The Guelph
Gryphon Minor Peewee AA’s had a big weekend with two important victories to run
their OMHA Qualifying Round record to 6-1.
The Gryphons currently sit alone in first place with one game remaining
in their round robin series.
Saturday
night pitted the two teams that were tied for first place against each other as
the Oakville Rangers Red came to town.
Guelph was looking to avenge their loss to Red two weeks earlier.
The game
did not start out well for Guelph as Oakville scored on their first shot on net
and quickly jumped out to a 2-0 lead.
However, Guelph controlled the play and spent the majority of the period
in the Oakville zone but were unable to put the puck in the net and went into
the first intermission trailing 2-0.
Guelph
struck early in the second period to cut the Oakville lead in half. 1:39 into the period while on the powerplay, Oscar Johnson took a pass from Ryder Burns at the top of the circle
and blasted a shot thru the Oakville
goalie to get the Gryphies on the board.
Two minutes later, Nathan Boyle controlled the puck along the boards and
put a shot on goal. Olan Norton jumped
on the rebound and banged it home to make the score 2-2. The second period ended with the game all
tied.
The
Gryphons struck for the game winner with 8:56 remaining in the game. Matthew Stam worked the puck loose to Koen
Smith along the sideboards and Smith’s short side wrister handcuffed the
Oakville netminder and bulged the twine.
The Gryphons then added some much needed insurance with 3:56 remaining
with Nathan Boyle’s shot was partially blocked by an Oakville defenseman but bounced
to Tanner Bothwell who walked in and picked the far side of the net to make the
final score 4-2.
Parker
Shany delivered several crucial stops in the third period to earn the win for
the Gryphons.
On Friday,
the Gryphons travelled to Brampton and exploded for four third period goals and
came home with a 5-0 victory. Ale /
Tony Gruosso picked up the shutout for the Gryphons.
Game Summary
First
Period
-
3:43 Zac Conroy (Unassisted)
Second
Period
No Scoring
Third
Period
-
5:52 Olan Norton (Ryder Burns)
-
11:42 Noah Savery (Oscar Johnson, Tanner Bothwell)
-
12:22 Koen Smith (Unassisted)
-
14:55 Nathan Schlitt (Koen Smith, Tyler Chadwick)
The Gryphons conclude their round robin schedule on Monday
evening when they host the Orangeville Flyers.