On Saturday, December 18th the Holiday Inn Express Atoms headed out to face off against the Walkerton Capitals LL2. The first period started off with end-to-end action from both teams. Walkerton opened up the scoring with two minutes left in the first period and slipped one past Kincardine.
But Kincardine would not be held down . They kept the pressure on Walkerton and with 0.01 seconds left on the clock, Connor B put the puck away to tie it at 1 a -piece. With some solid plays from centers - Carson S, Abbey M and Tyler B - and a solid defence core - Colton G-H, Connor B, Payton M and Jessica G - Kincardine held off the Walkerton Capitals. The forwards have made some great strides in learning their positions and some great chances for Madey E and Alexis B were had in front of the Walkerton net. With 6 minutes to go in the 3rd period , Kincardine showed some stellar passing when Abbey S fed the puck over to Abbey M and then off to Colton G-H who scored the game winner to the delight of the excited Kincardine fans ! This pushed Kincardine past Walkerton and made the score 2-1. Walkerton came on strong in the last minutes of the game but with great goaltending from Liam M who stopped all that Walkerton tried to offer, Kincardine was able to hold off the Capitals and end their 2010 year with their 2nd win in a row ; 4th win of the season.
A special thank you goes to the team sponsor, Kincardine Holiday Inn Express, for showing such great community support!