The Lambeth Lancers and the South Huron Sabres both carry weapons that were ineffective and could not reach the ST THOMAS BANTAM AE STARS. The Lancers came close but the STARS edged them out for a 5-4 win and the Sabres came for 2 periods, but again the STARS play great thru all 3 periods for the 3-1 win.
On the Friday night win against Lambeth, Matt Beckwith had a
more challenging night in net than usual.
Bust as usual for Matt he was stocked up on fuel and made the crucial
saves. The defense got split at centre
ice and Becksie was faced with a 2 on none situation. He came out to cut down the angle and the
slid across to stop the pass over and deflected the puck to the side boards.
Lambeth had a one, nothing lead early but could not hold off
the pressuring BANTAM AE TEAM. Nick Love
and Denis Hebert both muscled their way to 2 goals each on the night. On the first goal by Nick, he came in looked
one way and then feinted to the other, dekeing the goalie and making him turn
around to see he was way out of position and Nick’s puck was in the back of the
net. Denis’ goals both came from just
plain old brute force power and he drove the puck right thru the goalie. He got passes from Matt Crump and Mackenzie
Parkin and there was no stopping those shots.
Tysen Hunter tried many times to get goals from his favourite defensive
position, but just couldn’t get it in the net.
In this game there was a lot of great D to D passing from Tysen and Noah
Allen and then Noah had some great shots at the net. There was a flurry of activity in front of the
Lambeth net by Ryan Payne and Lane Westgate when Tysen did end up getting the
game winning goal. As Lambeth tried to
clear the puck and it came right to Tysen’s stick. He then lifted a wrist shot from just inside
the blue line point and beat the goalie to the left side of the net.
In Sundays’ game, Cole Sonier was again in stellar form. Cole had to look sharp as South Huron kept
pressuring and kept sending pucks to the STARS net. With a great kick and blocker combination he
batted the puck clear in a feeding frenzy that was in front of him. Noah Dos Santos and Josh Hare were just
everywhere the puck was and started many of the STARS rushes up the ice
creating chance after chance to take control of the game. The defensive pairing of Sam Graham and
Carson Nurse is a great combination to watch.
Both have a hard body check and can really blast the puck off the boards
to get it out of their end. As well on
the blue line in the offensive end both players have a wicked shot that just
create mayhem in front of the opponents’ net.
The BANTAM AE STARS were again led to victory by the scoring
feats of Nick Love and Denis Hebert.
Nick grabbed his own rebound for one and he received a cross ice pass
from Cameron Douglas. Denis goal, well Denis
just has that quick shot that rockets past the unsuspecting net minder.
The hard pressure, the fast skating and passing right on the
tape of the receiver’s stick, making play after play happen just gives the
STARS FANS many great times to cheers for.
WOW – WHAT GREAT EFFORTS ON THE ICE!!!
GO STARS!!!!