Oshawa U18 AAA Year in Review
We started
the season hot out of the gate with a 9-0-2-0 (W-L-T-OTL) record before
our first loss. Unfortunately that loss prevented us from advancing to the
elimination round of our first tournament in Ottawa.
We battled
through sickness and injuries after that, but managed to have a solid showing
in Chicago. A 3-1 record didn’t quite get it done to advance however and the
ups and downs continued in December.
The
Christmas break helped the players get refreshed and the new year started well
leading up to a tournament in Peterborough. This is where the boys really came
together going 4-0 in the round robin, winning the quarter finals and just
falling short in OT in the semi-finals against Waterloo who won the
tournament.
We
continued pushing forward going into the playoffs and started out with a 4-0
record, needing only 1 point in our last two games to clinch a berth in the
OMHA Championship. The break at this time didn’t help us. We came back and lost
both games, leaving us hosting a tie breaking game against Quinte. We left no
doubt in that one, controlling the game the whole way winning 3-0.
Off to the
OMHA Championship we went, going 2-0-1 in the round robin, winning our group
and playing Burlington. A triple OT goal sent us to the gold medal game against
our rivals in Ajax-Pickering. A solid defensive effort allowed us to capture
gold in a 2-0 victory and book a ticket to the U18 Central Region Championship
in Windsor.
At the
Central Region Championship, we finished the round robin in first place with a
4-0-0-1 record. With that dominance, we cleaned up at the awards banquet the
night before the semi finals started. The award winners were:
Scoring
Leader: Beckett Ewart
Top Forward: Charlie Hilton
Top Defenceman: Alex Pasternak
MVP: Braeden Derks
Unfortunately
the team wasn’t able to pull out victories in the semi finals or bronze medal
game, losing both in overtime.
While we
fell short of our goal to head to the U18 National Championships in Quebec, we
still didn’t lose in regulation in our last 13 games going 9-0-1-3, and
ultimately finishing the season ranked 3rd in Ontario with an overall season record
of 46-13-10-4.
The team
consists of goalies Braeden Derks and Sebastian Moncada, defencemen Payton
Rickards, Nick Galeazza, Alex Pasternak, Sebastian Labrie, Liam Longo and Ayden
Burt, forwards Connor D'Angelo, Beckett Ewart, Mason Korry, Charlie Hilton,
Owen Clark, Mason Morden, Evan Breckles, John McKinney, Ethan MacDonald and
Joey Crngarov. Team staff are Tyler Turcotte, Dylan Hutton, Jamie Creamer, Ryan
Simpson, Gerald Tiller, Taylor Collins and John Clark.
Watch out
for these players as they continue their hockey careers.
They have all represented Oshawa Minor Hockey very well! Congrats again to
the whole team and good luck in the future!