Dec 12, 2016 | Lynn Cinnamon | 683 views
Peewee AE Stars come home as Champions!
The Napanee Peewee AE Stars set out on the road this past weekend to play in the St Clements/Wellesley Regional Silverstick Tournament. Through great teamwork and tremendous effort the boys came home with heads held high and the 2016-17 Regional Championship Banner in hand.
The Stars began their Silverstick plight Friday December 9th, with a matchup against the Kincardine Kanucks. In a tight game the Stars came out victorious with a 1:0 win. Scoring for Napanee was Aiden Haller-Brady. Their second game had the boys facing the Tillsonburg tornadoes later the same day. With a second win of 4:1, the Stars secured their spot in the semi-finals even though they still had one more qualifying game left to play saturday against the Mitchell Meteors. Scoring for the Stars were Scott Collard, Austin Catena, and Aiden Haller-Brady(2). Assists went to Brady and Collard. Their third match-up with the Meteors was not quite as successful. Going into the game slightly overconfident, the boys succumbed to the Meteors by a score of 4:3. Scoring for the Stars were Austin Catena(2) and Haller-Brady. Assists went to Luc Amat, Scott Collard and Elijah Chadwick. Saturday night the boys came back with a vengeance to win the semi-finals against the Paris Wolfpack by a score of 6:3. Elation hit the room as the boys not only realized they made the finals but that they were faced with the possibility of retribution when it was announced their opponents would be the Mitchell Meteors. With a charged crowd of parents and grandparents in the stands and a team of very determined young men and coaches, the Stars hit the ice at high noon Sunday for the final. The rink was electric with excitement and nerves were quickly skated away during the first shift. The Meteors didn't know what hit them as this was not the same team they had faced the day previous in the qualifiers. The Stars played as a team and danced around the Meteors keeping the puck in the Meteor end for most of the first period. Special mention goes out to the Meteor goalie who played outstanding keeping the Stars out of his net. In the spirit of Gordie Howe, Captain Ben Huyck was the first to Star to strike with a long rush to the net with 1:28 remaining on the clock in the first period. William Peterson was the second Star to hit home after receiving a beautiful pass in front of the Meteor net from Luc Amat at the end of the Second. The Meteors retaliated in the Third but Amat and Catena managed to get it back with less than 5 minutes of play. With tension high and 6 Meteors in play, Amat cinched the Stars victory with an empty netter at the 38 second mark. Nathaniel Cinnamon stood tall between the pipes making timely and sometimes show stopping saves to help bring his team to victory. The boys are thrilled and elated to be heading to the International SilverStick Finals to be held in Pelham Ontario early in January 2017 and promise to represent their hometown Napanee proudly. Go Stars Go!!