Midget LL2 tie final game

January 28, 2015 · 0 Comments

Shelburne Wolves LL2 Midgets played their final game before the league playoffs begin, against Collingwood on Sunday 25th at their home arena, tying up the game to a final score of 4–4 .
After no goals by either team in the first period, Collingwood started off period two with the first goal. Pumped up for a tough game, defence on both teams was strong giving the goal tenders some slack. Shelburne held strong, but Collinwood fought back and were leading by 2 goals in period two until Nick Loucks, foot speed, netted the first goal for Shelburne. Goal two for Shelburne came from Jared Moore assisted by Justine Besley.
The final game before the playoffs had The Wolves energized and prepared to battle it out to the end. They had shot after shot on net but Collingwood wasn’t breaking down their iron wall. Both teams tiring, every goal from Collingwood followed a tie goal from Shelburne.
Final score was 4–4 and a tough end to the game with goal three scored by Tristan Melnik, assisted by Dylan Dever, and the fourth goal by Sam Willoughby, assisted Tristan Melnik again.
The game puts Midget LL2 in equal 5th place in the league with Dundalk, and Playoffs will commence within the next couple of weeks. The team looks forward to some challenging games heading towards the end of the Ice Hockey Season. A big thank you goes out to the sponsors who have supported the team throughout this recent Hockey season, and to the patience of the Coaching staff and time and effort of all our parents, without all this would not have been possible.