SVR Minor Atom A Do it Again!
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Front L to R: Logan Villeneuve, Owen Corput, Alex Delormier, Gabrielle Bowen, Bennet Hardy and Tristan Pacquette. Middle L to R: Dean Fawthrop, Tristan Delisle, Ayden Baumann, Parker Thompson, Jensen White, Warren Lalonde, Eli Seguin and Chancey Novosad. Back L to R: Assistant Coach Mark Novosad, Manager Michelle Villeneuve, Assistant Coach Peter Bowen, Head Coach Miguel Delisle and Assistant Coach Scott Butter Thompson.
Submitted by Carrie Seguin
Through the weekend of November 4th-6th, the Seaway Valley Minor Atom A Rapids traveled to Niagara Falls to play in the Peter Mancuso AA Challenge Tournament – and the team brought home the gold medal!
The SVR team started the tournament playing teams from Clarington, Windsor and Belle River. The Rapids went undefeated, beating their opponents 6-1, 8-1, and 5-0 respectively. Their winning record paved the way to the semi-finals where the Rapids faced off against the Niagara Falls Flyers.
The Flyers came out hard against the Rapids, strategically marking offensive players and pressuring Goalie Eli Seguin with aggressive play around the net. The SVR team played smart, drawing 5 penalties on the Flyers, allowing for numerous power play opportunities. In the end, the Rapids came out on top, winning the match 5-3.
In finals action, the Rapids met up against league opponent Ottawa Valley Silver Seven White. In league play, SVR is 1 and 0 against OVSSW, but this win came early in the season and so coaches were uncertain about what to expect from the Ottawa team.
The game proved interesting, with OVSS finding the net late in the first period – but this was the only puck they put past Goalie Tristan Pacquette. SVR tied the game up at 1 with just 1:35 min left in the first and then sealed the deal with 3 more goals in the third period. The Rapids won the game 4-1.
The team proved to be an offensive force throughout the tournament, scoring 26 goals over 5 games. Tournament goal scorers included Tristan Delisle, Jensen White, Dean Fawthrop, Parker Thompson, Owen Corput, Alex Delormier, Chancey Novosad, and Bennet Hardy. Assists were earned by Ayden Baumann, Gabrielle Bowen, Thompson, Novosad, Delisle, White, Fawthrop and Hardy.
Defensively, the team boasted a goals against average (GAA) of 1.2, allowing only 6 goals over their 5 matches. The defensive squad of Logan Villeneuve, Warren Lalonde, Bowen, Baumann, and Novosad, together with goalies Seguin and Paquette, have much to be proud of.
This is the third tournament win for the Minor Atom A team. They claimed gold in Rochester this past September, and again in Oshawa last month. The team is looking to take their fourth title in January when they travel to Kingston to compete in their final tournament of the 2016-17 season.
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