Apr 19, 2024 | WMHA | 277 views
U15 Mountain Wolves Are ALLIANCE Champions
Congratulations to our U15 Mountain Wolves on winning the 2024 ALLIANCE House League Championship!
The Mountain Wolves ran the table undefeated and won the tournament in stunning fashion with a shootout victory in the Finals!!
Mountain Wolves: JAKE ALLEN, KALEB ANDRESS, EVERETT BARTMAN, AJ BEST, CADEN BUTLER, CONNOR EVANS
JOSHUA HUBER, OWEN MARX, KIERAN MCCLOSKEY, CHARLES MCCRAE, MATTEO ORSINI, JOEL VENERUS
JOSHUA VOLL (G), STELIANOS VRENTZOS.
Additional Details on the final game from the U15 HL Convener, Jane Malleck:
Waterloo U15 House League: an Incredible End to an Incredible Season
What an incredible end to the season for the U15 Waterloo Wolves House League division!
I previously reported that all four Waterloo teams ended up in the semi-finals of the TCHL championships, with the Ice Wolves and the Arctic Wolves in the final.
Now, it is my great pleasure to report on Waterloo’s success at the Alliance Championship!
While normally each city only sends one team to the Alliance, this year there was an extra spot in the tournament and both the winner of the Waterloo HL championships (Timber Wolves) and the second place team (Mountain Wolves) were invited to the tournament. (Yeah, not the same two as went to the TCHL final!)
Both teams made it through round robin play with 3 and 0 records. Of the 12 teams, the Timber Wolves came in just slightly ahead of the Mountain Wolves to finish in first place.
Both teams won their semi-final, setting the stage for an all-Waterloo final!!!
And what a game it was!!!!!!! Clean. Competitive. Exciting.
Ended in a 3 – 3 tie.
Overtime changed nothing.
So they were off to a shoot-out.
AND THE MOUNTAIN WOLVES WON!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I’m smiling as I write this. It was so exciting. It was the best of minor hockey, of house league hockey. Cheering – not jeering. Friendly taps during the game. Black jerseys hugging gold jerseys, gold jerseys hugging black jerseys at the end! Sure, there were a few tears – the Timber Wolves really wanted to win – but if you have to lose a game, this is the way to do it!!
Congratulations Mountain Wolves, Alliance Champs!!!!! Thanks for bringing home the Championship pennant for Waterloo!!! You played a great season!!!!