Beaver Sports
The United Restaurant/Allegiance General Contracting Atom B Crunch were champions at the Barrie Sharkfest tournament this past weekend.
Last second heroics were the name of the game for Lexa Lazarakos. She scored several last second goals for her team through the quarter-finals, semifinals and finals.
The Crunch beat the Orillia Hawks, 3-1 in the quarter-finals. Ruby Marlow opened the scoring assisted by Aven Trickey. Lazarakos scored with 19 seconds left in the second period assisted by Norah McGuinness and Claire Jarmin. Lazarakos scored with 48 seconds left in the third as well.
The Crunch faced a tough opponent in the semis in the South Huron Sabres. The Crunch came out of the first period, up 1-0 on a goal by Brooklyn Prevost from Lazarakos. Then, with two seconds to go in the game, Lazarakos scored again.
This setup the finals between the Crunch and the Mooretown Lady Flags. Lazarakos scored with one second remaining in the second period to put the Crunch up, 1-0. The Flags potted a goal to tie it midway through the third. Lazarakos then scored with one second left in regulation to win the game and the tournament for her team.
-Napanee’s Midget BB Crunch had a nice four point weekend. They beat the Whitby Wolves, 7-0 on Saturday and then beat the Lindsay Lynx, 5-1 on Sunday.
-The Bantam BB Crunch won both road games this weekend. They travelled to Ajax on Saturday to play the Durham West Lightning. The Lightning started out the game with a pair of goals in the first period and looked like they were on their way to victory. The Crunch did not give up though with Lila Pringle scoring a goal from the slot midway through the second period. This followed a flurry of chances by the Crunch in the third. Claire McConnell found the back of the net on a power-play goal to tie it. Lila Pringle buried her second of the game to put the Crunch in the lead for the first time. Kristen Sutton turned the puck over at the Crunch blue line and made a couple of moves to get past the forwards and go in on the defense. She then made a couple of more moves leaving the defence in the dust, before burying the puck over the shoulder of the goalie. Assists went to Taryn Landine (two), Abby Birdsell and Sutton. Aleaha Mallette was solid in goal for the win.
On Sunday, they played in Aurora against the Central York Panthers. The Crunch dominated this game from start to finish, outshooting the opponents, 30-7. Gracie Hughes opened the scoring in the first on a shot from the point assisted by Landine. McConnell scored in the second period assisted Birdsell. Morgen Hennessey scored from Birdsell and Abby Kish early in the third before Sutton scored on a breakaway with one minute to go. Keyra Herrington earned the win in net.
-The Bantam B Crunch won, 1-0 over the Lindsay Lynx. The goal was scored by Natalie Mills assisted by Hailey Bauder. Navy Hill earned the shutout.