ShareThe Stittsville Steel Make It Two For Two in Tournaments
2015-12-30
The Stittsville Steel rolled into Pembroke on the weekend of Dec 19-20 looking to continue their winning ways in the PMHA Holiday classic. First up, a team from Kanata. This was no contest from the drop of the puck. With ferocious puck pursuit the Kanata team didn’t stand a chance. Led by a six point effort from Cameron (Snakebite) Cheslock the Steel easily rolled to an 8-1 victory.
Next up, the hometown Pembroke Rebels. The victory seemed assured with the Steel jumping out to a 7-1 lead halfway through the second period. Things got a little tense when Pembroke scored 3 quick goals to close the gap. With Matthew Roy taking charge with a career first hat trick, Guiseppe (Pep) Scarfo scoring one of the nicest goals from in close and Reid (Tiny) Dupuy firing a laser from the point that found the net just under the crossbar the Steel finished off the Rebels 9-4.
On to a much closer game against the Renfrew Fultons. Perhaps sluggish from the day before or swimming too much, it was not the strongest game the Steel have played this year. With tenacious defensive play from Owen (O-dog) Watt and a very poised and skilled two points from Alex (A-Rod) Rodgers the team prevailed 2-1. On to the semis!
Arnprior River Kings lie in wait for the Steel. A solid game all around at both ends highlighted by the playmaking abilities of Jacob (the Skroket rocket) Skrok, the sweet finish of Cameron (Blue) Barry and the poise and positioning of Coby (Socks) Guilbault. Final, 4-0 for the good guys.
On to the final against a motivated, skilled and strong Fort Colonge Comets. A very well played, entertaining game from the start saw the Steel go out in front with Jacob (Squeaky) Drouin scoring a dandy from his office in front of the net. FC tied it up 9 seconds later at the 4:30 mark of the third. Relentless fore-checking and digging by Sam (Sammy G) Gilbert, very strong defensive play and positioning from Mathieu (MPG) Gougeon and as always stellar goaltending from Sam (Chirp) Noseworthy kept the score tied into the final minute. Overtime loomed large and would have been a fitting outcome to a game like this. Jesse (Bubba) Miller would have none of it. Taking the puck on a great feed, Bubba neatly disposed of two defenders and ripped a rocket to the twine with 58 seconds left. Smelling victory, the Steel never let the Comets get a sniff of opportunity in the final minute. Game over-tournament champs.
A very compacted schedule saw the Steel play their first game Saturday at 1pm and their last Sunday at 5pm. 5 games in 28 hours, mixed in with some swimming, a lot of laughs and a pretty darn good party made for some very tired but jubilant families on Sunday evening.
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