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Warriors vs. Aeros
(Wednesday Nov 5th) The SCI Contractors Stratford Warriors Minor Bantam MD Team took on the Oakridge Aeros at the Stratford Rotary Complex.  It was the Warriors 3rd game in 4 days and the Warriors came out well keeping the game scoreless by the end of the first.  

Kiran Wotherspoon made a great play in the first to prevent the Aeros from taking the lead. The Warriors had a great second period keeping the Aeros to only 3 shots.  Caelen Eveleigh took a great pass in the neutral zone and Caelen’s speed got him around the Oakridge defense but he was hauled down with a hook, hitting the boards hard.  Eveleigh shook it off and took the penalty shot.  He scored by showing a lot of patience to wait for the Aeros’ goalie to make his move, then Eveleigh slide the puck in around him.  The 3rd period however was not strong for the Warriors. The Aeros scored 3 unanswered goals.  The Warriors took some costly penalties in the third and the Warriors did not showing the intensity they had shown in the game the night before.  The first was a 4 on 4 goal at 8:31.  The 2ndcame two minutes later and the third at 3:45 while the Warriors were a man down.   The Warriors pulled their goalie with over a minute left but they could not get anything going. Paul Bennett played another strong game facing 39 shots in net.  The final score was Warriors 1 and the Aeros 3.   The Warriors had 16 shots on Oakridge.  The Warriors were helped by AP player Matthew Whittemore who played well . The SCI Contractors Stratford Warriors Minor Bantam MD Team will play a back to back series against the London Bandits starting Nov 18th in London then returning to Stratford the next night. Go Warriors!! - Richard W.