Novice LL completes playoff round with a win!, News, Novice LL, 2008-2009 (Minto Minor Hockey Association)

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Mar 20, 2009 | kherrfort | 1625 views
Novice LL completes playoff round with a win!
On March 18th, Minto's Novice LL team travelled to Durham to play the last playoff round robin game. They defeated Durham 2-1 to finish with a record of only one loss and 7 wins!

The first period was scoreless and Minto found themselves in the defensisve zone for much of the first period. Minto was able to contain Durham defensively and Bailey Sinclair made some great saves in the net as well. In the second period both teams scored one each to keep the game exciting. Minto was able to get some action in the Durham end this period when Ryan Helmka picked up the puck from Laura Sloan Turnball and Chelsey Grice to score to get Minto on the scoreboard. Durham in the third period came on strong again with many chances to score and Minto found themselves playing defensively. Minto was able to hold them off with Bailey Sinclair making some more great saves.  With 9 seconds left in the game, Parker Miller scored with assists from Drew Bell and Brooklyn Butchurt to win the game 2-1.  The team awaits to see who comes out on top of the playoff pool and advances on to the next round.