Submitted By Steve McGeown on Tuesday, April 12, 2011 (1712 views)
The stage was set. The Alliance Championship final game held at Stratford's historic William Allman
Arena built in 1924 and considered one of the finest old arenas in
Canada. The two teams, Waterloo Ice Wolves, and the London Bandits, each dominating their respective leagues, but only one could claim Novice Tier 3 supremacy.
Waterloo Ice Wolves came out flying. Fore-checking was relentless. Early in the first period, Ryan McGeown backhanded a shot into the top hand corner set up by Kyle Maloney and Mike Rintche and the crowd went wild. Kyle Maloney would hit the mark on a breakaway from Mike Rincthe, and then Kyle would bring it home again on a setup from Ryan McGeown and Mike Rintche. The score was 3-0 before the game was halfway over.
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Submitted By Steve McGeown on Tuesday, March 29, 2011 (974 views)
After 5 fairly dominating periods, including a 4-1 victory in the first game of the series, and going up comfortably 3-0 late in the second period of game 2, the Ice Wolves apparently thought it would be fun to see how many of their fans had coronary issues.... Kitchener Rangers played desperation hockey, brought the score back to 3-2, setting up a pretty wild finish right to the final buzzer. Waterloo Ice Wolves would not be denied on this day though, as they held on to win the Alliance East / Central Championship.
The two teams now move on to the Alliance Cup in Stratford along with a pair of London-based teams in the west. Kitchener did well to serve notice that it won't be an easy weekend.
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