First Round Goes the Distance!, News, Atom Rep, U11, 2011-2012 (Blyth Brussels Minor Hockey)

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Jan 29, 2012 | Brent Scrimgeour | 1640 views
First Round Goes the Distance!
Atom Reps met up with Bruce Peninsula for the first round of play-offs. The series started in Wiarton January 15th and saw Bruce Peninsula take the first game 1-0.

Back in Brussels on January 21st both teams battled hard back and forth with the Atom Reps coming away with a 4-3 victory. The next day was game 3 back in Wiarton. The Atom Reps came out hungry grabbing an early 3-0 lead.  Then, still in the first, the Reps had a goal disallowed giving the home team a boost to rally back for a 5-4 win on home ice.

Game 4 in Blyth saw no scoring in the first. The Atom Reps scored 1 in the second and then went to work adding 4 more in the 3rd cruising to a 5-1 win forcing game 5 back in Wiarton. 

January 29th, game 5, a must win situation for both teams. They traded goals in the first and second.  End to end, with both teams getting their chances, the Reps found the back of the net half way through the 3rd.  Keeping their fans on the edge, they fought off Bruce Peninsula for a 3-2 win and the series. 

The Atom Reps will meet the Minto Mad Dogs in the next round.

Submitted by Melissa Jacklin