, Jordan Pacheo). After 2 periods of play, Ingersoll found themselves down by 1. Penalties plagued both teams. The boys were playing to win and continued to play as a team should. An early 3rd period goal put the Sailors up by 2. Looking for redemption, the Express would pull their goalie but couldn’t find the back of their net. The Sailors found their first win of the tournament over Ingersoll 3 to 1.
The first period in the “C” Championship game seen Ingersoll’s Express playing their positions, breaking up plays, and back checking with intensity. Twin Center couldn’t capitalize on their power play but were awesome at crashing our goalie with no penalty called. Heading into the 2nd period scoreless, there was end-to-end action and more penalties. Ingersoll allowed in a shorthanded goal but 8 seconds later, the crowd roared as Austin Webber sniped one from the point five hole (unassisted). Ingersoll’s next goal was waved off due to offside. With 17 seconds left on the clock in the 2nd period, Ryan Allard flew down the ice and scored to put Ingersoll up by 1 (unassisted). Several key saves by Malchesky kept the game close. While Ingersoll served their 3rd head check penalty of the game, Twin Center scored to tie it up. The Express took the lead with a walk-in goal by Maier (assisted by Jeff Couse) with 3:49 remaining on the clock. Great pressure by Ingersoll drew a tripping call with 2:42 left in the game. Both teams called timeouts with less than a minute to go. The trophy was presented to Ingersoll, along with useful t-shirts for winning. Score: Ingersoll 3 Twin Centre 2
Positives of the Tourney: An Express player was heard to say “We’re starting to play like a Team”.