Halton Hills Bulldogs vs. Harpwood’s Trophies Raiders (6/11 1:10pm)
The referees may not have done the Welland Harpwood’s Trophies Raiders any favours, but the scoreboard did as the end result could have been far worse than the 8-2 defeat. While the long drive to Whitby is not an easy one on anyone, Welland clearly came out less prepared to play, and was scored upon only 18 seconds in by #9 Scott Laughton, on assists from #66 Brandon Clelland and #22 Adam MacKinnon.
Welland replied at 4:29 of the first, on #36 Kevin Millejours’ tally that was set up by #11 Wade Kenny, but they still did not appear to be playing anything resembling their recent level of quality play. Laughton took advantage of their uninspired defensive effort by netting his second of the day at 10:49 from #5 Bryson Nicolucci and #44 Jacob Hand.
Another slow start in the second period allowed Hand to put the visitors up by two at 0:59 of the middle stanza on a re-direct from Laughton, but the Raiders recovered briefly when #19 Sebastien Beaudoin made good on a Millejours pass to cut the Bulldogs lead to 3-2. It was all downhill from there, however, as the Raiders struggled on offense and could not keep out of the sin bin. While it appeared that the officials at times could have called Halton Hills for similar infractions, the penalties they assessed against Welland all seemed to be deserved. Welland ended with three times the penalty minutes, with 18 PIM to Halton’s 6.
Halton lit up the Raiders during the remaining minutes, with #88 Michael Nicolucci, #6 Jamie Batten, #77 Kyle Moore, #55 Derek Thomas and Laughton all scoring, with Laughton completing his hat-trick. Hand, Michael Nicolucci, Bryson Nicolucci, #4 Kurtis Oldham, Patten, and Laughton all assisted on the latter goals. Despite the number of goals scored, Halton only held an 18-10 shot advantage overall.
Boxscore:
HAL 2-4-2= 8
WEL 1-1-0= 2
The Raiders will look to re-group this evening when they face the Six Nations Warriors, a team they have played very well against this season, despite having lost all three previous Zone 9 match-ups this year.
Photos from this game can be found here: Halton Hills Bulldogs vs. Welland Harpwood’s Trophies Raiders
(A free MySpace Account may be required to view album).
In the morning’s earlier Bantam games, Brampton prevailed over Peterborough 6-4, Whitby dominated Mimico 9-3 and St. Catharines could not hold on against Guelph, dropping a 7-5 decision.
Welland Harpwood’s Trophies Raiders vs. Six Nations Rebels (7/11 7pm)
The WellandHarpwood’s Trophies Raiders gave everything they had on the floor tonight but came up just short, falling 7-5 on late goals by Six Nations.
Photos of this game can be viewed at: Six Nations Warriors vs. Welland Harpwood’s Trophies
(A free MySpace Account may be required to view album).
Boxscore:
WEL 2-2-1= 5
SIX 3-1-3= 7
In other Bantam action this afternoon, Peterborough toppled London 7-0, Whitby tripled Orangeville 9-3 and Akwesasne overpowered Kitchener-Waterloo 6-2.
Akwesasne Storm vs. Welland Harpwood’s Trophies Raiders (7/12 11:20am)
The perennial powerhouse Akwesasne Storm subdued the plucky Welland Harpwood’s Trophies Raiders on Saturday morning in a 10-4 walk-away victory.
Please visit the following site to view game action photos:
Akwesasne Storm vs. Welland Harpwood’s Trophies Raiders
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WEL 2-0-2= 4
AKW 4-4-2= 10
Welland
Harpwood’s Trophies Raiders vs. London Blue Devils (7/12 5:10pm)
The Welland Harpwood’s Trophies Raiders’ hard work was finally rewarded with a 5-3 victory over London Saturday afternoon.
Pictures from this game can be viewed at: London Blue Devils vs. Welland Harpwood’s Trophies Raiders
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Boxscore:
LON 1-2-0= 3
WEL 0-3-2= 5
Welland Harpwood’s Trophies Raiders vs. St. Catharines Rosie & Sheehan Athletics (7/13 11:20am)
The Welland Harpwood’s Trophies Raiders, led by their twin towers of power, dominated their regional rivals early on in this one, staking themselves to a three-goal first period lead on markers from #19 Sebastien Beaudoin and a pair by his brother #90 Nicholas Beaudoin. Nicholas would also net the eventual game-winning goal in the second period, completing his second hat-trick of the season. #17 Michael Simpson set up two of the goals, and #91 Anthony DiFruscia also contributed a secondary helper in the impressive victory.
