Blues Win Barrow Tournament
The Blues hosted the 15th annual Barrow Varsity Hockey Tournament this past weekend. The lineup of teams proved to provide a competitive tournament and it certainly didn't disappoint. Last year's Blues were not able to bring home the championship, so it was important to this year's team to return the Barrow Trophy to its home.
The Blues started the tournament against Le Sommet and had what Coach Beaudoin and many of the spectators would have described as their best start and ultimately their best game to date. They got up early and never looked back burying Le Sommet 6-0. Their next game pitted them against Collège de Lévis. This game proved to be far more of a challenge as the Blues cames scoring early but then giving up two goals to fall behind for the first time in the tournament. The Blues challenged but were not able to tie it with. With less than a minute left Lévis sealed the deal with an empty netter to take the game 3-1. Now in a do or die game at 5:30 pm, the Blues faced Cleveland HS and once again did not come out with their A game. The Blues fell behind 3-0 and all looked lost as the Blues looked to be heading to a friendly competition on Sunday. The Blues, however, had other ideas and fought hard to get themselves back in the game, scoring two in the second, one by Marc- Antoine Goulet and the second by captain PJ Bujouves. With just seven minutes left in the third, the Blues were able to tie it up on a goal by Artem Meshcherin with assists going to William Lee and Jack Tucker. Overtime solved nothing as the teams went into a shootout and once again Joe Howe shut the door allowing the Blues a shoot out win.
This left the Blues in second in their division and pitted them against an undefeated Ulysse - a familiar opponent who they had both beaten and been beaten by earlier in the season. The semifinal did not disappoint with the Blues taking a 2-0 lead and the team from Montreal surging back to tie it up with just eight seconds left in the second. The tying goal especially disappointing as the Blues actually won the draw in their own end but were them outmuscled in front of the net. The third started with all of the momentum going against the Blues, but in true UCC fashion, the Blues responded with a blast from the point by Tucker MacIntosh to take a 3-2 lead. Ulysse was not done as they pushed hard to tie it up and with two minutes left pulled their goalie for the extra attacker. It was fitting that at the 1:39 mark William Monzione fired a puck from the UCC end and found the back of the net to seal the game for UCC and complete his hat-trick - an outstanding performance by the speedy 5'9" forward.
The final was anticlimactic as Academy A21 somehow managed to knock out Collège de Lévis in the semis on the other side of the draw. Pumped for a challenging final, the Blues completely outmatched A21 and captured the tournament title with a 7-1 victory.
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The Blues started the tournament against Le Sommet and had what Coach Beaudoin and many of the spectators would have described as their best start and ultimately their best game to date. They got up early and never looked back burying Le Sommet 6-0. Their next game pitted them against Collège de Lévis. This game proved to be far more of a challenge as the Blues cames scoring early but then giving up two goals to fall behind for the first time in the tournament. The Blues challenged but were not able to tie it with. With less than a minute left Lévis sealed the deal with an empty netter to take the game 3-1. Now in a do or die game at 5:30 pm, the Blues faced Cleveland HS and once again did not come out with their A game. The Blues fell behind 3-0 and all looked lost as the Blues looked to be heading to a friendly competition on Sunday. The Blues, however, had other ideas and fought hard to get themselves back in the game, scoring two in the second, one by Marc- Antoine Goulet and the second by captain PJ Bujouves. With just seven minutes left in the third, the Blues were able to tie it up on a goal by Artem Meshcherin with assists going to William Lee and Jack Tucker. Overtime solved nothing as the teams went into a shootout and once again Joe Howe shut the door allowing the Blues a shoot out win.
This left the Blues in second in their division and pitted them against an undefeated Ulysse - a familiar opponent who they had both beaten and been beaten by earlier in the season. The semifinal did not disappoint with the Blues taking a 2-0 lead and the team from Montreal surging back to tie it up with just eight seconds left in the second. The tying goal especially disappointing as the Blues actually won the draw in their own end but were them outmuscled in front of the net. The third started with all of the momentum going against the Blues, but in true UCC fashion, the Blues responded with a blast from the point by Tucker MacIntosh to take a 3-2 lead. Ulysse was not done as they pushed hard to tie it up and with two minutes left pulled their goalie for the extra attacker. It was fitting that at the 1:39 mark William Monzione fired a puck from the UCC end and found the back of the net to seal the game for UCC and complete his hat-trick - an outstanding performance by the speedy 5'9" forward.
The final was anticlimactic as Academy A21 somehow managed to knock out Collège de Lévis in the semis on the other side of the draw. Pumped for a challenging final, the Blues completely outmatched A21 and captured the tournament title with a 7-1 victory.
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