by Web Master posted 11/19/2009 Congratulations to the East Haven Bantam B Team as they take home the Silver Medal at the Can/Am Challenge Cup in Lake Placid, NY.
The Coaches and Parents were extremely proud as the Easties played their hearts out in five very competitive and exciting games. The team work and sportsmanship was remarkable!
The Easties got off to a quick start winning Game 1 vs. the Salam Saints of NH 6-2 which set a very positive tone for the weekend and gave the team some early confidence. They continued their momentum taking Game 2 vs. the New Canaan Winter Club of CT. 7-3. In Game 3 vs. the Silver Knights of NY the Easties jumped out to an early lead but the Knights came back to tie 2-2 keeping our undefeated record and in first place for our bracket. Game 4 vs. the Ridgefield Lions of CT proved to be the most exciting game as we needed to come from behind to defeat Lions 5-2 placing us in the finals with a very good shot at the GOLD! In the Finals against the Niagara Purple Eagles the Easties found themselves in fast-paced end-to-end type game with Niagara jumping ahead 4-1 in the second period. It would have been easy to just stop fighting and take the Silver but again the Easties mounted an impressive come back in the third period getting the game within one at 4-3 silencing the Eagles fans. Unfortunately the Easties got caught in an odd man rush late in third allowing the Eagles to score their 5th and final goal putting the game out-of-reach 5-3 giving us the Silver Medal.
In the individual competitions our players faired very well as Joe Crisanti placed second for goalies in the shootout competition and our four man relay team which included, Dylan Butler, Jake DelGuidice , Boomer DeMorro, and Tyler Hackett won their first race to place them in the winners bracket and finished in fifth place overall. In the shooting competition AJ Lucatino scored 5 out of 10 shots placing him among the leaders.
Thank you to all the Families and Friends who joined us
“We ALL Had A GREAT Time”!
