The Waterloo Wolves spent the
weekend competing in the Georgina Regional Silver Stick qualifier and mixed
some great hockey with even better times in the hotel.
Tournament hockey is an opportunity
for the coaches to tweak systems, play with line combos and special teams and adjust
routines and procedures. All of this was a big check mark as the team came out
of the weekend a better team then then entered it. Despite unsatisfactory results.
Some highlights over the weekend
included Jake Howard earning a shutout against the Newmarket Renegades, Reed
Rozema scoring from Connor Wilson against the North Durham Warriors, Casey Ross
scoring from Allan Wang and Owen Miloje against the Mississauga Jets and Jack
Mayne, Rozema and Jacob Shaughnessy scoring against the Upper York Admirals
with Ben Morton, Keegan Weatherdon and Ethan Kralik earning assists.
Once again, the Wolves had solid goaltending
with Ciaran Guitton-Quayle and Howard putting in solid efforts and holding down
the fort. Both goalies have played well all season and always give the Wolves a
chance to win in games. The goalies had some help with more solid play from
Logan Murtha, some thunderous hits from Jack Smith, relentless compete and
skill from Jack Gardner and silky play from veteran Evan Walsh.
The Wolves head to Stratford to play
an important league game against the Warriors and will need to exercise all the
weekends lessons in that game before heading into tail end of back-to-back tournaments
with the Waterloo Memorial on the weekend!