Minor Atom, 2016-2017, U9 (Guelph Minor Hockey Association)

The minor atom AAA Gryphs closed out the regular season this week with 2 ties against Oakville and Brampton.  In a tight-checking, end-to-end affair with the visiting Oakville Rangers on Monday February 13th, the Gryphs skated to a 1-1 tie behind some good defensive efforts and goaltending. Oakville opened the scoring in the last minute of the first period, but Guelph came back to tie the contest early in the second on a nifty goal by Sam Black. Brady Smith and Alex Rossi drew assists. The rest of the game the 2 teams traded scoring chances but were unable to bulge the twine due to the solid ...

The minor atom AAA Gryphons won another close contest against Brampton 2-1 for the second time in 5 days. Again the Gryphs dominated the play but only managed 2 goals on the skilled 45's netminder. Alex Rossi opened the scoring in the first period for Guelph on a beauty pass from Trenton Harris. Rossi buried the feed top shelf glove side to give the Gryphs the early lead.  After the 45's made it 1-1 in the second, Trenton Harris slipped a lose puck past the unsuspecting goalie to give the Gryphs the lead again mid-way through the third. Sam Savery assisted. This gave the Gryphs all the ...

The Minor Atom AAA Gryphs battled the visiting Brampton 45's on saturday and skated away with a 2-1 victory. Landon Mitchell opened the scoring in the first period with a nifty play around the 45's defender and buried the puck top shelf on a breakaway. Evan VanEykeren got the assist. The Gryphs continued to pressure the 45's netminder and were rewarded early in the second period on a hard-work effort by Nathan Briggs. Sam Savery assisted. The Gryphs took the 2-0 lead into the third. 

Next action for the minor atom AAA Gryphs is this weekend January 14, 2017 as they compete against the visiting Buffalo Regals in a double-header being played at the WERC. Game times are 11am and 4:30pm. Please come out and support the Gryphs....only 10 games remain in the team's regular season schedule!

Over the holiday break the minor atom AAA Gryphons participated in the Bell Capital Cup in our nation's capital. The boys played 4 good games and managed to tie the Nepean Raiders 4-4 and compete hard against the Kanata Blazers, Central Ontario Wolves, and the Gloucester Rangers. Excellent teamwork and comradery was displayed and the boys had a lot of fun trading team pins with several other teams in the tournament. The team also attended the Ottawa Senators team skills competition at the Canadian Tire Centre which got the boys close to NHL players.   

The Minor Atom AAA Gryphs played 2 great games against the 2nd place Southern Tier Admirals before the Holiday break. On Monday December 19th the Gryphs played host to the Admirals and despite a valiant 3rd period effort the boys came up short 4-2. Southern Tier jumped out to the early lead in the 1st but Landon Mitchell answered back with a sweet shot on a nice lead pass from Nolan Chabot to even the score in the 1st period 1-1. After a scoreless 2nd period, the Admirals answered with 2 quick goals at the beginning of the 3rd to re-gain the lead.