WOAA Neilson Division Champions!!, News (Mitchell Minor Hockey)

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18-19 Atom AE | Mar 23, 2019 | Jason Richardson | 1536 views
WOAA Neilson Division Champions!!
The Thompsons Ltd. Mitchell Meteors Atom AE hockey team traveled to Lucknow this week for game two of the Neilson Division finals against the Huron-Bruce Blizzards. The local boys had taken game one in Mitchell a few days earlier, and went north with hopes of wrapping up the 4 point series.

The first period started with much of the same end to end action that was witnessed in game one. Each team had their chances and it would be Huron-Bruce that would get on the board first with a nice shot beating Sebastian Voros in net. However, it would only take 38 seconds for Mitchell to respond. The line of Griffin Bree, Jake Richardson and Hudson Porter would combine with a nice passing play. Bree put it around the back of the net to Richardson, who put it out front on Porters tape, who blasted it in to tie the game at 1. Three minutes later Porter would put in his second goal of the game, this time assisted by Richardson and Zack Siemon-Hergott. 
Early in period two, a strong individual effort by a Blizzard player going end to end put the game back into a 2-2 tie. Huron-Bruce was not backing down and forced Voros to make several big saves, with a little help from the post. The period had a lot of action in each end, but no one else could find the back of the net.
In the third period both sides pushed on as it was obvious they each wanted to win. Half way through the period during a scramble play in front of the Blizzard net, Landon VanBakel would get just enough on a shot to put Mitchell up 3-2. Assists went to line mates Owen Beuermann and Carson Brown. Now to just HANG ON to the lead! Huron-Bruce ended up pulling their goalie to put extra pressure on the Meteors for the last few minutes of the game. The boys had trouble clearing their own zone, but Mitchell was able to hang on and took home the hardware as CHAMPIONS OF THE WOAA NEILSON division!

A big thanks goes out to the coaching staff and parent rep for all their work and a great season!
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