Novice A ('08), 2016-2017 (St. Thomas Minor Hockey)

This past weekend the Novice A Stars represented St. Thomas at the Boston Pizza Cup held here in St. Thomas.

We opened the tournament on Friday with a strong game against Fort Erie.  Our offense finally kicked in and we came away with a 8-0 win.  On Saturday morning, in our second game, we ran up against a strong Riverside Rangers team and dropped a 6-3 decision.  We bounced back in the afternoon against a tough Lincoln Blades team and worked hard to gain a tough 1-1 tie.  In our final game of the round robin portion of the tournament Sunday morning, we ran into the undefeated Guelph Gryphons.  Coming into the game, we needed a win, and to win by 4.  We played our best game of the season, and pulled out a full team effort 6-2 win.

In the semi-final game against Erie North Shore, the team was able to play a complete end to end game of team defense, and skated to a well earned 4-1 win.  That win set up a re-match with the Riverside Rangers in the final.  The team fell behind early, and had a tough time recovering.  The kids worked hard and never gave up, right until the final whistle, but couldn't pull it out.  Final score was 7-3.

Overall a good weekend for the kids.  They worked hard and worked as a team.  The Novice A Stars continue their regular season with their sights set on building on the experience of the weekend. 

Great job boys!!

The following players have been selected to the 2016-2017 St Thomas Stars Novice team.

BARNED TAYVEN
BEECHEY MASON
CAMERON CHASE
CAMPBELL BROCK
DELELLIS LUCAS
DOYLE JOSH
HENDERSON COOPER
MITCHELL ZACHARY 
NIEMAN COLE 
ORDRONNEAU LUKE
RUTKAUSKAS WILL
SATCHELL LUCAS 
THOMAS LUKE 
VERBRUGGE ZACHARY
WATSON NATHAN 
WIEBENGA HUNTER 
WILLEMSE PRESTON

I would like to thank everyone for all the hard work they put forward. It was a hard decision as all the kids worked hard. The coaching staff would like to wish the kids that didn't make it, all the best of luck in the A/E tryouts. 

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