This team of 11 and 12 year old hockey players is having the season of their lives. They finished the regular season with 21 victories, no losses and 3 ties. They had already won 2 tournaments this season before winning the Tournoi national de hockey pee-wee de Cap-de-la-Madeleine in Trois-Rivières at the beginning of February.
Twenty-six teams competed in the PeeWee A category. The Huskies won 4 tough games in 2 days to qualify for the semi-final game. The games were close but the boys played well and emerged victorious. The semi-final game at 8 am on Sunday morning against the Sorel-Tracy Mariners 1 was a close contest between 2 evenly matched teams. The Huskies played hard and won 4-3. This victory put the Huskies into the final at noon against the St-Rémi Éclairs. Both teams were equally motivated and evenly matched. The first period ended 0-0. The Éclairs scored in the second period to end period 1-0. The Huskies came roaring back with 2 goals in the first 40 seconds of the third period. The Éclairs coach called a timeout to settle his players. St-Rémi tied the game and then mid-way through the period the Huskies got the go ahead goal. They scored into an empty net to win the game 4-2. Thus the Huskies brought home their third « Champion » banner of the season.
Parents and friends were very proud of these young players. The coaches were also very pleased. The head coach commented « All through the tournament the players showed a lot of character, teamwork and determination. This is what allowed us to win. »
Kelly Rewbotham
