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Peewee Boys’ Jets in quarterfinal

February 17, 2016

The Vito’s Pizzeria Pee Wee Jets quarterfinals started off with a Friday, Feb. 12 night game against the Baltimore Ice Dogs. As we lined up with them there were comments about the considerable size difference. Slightly intimidated, the Jets allowed the Dogs to put in the first goal of the game. There was lots of back and forth action until the middle of the period when Colson Jenkins fires one in assisted by Owen Fergusson.
The Dogs put in the only goal of the second period, putting the Jets down a goal going into the third. Colson Jenkins comes flying up the ice with a pass-up from Owen Fergusson, parallel with the boards Jenkins puts in an angle goal that their goalie didn’t even see coming! The game is tied with 9 minutes left. Things go back and forth from end-to-end until Owen Fergusson grabs ahold of the puck and wins the game for the team with a backhander unassisted. The Dogs pull out all of the stops but Phillip Cannon kept shutting them down until he ended up under a Baltimore player! Defence Connor Sobry realized what was going on and hopped in the net, keeping the Dogs out until the whistle was blown. The game ended with a few bodies on the ice but the Jets were victorious with a 3-2 win.
The next day Baltimore made the journey to Bancroft with a late afternoon game. The bells were ringing, the music was pumping and the Jets came out flying. The Dogs started off this game again putting in the first goal late in the period on a power play. With a minute on the clock, Cody Switzer ties it up with an assist from Owen Fergusson.
The second period started out strong for both teams, until the dogs took an early penalty. With a pass up from his partner Tanner Potts, defence Trevor McDowell saw the opportunity, he grabbed the puck and skated the entire sheet of ice around the Baltimore players and fired the puck in the top corner of their net putting us ahead. Bancroft unfortunately gets a penalty giving the Dogs a power play opportunity that they capitalized on immediately putting one past Cannon in net. With three minutes left on the clock Colson Jenkins puts one in with a scramble near the net, we watched as one of the Dogs players pulled it out of the net, they determined it was a no-goal, a very disappointing end for the Peewee Jets resulting in a 3-2 loss.
The Peewee Jets are on the road Sunday, Feb. 14 for a 5 p.m. game, and then back home Saturday, Feb. 20 at 6 p.m. for the fourth game of this series. Please come out and fill the stands and cheer on the Peewee team for their shot at the semi-finals!
Submitted by Candy West