Wednesday, October 27, 2021
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U10 team charges forward undefeated The Southpoint-Essex U10 team got off to a slow start in Chatham on Sunday, Oct. 24, but they eventually shifted into high gear and charged to a 12-1 victory to remain undefeated this season. While Brody Church has been a steadfast defensive leader for the Capitals, he showed his offensive flare in this game and led with a hat trick for the Caps as well
as ringing a few more pucks off the goal posts. Russell Colenutt and Drake Pernal added to the excitement with their first goals of the season. Also chipping in on the scoring action were Conner Blain, Asher Grossi, Carter Demant and Christian Rutgers. The powerful defence continued with Ashton Drodz who had multiple shots on net, along
with Jackson Root, Brady George and Lyle Fleming who kept the pressure on. Owen Tavares continued to be strong between the pipes, giving up only one goal and allowing only three goals total in his last two appearances. The Capitals will now set their sights on Saturday’s home game against the undefeated Belle River Canadiens.
U12 Ravens take two The Essex-Southpoint Ravens U12 hockey team played a pair of games this past weekend. On Friday night, Oct. 22, in Essex, the Ravens hosted the Riverside Rangers and came out flat in a sloppy game. After falling behind early, Lucas O’Neil was able tie the score by banging in a rebound off a shot by AJ Youssef. Thirty seconds later, Derek Dunn retrieved a carom from a Kayden Cook shot and buried his chance to take the lead. On the very next shift, Nash Fuerth took a nifty pass from Brayden Foster and rifled his shot in low blocker. Riverside scored next to inch closer, but Jonathan Recker chased down a cleared puck and made a nice deke to slip the puck into an open cage. A few minutes later, Feurth slid a pass across the slot to Foster, who one-timed it home to increase the lead. Finally, late in the period, Austin Goudie kept battling on a loose puck,
U11 TEAM COMPETES IN TOURNAMENT
eventually poking it home for a 6-2 win. On Saturday, Oct. 23 in Leamington, the Ravens were host to the Belle River Canadiens. After a back and forth period, Kayden Cook slapped in a rebound off of a Nash Feurth shot to open the scoring. Midway through the second frame, Lucas O’Neil found AJ Youssef in the slot and he made no mistake going bar down to increase the lead. The Ravens gave up a goal while on a power play, but 20 seconds later Jonathan Recker replied by intercepting a clearing attempt and firing his shot in through traffic. Midway through the third, while on a two-on-one, Tyler Thomas feathered a nice pass across to Youssef, who wired his shot high glove to go up by three. Finally, with three to go, Derek Dunn sent a pass across to Cook, who buried his second chance off his own rebound to seal the 5-1 victory.
The 2021-22 hockey season has seen a travel program merger between long-time hockey rivals Essex Ravens and Southpoint Capitals. Over the past weekend, the U11 team travelled to Collingwood to compete in the Huronia tournament. After dropping a hard-fought 5-3 opening game, the boys roared back to post 6-0, 11-0 and 7-2 victories. It wasn’t enough to get them to the final, however. Here the team poses in front of the Collingwood town hall prior to their final match. Photo by Bridget Opfer
U13 Blue skates to tie with Black
Southpoint U13 Blue played their first game of the season against Erie North Shore Black. In the first period, Black held a slight advantage in puck possession time and as a result they picked up a goal. Southpoint evened things up midway through the second period. Gavin Butineillo carried the puck into the Erie end and saw a wide-open Landon Carlini standing to the left of a wide open net. Gavin passed and Landon finished the play with a goal. The game was tied, but Erie responded 15 seconds later to resume the lead. Early in the third, Southpoint again
tied the game up with a great passing play. Defenseman Brent Pimentel carried the puck up over his own blue line then made a pass up to Sean Amaral. Sean moved the puck into the Erie end and sent a pass to Landon, who onetimed the puck into the net for his second goal. The game ended in a 2-2 tie. Southpoint’s passing game earned them the two goals but their positional play cost them two. Over the next few weeks the team will focus on that weaker aspect of their game and get more familiar with how their teammates play.
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