The Walkom's Valu-Mart Atom Reps travelled to Simcoe last weekend for an action-packed tournament full of highlight-reel goals, assists and saves between the pipes.
The boys came into the tournament with a 4-4-1 record.
The boys first game was against the tourney hosts, Simcoe Warriors which was the first win of the weekend. Cohen Ahrens stepped up in the first period and stopped a break-away, freeing the puck up and sending Ryan Klumper down the ice for his first goal of the game for a 1-0 lead. Simcoe took a 2-1 lead in the second period, but the boys battled back strong. Max Hannon rushed the puck up the outside and set Klumper up perfectly in front of the net for a one-timer that went top shelf where Grandma keeps the cookies! Mitchell took back the lead when Klumper pulled the puck out of the corner and earned himself the "hatty". Carter Miller showed phenomenal goaltending skills and kept the boys alive in this match. The boys came out flying in the third period. Max Hannon stole the puck at the blue line and buried it in the net for the 4th goal of the game, assisted by Braden Hoegy. Logan Verberne caught a nice rebound, given up by Simcoe, and fired it away for the fifth goal. Cohen Ahrens' shot from the corner assisted Klumper's 4th goal of the game. Ahrens, Elijah Bender, Jonah Gibbings and Hoegy played solid defense in a 6-3 win over Simcoe. Ryan Klumper earned MVP of the game.
The boys battled hard in game 2 versus Elmvale Coyotes, who took an early lead in the first period. The Meteors were down, but they didn't give up. Elijah Bender carried the puck end to end for the first goal of the game, closing the gap 2-1. Logan Verberne, assisted by Klumper and Charlie Wolfe, tipped in a rebound to tie it up 2-2. The boys couldn't pull out the win in a 6-2 loss. Ethan Jarmuth earned MVP for the game.
The scoreboard was lit up Saturday morning when the boys played Oro Thunder in a 14-2 blowout. First goal scored by Charlie Wolfe whose shot from the blue line landed top corner, assisted by Logan Verberne and Ethan Jarmuth. Meteor's second, short-handed goal came from Jarmuth, unassisted. Wolfe scored his second of the game, assisted by Jarmuth and Verberne. Max Hannon catches a rebound from Ryan Klumper's shot and fires away the 4th goal, assisted also by Bryce Dixon. The fifth goal, and his second of the game came from Jarmuth, unassisted, top-shelf where Mom keeps the peanut butter. Strong offence, unbeatable defense and great goaltending by Miller closed out the first period 5-0. Elijah Bender had a beauty goal from the blue line straight through the five hole to take a 6-0 lead. Cohen Ahrens took the 7th goal, shooting top corner from the blue line, assisted by Ethan Jarmuth off the face off. Jarmuth earned the hat trick in the 8th goal of the game, assisted by Hoegy and also took the 9th goal, assisted by Ahrens and Verberne seconds later. Verberne from Wolfe made 10. Hannon from Jonah Gibbings tallied 11. Jarmuth took 12 & 13 and Klumper from Hannon was the final 14. Bryce Dixon earned MVP for the game.
The fourth game brought the Meteors head to head against Ingersoll. It was a 0-0 tie after the first. Ingersoll took the lead in the 2nd period, but Bryce Dixon fired one away to even it up. Logan Verberne tipped in a rebound for a 2-1 lead early in the third, but Ingersoll battled back for the tie. Carter Miller held his ground the entire game between the pipes, making save after save! The boys ended up losing 3-2 in OT to wrap up the weekend. Miller stood tall in a 3-2 loss and earned MVP of the game.