Tri-County Youth Hockey’s Squirt B team took home the championship trophy for winning their division in the Empire Amateur Hockey Conference held at the Greater Canandaigua Civic Center Ice Arena on Saturday, February 25.
The team held a solid third place in the division at the end of the season. With a win in the first round of playoffs, the team advanced to the semi-finals against Webster. At the end of the first period, TCYH had scored two goals, one by Matt Rogers and the other by Garrett Horn. Tri-County was able to hold off Webster from scoring until the third period, where Webster put two in the net. At the end of regulation, the game was tied 2-2.
The semi-final game continued with a five player shoot-out. Bryce Gaylor kept the team in the game with a goal, but the score remained tied after the shoot-out. The game moved into a sudden death shoot-out with Shane Mesler scoring the first goal for TCYH. When Christopher Ray, the team’s full time goalie, blocked the next goal attempt by Webster, his teammates erupted from the bench to congratulate him on the ice.
Coming to the final game, the TCYH Squirt team faced Monroe County Youth Hockey, a team they had tied earlier in the season. Defensemen Noah Hudson, Jack Sheflin, Mackenzie Wood and Garrett Horn were able to keep the play in the offensive end which helped to score a goal each period. Shane Mesler scored in the first period, Alana Ipen Van Zeilen put the second puck in the net, while Bryce Gaylor clinched the win with the third goal. Selki Wilson, Elise Grinnell, Stephen Porter and Noah Ryan were key in keeping the play in the offensive zone and helped to dominate the game.
The final score was 3-1 and the Tri-County Squirt B team became the 2016-2017 EAHC Squirt B Champions.
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