Squirt Division In the winner’s bracket game, the Papaya’s Pythons nipped the Cold Stone Creamery Icebreakers 4-3 on a goal in the last minute by Trevor McCracken off an assist by Cascade Mayer. McCracken scored 2 goals and an assist
Squirt Division
In the winner’s bracket game, the Papaya’s Pythons nipped the Cold Stone Creamery Icebreakers 4-3 on a goal in the last minute by Trevor McCracken off an assist by Cascade Mayer. McCracken scored 2 goals and an assist and Mayer contributed 1 goal and 2 assists. Austin Taylor scored two goals for the Icebreakers.
In the elimination game, the Icebreakers beat the North Shore Custom Floors Flyers 5-0 behind Jean-Luc Tremblay’s 3 goals and 1 assist. Kiana Tremblay notched a rare shutout in goal for the Icebreakers. In the semifinal game the Icebreakers came storming out of the gate to trounce the Pythons 9-4 and force a playoff involving the same two teams.
The game featured 6 goals by Jean-Luc Tremblay for the Icebreakers, while Trevor McCracken scored 2 goals and 1 assist for the Pythons. The Pythons turned the tables on the Icebreakers in the finals 8-1 and took the Squirt Championship behind Trevor McCracken’s 3 goals and 2 assists.
The Pythons played outstanding defense to support goalie Grant Basquez and allow only one goal in the last minute by high-scoring Jean-Luc Tremblay.
Bantam Division
After losing their first three games early in the season, the Hesse Flooring Menehunes came storming back to win the Bantam Division Championship.
In the winner’s bracket game, the Menehunes defeated the Bounce House Sharks 13-5 featuring 5 goals and 1 assist by Zeb Leech-Kritchman. The Cold Stone Creamery Glaciers nipped the Sharks 3-2 in the elimination game in overtime on a goal by Brandon Taylor off an assist by Amanda Mayer.
Amanda Mayer and sister Sierra combined for 2 goals and 2 assists, while Kirsten McCracken scored 1 goal and 1 assist for the Sharks. In the finals, the Menehunes proved to be too strong, winning 12-3 behind 2 goals and 4 assists by Maegan Pablo while Trevor De-Cleene contributed 4 goals.
Midget Division
In a pair of exciting, close games the Southpaw Board Bangers barely got by the Allstate Insurance Rangers to win the Midget Championship. In the winner’s bracket game, Chase Bohn scored the winning goal in overtime to lift his team to a 5-4 win after the Rangers overcame a 4-0 deficit to tie in regulation.
Bohn also scored an earlier goal and an assist, while Ty Akama again led the Rangers with 2 goals and 2 assists. In the elimination game, the Rangers defeated the Bruins 8-2 behind Akama’s 5 goals and 1 assist. The hardluck Bruins endured the whole season without their full squad due to injury and other commitments.
In the finals the Board Bangers outlasted the Rangers in a shoot-out as the teams were tied 3-3 after regulation and a 5-minute sudden death overtime.
Spectators commented that this seesaw game was probably the top game of the season in terms of fast paced action and outrageous saves by goalies Alohi Costa for the Rangers and Wren Perdue for the Board Bangers.
In the four-person shootout, Chase Bohn, Garren Venzon, and Shane Shimanuki scored for the Board Bangers, while Evan Gerber and Ty Akama scored for the Rangers.
The league will be forming teams to participate in the USA Hockey Inline Regional Championships to be held June 10-12 in Mililani, O‘ahu.
