Midget BB - Journey to the OWHA Provincials 2018/19
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Congratulations to the Midget BB Ice Cats in winning the OWHA Playdowns and advancing to the OWHA Provincials.
Here is their journey this season.
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The Regular Season
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This season began with a very unique and fun team building event called Tough Mudding. A pre-season opportunity to learn to work and stick together.
This season for the team played 23 regular season games; ending with 9 wins – 9 losses – 5 ties.
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The Tournaments:
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The Midget BB Ice Cats played in 4 tournaments this season:
- Oshawa Fall Classic
- Nations Cup Tier 2 - Link
- Flamborough Falcons Winter Chill Tournament
- Walter Gretzky Tournament
The Cats displayed outstanding hockey play in getting the Gold at the Gretzky Tournament.
Walter Gretzky Tournament - Link
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OWHA Playdowns
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The Midget BB team were in the M Pool that included the Woolwich Wild, Cambridge Roadrunners, Wilmot Wolverines and the Waterloo Ravens. Only 2 teams would move forward to the Provincials.
The Cats played Friday & Saturday as they were competing with the Cambridge Roadrunners for that second advancement spot.
Both games ended in a tie (0-0; 1-1).
Sunday was the pressure game where the only option was a win to get that spot. The game was on home ice against the Waterloo Ravens.
Leave it to the Midget BB team to not let us down – A WIN! (1-0)
The team has been playing a couple of exhibition games in preparation for the Provincials.
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OWHA Provincials
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The team is in Pool B that includes: Cold Creek Comets; Kanata Rangers; Oakville Hornets, and Brantford Ice Cats
Fridays first game was against the Oakville Hornets where the team loss (2-1). The second game was a tie against the Cold Creek Comets (0-0)
Saturday was their last game against the Kanata Rangers with a loss (4-3).
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LLFHL Playoff Rounds
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Although the team did not move on the 3rd round – this team provided pure game excitement
1st Round:
Brantford, who finished fourth in the Central West, opened the series at home against the 5th place Wolverines. Despite out shooting Wilmot in that game by a fairly large margin, the Wolverines came away with a 1-0 series lead with a narrow 1-0 victory.
Game two of the series was played in Brantford February 14th. The Valentine date seemed to suit the Ice Cats as a couple of goals was all that was need as they recorded their third shutout of the post season on the way to a 2-0 victory.
The deciding game of the series was heart-pounding. At the end of the 3rd period the game was tied 2-2. The game went to a 10-minute 4-on-4 overtime period that remained at 2-2. If this wasn’t nerve-wracking enough, next was the shoot-out – that the Cats took. To read further details of this series – link.
2nd Round:
The Midget BB team were against the Woodstock Wildcats in the 2nd round. Unfortunately the team didn’t go further.
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The Team:
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H. Johnson G
M. Rutherford G
K. Bomberry F
E. Brittain D
S. Buckley F
E. Cox D, F
E. DeJong D
A. Ernst F
Z. Keefe F
C. Mahaffy F
N. Martin F
S. Melnychuk F
M. Norris F
S. Ritchie F
J. Stewart D
S. Wilson F
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The Coaching Team:
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Head Coach: Rob Arabski
Ass’t Coach: Brian Cross
Tom Norris
Manager: Tom Cox
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