Halton Best Of the Best Tournament, News, ATOM, U11, 2019-2020, A (Milton Minor Hockey)

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Oct 16, 2019 | astevens | 750 views
Halton Best Of the Best Tournament
This past Thanksgiving weekend, the Milton Winterhawks Atom A team competed in the Halton Best of the Best Tournament.

In the opening game of the tournament, the Winterhawks faced one of their league rivals the Burlington Eagles.  It was a back and forth battle however, Milton walked away with a 2-1 victory.  The second game was against an unfamiliar team the Peterborough Petes.   The play went back and forth with both goalies coming up huge for their team and the game ended in a 1-1 tie.  

On Saturday afternoon the Winterhawks again faced an unknown opponent the Stittsville Rams, Milton was tested once again in another close and physical game but the victory was ours with a 1-0 win.

A very early Sunday morning had the Winterhawks play a team from Texas the Nytex Jr Brahams.  This was a lopsided 6-0 win for the Winterhawks securing them 1st place in the Round Robin  play. 

The Winterhawks would go on to face their division rivals the Burlington Eagles once again but this time in the Semi Finals.   As expected the play went back and forth, but the Winterhawks built up a 2 goal cushion which they would need as Burlington would score late in the 3rd to make the last 2 minutes intense.  With the Burlington net empty and the Winterhawks shorthanded they were able to hold off the Eagles pressure and secure a spot in the Championship Finals with a 3-2 victory!

With the Championship game set up for 4 pm Sunday the Winterhawks would face the Stittsville Rams once again.  The Winterhawks came out flying, scoring in the first period and again early in the second period.   The Rams would charge back with a goal of their own to make the game 2-1 going into the 3rd.   With the Championship on the line and battling hard the Winterhawks would catch the Rams on a line change and rush down the wing firing a shot past the Rams goalie.  

The game was a hard fought battle but the Winterhawks would prevail as the Halton Best of the Best CHAMPIONS! 

Good job Winterhawks!


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