contain their nervous excitement. Gould was behind the net patiently awaiting the right chance. Pearce got him the puck and Gould put it in for the winning goal!! Warriors won 4-3.
Game 3
The Scotiabank Major Peewee Rep Warriors met the Burlington Eagles for the first time on Thursday morning at the RBC arena. Kiefer MacNeil was in net and made some early on saves. Cole Meadows won a face off and shot the puck back to Ryan Middegaal. Middegaal shot past a screened goalie in the top corner for his first goal of the year! Fans and players were all very excited for Midds to get us an early lead on the Eagles. Another Warriors goal came soon after when Danny Van Straaten got the puck to Ayden Hakkers who put it home! MacNeil had a big save but soon after a breakaway got the best of him and it was a 2-1 game.
The second period saw huge offensive pressure by the Eagles and ended with a score of 4-2.
The Warriors regrouped for the third period. The Eagles got up another goal to make it 5-2. Luke Heisz had a good shot on net. Van Straaten was helping the D with timely back checking. A scrum in front of the net led us to be shorthanded for 6 minutes. A too many men penalty on the Eagles led it to be evened up for part of that. The game ended 6-2.
Semi Finals
The Scotiabank Major Peewee Rep Warriors were again paired up with the Burlington Eagles for the Silver Stick semi finals. For the first game of the season we had a regular miss a a game and welcomed Isaac Nickel playing with the forwards. The Eagles were aggressive early on again and got up by a goal. The Warriors were on the penalty kill and Wes Duiker did a wonderful job of repeatedly getting the puck out of our end. We had a few shots on net but the period ended 2-0 for the Eagles.
Liam Parsons in net was put to the test in the second period. He had save after save moving in all directions and using stick, glove and pads to repel the puck. Ethan Pearce got a few great rushes down the ice and shots fired off but nothing was getting past this goalie. Coincidental minors were called and play stayed 5 on 5. The Warriors put huge pressure on the Eagles and the puck stayed in their end for most of the period. Parsons was strong every time the Eagles bore down on him and the score stayed 2-0.
Fans could feel the Stratford momentum building. Not a single kid was giving up on the play. Nickel was fitting in well with the team and had some nice passes to his line mates. Parsons was on fire! Fans were oohing and ahhing over some of the impossible saves he was making! Kaden Brame and Jared Gould were feverishly working the puck and trying to get shots on net. The Warriors got a power play at the end of the game and Gould had multiple shots but the Eagles goalie was impenetrable. Multiple times a loose puck would just eek out the wrong way into the crease - no luck to be had. Parsons had to be at 25 saves by now and the game ended 2-0. Good effort boys!