True to form the St. Catharines Rosie & Sheehan Athletics refused to lay down in this one, storming back with a goal in the second stanza by #10 Hunter Garlent, and tallies in the third by #20 Jacob Dion and Garlent. Assisting on the A’s strikes were #18 Spencer Coates, #21 Charlie Sheehan, #14 Chris Hutton and Dion.
Welland held a 21-18 advantage on shots-on-goal during the 45-minute contest. Both goalies, #1 Eric Fannell and #29 Graeme McCullough stood tall between the pipes for their respective teams. Each team is loaded with offensive talent, however, on this day the goalies seemed to have the upper hand, making one great save after another to give the crowd plenty of moments to cheer throughout the game.
Boxscore:
WEL 3-1-0= 4
STC 0-1-2= 3
Kitchener-Waterloo Braves vs. Welland Harpwood’s Trophies Raiders (7/13 5:10pm)
The Welland Harpwood’s Trophies Raiders were unable to regain their focus after defeating the St. Catharines A’s in the morning session, losing 5-2 to the Kitchener-Waterloo Braves in their last contest of the opening Qualifying weekend.
While the Raiders took an early two goal lead in the first period on goals by #16 Ryan “Bubba” Dakin and #19 Sebastien Beaudoin, they did not at any point appear to be in control of this game. Their poor collective effort on offence and defence eventually tripped them up as the Braves stormed back to upset the Raiders 5-2.
Scoring for the Braves were #15 Chris Cloutier, #14 Chris Walser, #2 Patrick McKelvie, #7 Spencer Lee, and #18 Cristian Wyman. Lee’s goal appeared to be the back-breaker for the Raiders, as he took advantage of a mishandling of the ball by Welland netminder #30 Kyle Patterson to score into the open net.
Welland sits at 2-4 after the opening weekend and has an uphill climb if they hope to crack the Top 6 and earn a trip to the Finals in Guelph during the August 15-17 weekend. Based on their efforts against Six Nations and St. Catharines the team clearly has the ability to play with the best, but it depends on which team takes to the floor. The team that took to the floor against Halton Hills and Kitchener-Waterloo this past weekend clearly did not resemble anything close to the team that has been so competitive all season.
Boxscore:
K-W 0-3-2= 5
WEL 2-0-0= 0
July 11, 2008...4:12 pm
OLA Bantam Provincial Qualifying Weekend #1 Results
Halton Hills Bulldogs vs. Harpwood’s Trophies Raiders (6/11 1:10pm)
The referees may not have done the Welland Harpwood’s Trophies Raiders any favours, but the scoreboard did as the end result could have been far worse than the 8-2 defeat. While the long drive to Whitby is not an easy one on anyone, Welland clearly came out less prepared to play, and was scored upon only 18 seconds in by #9 Scott Laughton, on assists from #66 Brandon Clelland and #22 Adam MacKinnon.
Welland replied at 4:29 of the first, on #36 Kevin Millejours’ tally that was set up by #11 Wade Kenny, but they still did not appear to be playing anything resembling their recent level of quality play. Laughton took advantage of their uninspired defensive effort by netting his second of the day at 10:49 from #5 Bryson Nicolucci and #44 Jacob Hand.
Another slow start in the second period allowed Hand to put the visitors up by two at 0:59 of the middle stanza on a re-direct from Laughton, but the Raiders recovered briefly when #19 Sebastien Beaudoin made good on a Millejours pass to cut the Bulldogs lead to 3-2. It was all downhill from there, however, as the Raiders struggled on offense and could not keep out of the sin bin. While it appeared that the officials at times could have called Halton Hills for similar infractions, the penalties they assessed against Welland all seemed to be deserved. Welland ended with three times the penalty minutes, with 18 PIM to Halton’s 6.
Halton lit up the Raiders during the remaining minutes, with #88 Michael Nicolucci, #6 Jamie Batten, #77 Kyle Moore, #55 Derek Thomas and Laughton all scoring, with Laughton completing his hat-trick. Hand, Michael Nicolucci, Bryson Nicolucci, #4 Kurtis Oldham, Patten, and Laughton all assisted on the latter goals. Despite the number of goals scored, Halton only held an 18-10 shot advantage overall.
Boxscore:
HAL 2-4-2= 8
WEL 1-1-0= 2
The Raiders will look to re-group this evening when they face the Six Nations Warriors, a team they have played very well against this season, despite having lost all three previous Zone 9 match-ups this year.
Photos from this game can be found here: Halton Hills Bulldogs vs. Welland Harpwood’s Trophies Raiders
(A free MySpace Account may be required to view album).
