The team had four games to play in the final round for the White Division Championship. The opponents were Ripley and Walkerton 1 in a home and away round robin.
The opening game was against Ripley in Blyth on March 20th. The team played well and won the game 2 - 0. The goals went to Griffin MacDonald and Snowden Renaud. Clarissa Gordon played well in net and earned the shutout.
The next game was in Blyth was against Walkerton on March 24th. The team got off to a very slow start and found themselves down by 7 goals heading to the third period. From the experience in the first round where it came down to our record by period in order to advance the team needed to play well in the third period. They did just that with Connor Brooks, Tyler Drennan, Josh Plunkett and MacDonald all scoring. Result was a 7 - 4 loss.
The return game with Ripley was on March 26th and the team found themselves down by a 2 - 1 score early in the third period. This team never quit playing and managed to score 3 times in the final 8 minutes to take the victory by a 4 - 2 score. MacDonald netted the hat trick and Jason Wilts added the other goal.
It all came down to the final game in Walkerton on March 31st. The team would have to win the game and win 2 or maybe 3 of the periods to grab the championship. The game started well and Ethan Scrimgeour scored in the second minute of the game. The home team would even the score 2 minutes later. Period 1 ended tied at 1. The second period was back and forth with many chances to score and Walkerton got the go ahead goal with 3 minutes to go in the period. MacDonald would answer in the final seconds of that period to head to the third period tied at 2. The third period was "edge of your seat" action from start to finish. Gordon played very well in net to keep her team in the game. At the midway mark of the period Scrimgeour notched his second of the game and Brooks added an insurance marker less than a minute later. The team held on the rest of the way despite tremendous pressure from the home team and won the final game of the year 4 - 2.
The teams were tied with a record of 3 wins and 1 loss each in the finals. The teams lined up on the blue lines to hear the tie breaker results from the WOAA. Walkerton finished with 13 points and Blyth had 12 points. The team delivered a championship effort to earn the runner-up medallions. Congratulations. It was good to finish the season on a high note and it was a very exciting hockey game.
The other members of the team are: Alex Coultes, Myea Fleet, Kayla Gauthier, Sara Kerr, Ryan McMichael, Marissa Nesbitt, Kelden Pawitch, Mackenzie Wightman.
A big thank-you to the coaching staff of Matt Drennan, Tim Coultes and Mike Pawitch. It was a great year of hockey
