Schedule & Results, Minor Bantam "AA", 2011-2012 (Whitchurch Stouffville Minor Hockey Association)

The Stouffville Minor Bantam AA Clippers were pumped, hosting the Georgina Blaze in York Simcoe action last Friday in Stouffville. The Blaze were coming off a win against Richmond Hill, a tie with Aurora and a close 2-1 loss to Barrie, so the boys were in for a challenge. The Clippers showed a lot of jump from the opening faceoff, thoroughly dominating the first period while outshooting Georgina 8-3. Between Rodgers and Barton, they won 78% of their first period faceoffs, and the constant pressure left the Clippers ahead 2-0 at the end of the first on tallies Von Kaufmann from Dynes and Rodgers from Dunlop. The first goal was a power play marker and really showed how hard they have been working on the specialty teams at practice. A steady string of penalties in the second upset the flow of the Clipper attack and, down to three skaters on the ice, Georgina capitalized to make it 2-1. Barton from Von Kaufmann restored the two goal edge before the second period ended. Georgina came out strong in the third and they earned a quick power play marker to make it 3-2 before tying it up on a four on four. But the Clippers didn't give up, continuing to skate and laying on the body and it paid off on Barton's second goal of the game, unassisted . Then, in a great example of why you would never give up on any play, Strumos stole the puck from the Georgina goaltender and sealed the well deserved 5-3 win with a short handed unassisted marker. Great effort as the Clippers recorded their second highest shot total of the year - 19 compared to Georgina's 25.