Bill Batten Novice Tournament Finalists, News, Novice Rep, U8 Boys, 2013-2014 (Mitchell Minor Hockey)

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Nov 11, 2013 | Kory Dietz | 889 views
Bill Batten Novice Tournament Finalists
McLaughlin Chrysler Jeep Novices , had a successful weekend in novice tournament hosted by South Huron Minor Hockey Association over the weekend,

The boys started out with a 2-2 tie against Kincardine Kinucks. After trailing the game 2-0 with 10 minutes to go in the third period Kale Murray got the team going scoring at 9:13 remaining from Andrew Van Bakel, and Talbot Geiger to draw within one, then with 5:06 remaining, Dawson Dietz bulged the twin from Jamie Feltz, and Zach Houben and that's the way it ended .
Game 2, Mitchell battle the host South Huron Sabres and tied 2-2. Mitchell after a scoreless first period scored two quick goals, as Dietz scored unassisted at 732, then 31 seconds later Justin Morrison scored from Van Bakel. South Huron beat goalie Cody Eisler with 37 seconds remaining in the second and again the first shift 42 seconds into the third period , and that was the final 2-2.
Game 3 vs Twin Center Stars , the team was needing a win to advance to the final , and they got just that as Vosper recorded the hat trick, and Morrison added a pair, and Geiger one as they downed the Stars 6-4. With that win they advanced to the final against the Kincardine Kinucks .
In the final , the low scoring affair , as Kinucks goaltender and Mitchell net minder Kody Eisler made save for save back and forth . Dietz opened the scoring in the second period off a rebound , from Geiger and Kale Murray to take the lead. But back came Kincardine to tie the game later on . A back and forth third entailed but the Kinucks scored a power play goal with 1:03 remaining which proved to be the game winner. Tough loss but a great showing by the team as all contributed in the effort and played a strong tournament against some top end teams.
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