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Mar 04, 2018 | Brent Wathke | 1633 views
They call it March Madness

They call it March Madness

191 players age seven and under, Sixteen I.P teams, Representations from six different area minor hockey associations, Three games for each team and placement into two divisional pools and this all adds up to one great day of hockey at the 1st ever AEMHA Initiation Hockey Jamboree held at the Chesley Arena, Saturday March 3rd.




AEMHA IP # 1 Game 1 for these IceDogs was a mean day in the dog park as they took on the Chatty Rebels. The flurry of passes had those Bulldogs chasing their tails. The IceDogs held their positions. Madison W. and Logan W. were a wall on defence and Payson H. (Mr. Wristshot) and Connor H. (first career hat trick) were on the offence putting the puck in the net.

AEMHA IP # 2 then took to the ice for their first game of the day was against a very tough Walkerton Tyke Senior # 2 team. There must be something about the # 2’s as these two very evenly matched teams could easily play 2 games and we would not know who was the better. While the Walkerton Tyke Senior Goalie was a wall in net, our very own Hailey H. would not be outdone and put on a goalie clinic of her own. Helping keep the Senior Tykes at bay, the twin towers of Cole M. and Trenton L. were solid defenders keeping this one of the lowest scoring affairs for AEMHA # 2 this year.

AEMHA IP # 1 Game 2 was a hard fought battle against a very well matched Walkerton IP # 2 team. Linken M. and Brock B-P. put on a goalie clinic for the fans, while Brennan W. & Drayce M. displayed brute force digging for the puck in the corners. Rumor has it that future Ice Dogs vs Walkerton Capitals games are selling out fast.

AEMHA IP # 2 then drew the Flesherton Hawks for the 2nd time this year. Flesherton must have remembered the IceDogs from back in January as they came out the gate flying. With the Hawks circling the IceDogs went back to the fundamentals of hockey with fast skating and crisp long passes. That hard work had William H. Landry W. and Jordan S. finding the back of the net and again showed these hawks our bark matches our bite.

AEMHA IP # 1 Game 3 for the Ice dogs was against fellow ice dogs IP # 3. IP # 1 had a skeleton crew on the bench and were helped out by Tyler and Sawyer who brought their A game. Drayce M. continued to find the back of the net as he did all day. Madison and Linkin M. held strong on the defence and goaltending. Great day had by all.

The last game of the day saw our Dogs IP # 2 take on the other puppy team from the TCDMHA Rebels. With the IceDogs firing up the blender and switching positions for some players the magic must of worked. Lighting the goal lamp was Cason L. (who was parked in his office, the other goalies crease) along with Hunter T. (I can score from everywhere) all the while being backed by, and I will say this out loud, Avery W. playing net and putting up a shut out showed these Rebels this is our dog pound and you know what they say.

IP # 1 & 2 would like to Thank Bruce Peninsula, Shallow Lake, TCDMHA, AEMHA, Walkerton Minor Hockey and Flesherton Minor Hockey for taking part in our 1st ever Jamboree.

A special thank you and round of applause to our organization, all the parent volunteers, coaches, players, community members and everyone else involved. The day could not have happened without you. Well done.

 


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