Tournament Time!, News, Bantam Girls LL, 2014-2015 (Kincardine Minor Hockey Association)

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Feb 28, 2015 | theydon | 1468 views
Tournament Time!
Kincardine's Areva Bantam Girls LL traveled to Oakville last weekend to test their skills against the big city teams! This was a new tournament for us, none of the girls had played in an Oakville tournament in the past and both players & parents were excited to see what was in store for them!
There was some worry on Thursday evening if we were even going to be able to make the tournament due to the roads closing in the late afternoon. It wasn't until early morning they reopened allowing us to pack up and hit the road!


The first game was on Friday morning at 10:30 am against the Barrie Barracudas.
Our girls were a bit tired from the the trip but were ready to face off against them!
We came on aggressively and spent most of the time in their zone, unfortunately we were
unable to get one past their goalie. Barrie squeezed through our line and shot one in near the end of the first period. The 2nd period Barrie came on a little stronger and scored with 3:35 left in the period.
Both teams played aggressively, however it was Barrie came out on top when they scored one more time in the 3rd period with 1:33 left in the game. It was 0-3 loss, but the Areva Bantam girls were not going to let this bring them down, it was just a wake up call!

Our second game was against Leaside Orange that evening and our girls were ready to show them what Kincardine could bring! The girls displayed beautiful team work when Abby Swann made a perfect pass to Slayde Millar, who then passed it to Brittany Norman, who shot and scored 45 seconds into the game! The girls continued to skate hard, work together and at 5:25 still left in the first period Slayde Millar scored our second goal, assisted by Libby Fletcher. The second period our girls were just as relentless when Avery Perrier scored @ 8:00, assisted by Ariel Luinstra and Brooklyn MacArthur. Avery on a roll, managed to sink another one in with 1:42 left in the second period, assisted by Ariel and Libby! They works hard and out shot Leaside 24:9 taking a 4-0 win! Great team work girls!

Our third game was against the host team, Oakville Hornets Piranna's! Oakville had won both of their games and the Areva Bantam Girls knew they had to pull a win to have any chance to move on in this tournament. Oakville came out strong with a wrap around net goal 20 seconds into the game. At the end of the 1st period Oakville was leading 1-0. I'm not sure what coaches Dave McGregor and Jason Swann said during the short break between 1st and 2nd period, but whatever they did, it set a fire in our girls belly!
Our girls fought back harder and the last 2 minutes of the 2nd period proved to be an exciting game! With 1:56 left in the second period Ariel Luinstra put us on the board, assisted by Rebecca Cuillerier. Oakville took the lead again @ 1:41. Then once again, thanks to Slayde Millar, assisted by Libby Fletcher we tied it up again 7 seconds later!
In the 3rd period, our girls had momentum and continued to bring the heat, catching Oakville off guard!
With 3:19 left in the game, Ariel Luinstra took a great shot and scored to bring us into the lead, assisted by Kaeleigh Heydon and Rebecca Cuillerier. Oakville desperate to tie the game up once again, pulled their goalie, allowing Libby Fletcher to bring the puck up to centre ice and passing it to Slayde Millar who used her speed to get a clear shot on the empty net! We now lead 4-2 with 1:09 left in the game. Victory was ours!

Unfortunately, we did not move on to the next round in the tournament. It was a 3 way tie, which game down to goals for, goals against, then goal %. With only top 2 teams in your pool moving on, we took 3rd by 5%.
However there was no reason for the Areva Bantam Girls to hang their heads, they played amazing that weekend and made Kincardine proud!


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