Beaver Sports
The Napanee Crunch Novice B team travelled to Whitby this past Friday and Saturday to participate in the WGHA Tournament of Hero’s. With a total of eight teams in the Novice B division, the Crunch faced off against teams from around the GTA including Oshawa, Whitby, Markham and North York.
This was the first tournament of the season for the girls and they were all smiles when they took the ice. Travelling and competing against the larger centres gave the team the opportunity to gain experience and show off their small town talent.
With the team’s number one goal being to have fun and try their best to be competitive, the girls certainly did this with smiles on their faces while shouting their Napanee cheers each time they took the ice.
-The Midget BB Crunch beat the Durham West Lightning, 2-1 on Saturday. The tied them, 0-0 on Sunday.
–The Peewee BB Crunch tied the Kingston Ice Wolves, 2-2.
-The Peewee B Crunch Tied the North Durham Blades, 3-3.
-The Bantam BB Crunch earned three of a possible four points on the weekend. On Saturday, they played the Scarborough Sharks. The Crunch threw 32 shots to the Sharks net, but they didn’t score until Lila Pringle jumped on a rebound with 15 seconds to go in the game. Abby Birdsell then buried a buzzer beater to finish the game 2-0. Aleaha Mallette earned the shutout. On Sunday, they played to a 2-2 tie with the Toronto Leaside Wildcats. Kailey Brooks had a goal as well as Lila Pringle.
-The Bantam B Crunch tied the West Northumberland Wild, 1-1 on a goal by Karenna Ricketts assisted by Stella Sutton and Nicole Geenevasen.