Oct 31, 2011 | landrews | 849 views
ATOM REP KINUCKS STAGED BIGGGG COMEBACK!!
On Sunday October 30th, the Canadian Tire Atom Rep team travelled to Listowel to take on the cyclones for an afternoon of hockey.
The team was without Zach and Kaleb due to prior commitments. The game started with lots of end to end rushes and in the first minute, Listowel was assessed a minor for tripping. With Everett in net to stand guard the Kinucks put on the pressure and some fine passing from Liam, Travis, and Kendon produced numerous scoring chances. Then Alyssa, Ryan, and Griffin came on and continued to buzz the net. Ryan fired 2 high wristers, only to be stopped by the Cyclone goalie. After the penalty, Listowel zoomed down the wing and fired a hard wrist shot, top corner for the first goal of the game at the 4:00 minute mark. Carson then made a great play to both stop a breakaway and send Liam and Travis in for a scoring chance. Brennan and Kendon teamed up for a good give and go and produced another fine effort, only to be denied again. The first period ended 1-0 Listowel. Listowel came out firing on all cylinders and peppered Everett with numerous shots and chances, but Everett stood tall and kept it 1-0. Mattie then fed Alyssa who flew up the wing and between Ryan and Griffin, they sent the rubber at the cyclone goalie only to be denied again. Listowel again fired the puck at Everett and it was turned aside. This led to a fancy Tic-Tac-Toe with Liam, Travis , and Kendon, who snapped a high shot just wide. Then Listowel made a couple of good passes up the center and slipped the puck past the goal line for a 2-0 lead. We regrouped with Mattie and Carson clearing the zone and sending Liam in alone, only to be stopped AGAIN. The second period ended with Brody making a tape to tape pass to Liam who sent it out front of the Cyclone net, with Ryan and Griffin diving to try to tap it in before the buzzer sounded. End of the second 2-0 Listowel. The third started with a penalty to Carson and and Listowel made the most with a Slapshot top corner, 3-0. But the kids kept trying, Brody let go his own slapper, as well Kendon, Liam and Ryan put lots of pressure but no goal. The Cyclones then got the puck to there BIGGG defenceman and Ryan back checking, decided to try a tackle instead. Penalty was called and a few seconds later, Brody was called for interference. 2 man advantage to Listowel. Alyssa, Mattie and Brendan were given the task to stop Listowel and that they did. Awesome job of clearing and icing the puck. We killed the penalty and after a great couple of passes, Liam founf the back of the net at the 4:20 mark. 3-1 This woke up the Kinucks and boy were we flying. The cyclones were on their heels and Brody with a tape to tape pass found Liam again and BANG, another goal, 3-2 with 3 minutes to go. Listowel didn’t die they then fired the puck at Everett, who turned it aside and kept it 3-2. then with just over a minute to go Travis scored after a number of great passes from Kendon and Liam. 3-3. And that the way it ended. A strong comeback and a never say die effort from the Kinucks. Written by Jeff Renaud