TURKEY DAY TOURNAMENT
updated December 1,
2004
The finals for the 1st Annual Turkey Day
Classic hosted by Woburn Youth Hockey were held on Sunday at the O'Brien Arena
in Woburn. The Mite A team took third with a 5-2 win over Winthrop
Sunday morning. Corey Webber scored a
goal each period. The first goal, assisted by Steve
Maxim came with :05 seconds left in the first. His second came late
in the second, with assists from William O'Neil
and Jesse Caisse. Webber completed the hat trick with an unassisted
goal in the third period. Caisse had an
unassisted goal in the second. O'Neil
contributed in the third with the assist from Jack
Silk.
The Mite B team faced Burlington in a rematch in the championship game,
Sunday evening. At the end of the first period, Burlington had taken the lead
1-0. In the second, Brian Smith took it
end to end to tie it up. Three minutes later, John
Raikos, assisted by Ryan Dunn
gave the Hawks a 2-1 lead. Spencer Berube,
with an assist from Scott Hillson
added to the lead. Despite a strong effort by the team, the Burlington squad
came back strong in the third and scored four unanswered goals to win, 5-3.
The Mite B team faced off against Greater Gardner Friday afternoon and
took the win (6-2). Steven Hillson started
the scoring :45 seconds into the first period with the assist going to Spencer Berube. Two minutes later, teammate Brian Smith added an unassisted goal; his first
of two. Four minutes into the second period, John
Raikos netted the first of three goals. Goal two came at 8:18 of the
second, with assists from Kyle Maxim and
Reed Bourgeois, and the hat trick was
completed at 3:29 of the third, with an assist from Corey
Vaillancourt.
Game two was against Burlington Saturday morning. Goals by Raikos and Hillson put
the Hawks up by one to end the first period. Burlington put in an early goal in
the second to tie it up. Mid-way through the third, with assistance from Hillson and Berube
teammate Smith was able to
break the tie. And what proved to be the game winning goal, Smith and Raikos assisted
Hillson on his second goal of the game.
The third game of the tournament for the Mite 2 team was against host
Woburn. This game, played late Saturday afternoon, was a nail-biter to the
finish! After two scoreless periods, Smith netted
the only goal of the game, with assists going to Hillson
and Berube. Earning the
shut-out with a strong game in net was Carl
Marzolini. Mite 2 will play in the championship game Sunday, at
5:40pm.
The Mite A team skated to a 6-5 victory over host Woburn in game one
Friday morning. Down by two goals early in the first period, the Hawks battled
back to tie it and eventually win, led by five goals from Corey Webber and one from Will O'Neill ,
who also contributed with three assists. Also assisting in the goal scoring
were Ryan McKennedy, Ryan Freker, Steve Maxim and
Ricky Beckwith.
Game two was an early Saturday morning face-off. O'Neil
and Jack Silk assisted on the first of
two goals by Webber. The assist on the
second goal went to Ryan Freker. Also
scoring unassisted goals were O'Neil and
Nick Hayward. Despite a strong effort,
the Hawks fell to Stoneham 8-4.
Game three later that afternoon found the Mite 2 team facing off against
Winthrop. Teammates Eric Fisher, Silk,
and O'Neil assisted Webber on his two goals. Webber returned the favor with an assist, along
with Fisher, on O'Neil's goal. And Tim
Poitras assisted Hayward
giving the Hawks a 4-3 victory over Winthrop.
Mite 1 will play their final match on Sunday at 10:40am.