In the morning’s earlier Bantam games, Brampton prevailed over Peterborough 6-4, Whitby dominated Mimico 9-3 and St. Catharines could not hold on against Guelph, dropping a 7-5 decision.
Welland Harpwood’s Trophies Raiders vs. Six Nations Rebels (7/11 7pm)
The WellandHarpwood’s Trophies Raiders gave everything they had on the floor tonight but came up just short, falling 7-5 on late goals by Six Nations.
Photos of this game can be viewed at: Six Nations Warriors vs. Welland Harpwood’s Trophies
(A free MySpace Account may be required to view album).
Boxscore:
WEL 2-2-1= 5
SIX 3-1-3= 7
In other Bantam action this afternoon, Peterborough toppled London 7-0, Whitby tripled Orangeville 9-3 and Akwesasne overpowered Kitchener-Waterloo 6-2.
Akwesasne Storm vs. Welland Harpwood’s Trophies Raiders (7/12 11:20am)
The perennial powerhouse Akwesasne Storm subdued the plucky Welland Harpwood’s Trophies Raiders on Saturday morning in a 10-4 walk-away victory.
Please visit the following site to view game action photos:
Akwesasne Storm vs. Welland Harpwood’s Trophies Raiders
(A free MySpace account may be required to view album.)
WEL 2-0-2= 4
AKW 4-4-2= 10
Welland
Harpwood’s Trophies Raiders vs. London Blue Devils (7/12 5:10pm)
The Welland Harpwood’s Trophies Raiders’ hard work was finally rewarded with a 5-3 victory over London Saturday afternoon.
Pictures from this game can be viewed at: London Blue Devils vs. Welland Harpwood’s Trophies Raiders
(A free MySpace account may be required to view album.)
Boxscore:
LON 1-2-0= 3
WEL 0-3-2= 5
Welland Harpwood’s Trophies Raiders vs. St. Catharines Rosie & Sheehan Athletics (7/13 11:20am)
The Welland Harpwood’s Trophies Raiders, led by their twin towers of power, dominated their regional rivals early on in this one, staking themselves to a three-goal first period lead on markers from #19 Sebastien Beaudoin and a pair by his brother #90 Nicholas Beaudoin. Nicholas would also net the eventual game-winning goal in the second period, completing his second hat-trick of the season. #17 Michael Simpson set up two of the goals, and #91 Anthony DiFruscia also contributed a secondary helper in the impressive victory.
True to form the St. Catharines Rosie & Sheehan Athletics refused to lay down in this one, storming back with a goal in the second stanza by #10 Hunter Garlent, and tallies in the third by #20 Jacob Dion and Garlent. Assisting on the A’s strikes were #18 Spencer Coates, #21 Charlie Sheehan, #14 Chris Hutton and Dion.
Welland held a 21-18 advantage on shots-on-goal during the 45-minute contest. Both goalies, #1 Eric Fannell and #29 Graeme McCullough stood tall between the pipes for their respective teams. Each team is loaded with offensive talent, however, on this day the goalies seemed to have the upper hand, making one great save after another to give the crowd plenty of moments to cheer throughout the game.
Boxscore:
WEL 3-1-0= 4
STC 0-1-2= 3
Kitchener-Waterloo Braves vs. Welland Harpwood’s Trophies Raiders (7/13 5:10pm)
The Welland Harpwood’s Trophies Raiders were unable to regain their focus after defeating the St. Catharines A’s in the morning session, losing 5-2 to the Kitchener-Waterloo Braves in their last contest of the opening Qualifying weekend.
While the Raiders took an early two goal lead in the first period on goals by #16 Ryan “Bubba” Dakin and #19 Sebastien Beaudoin, they did not at any point appear to be in control of this game. Their poor collective effort on offence and defence eventually tripped them up as the Braves stormed back to upset the Raiders 5-2.
Scoring for the Braves were #15 Chris Cloutier, #14 Chris Walser, #2 Patrick McKelvie, #7 Spencer Lee, and #18 Cristian Wyman. Lee’s goal appeared to be the back-breaker for the Raiders, as he took advantage of a mishandling of the ball by Welland netminder #30 Kyle Patterson to score into the open net.
Welland sits at 2-4 after the opening weekend and has an uphill climb if they hope to crack the Top 6 and earn a trip to the Finals in Guelph during the August 15-17 weekend. Based on their efforts against Six Nations and St. Catharines the team clearly has the ability to play with the best, but it depends on which team takes to the floor. The team that took to the floor against Halton Hills and Kitchener-Waterloo this past weekend clearly did not resemble anything close to the team that has been so competitive all season.
Boxscore:
K-W 0-3-2= 5
WEL 2-0-0= 0
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