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"It showed that we can play with these top and Busters, and several players hiked the assisted by Farrell Dinn. But South Shore
teams. Other Little Caps teams coming up Grand Canyon together on their final day in pulled away with three goals in the third to
are going to see that. The U15 team is Arizona. win 1-4.
paving the way for the whole organization.
The 14U Little Caps also had a strong ?In the third game, the team really came
This is the team that set the bar ? to get to
tournament. They opened against the No. 7 together and played as a
Nationals, and compete with the best team
ranked Westchester Express. Goaltender unit,? Jablonic said. ?That group can come
in their bracket, is a huge accomplishment.
Lincoln Crosby stopped 17 of 21 shots, but back next year, learn from that experience,
They came up a little bit short, but at the
the team fell behind 0-2 in the first, 0-3 in and take it to the next level.?
same they put in a performance that was so
the second, and lost 0-4.
respectable and played the right way. I?m Jablonic says both teams? performance at
proud of the kids for that.? In their second game they faced the No. 2 Nationals experience exceeded
team in the country, Little Caesar?s, with expectations. ?Having two teams there,
The U15s were determined not to leave
much the same result ? 0-2 in the first, 0-3 having that experience, showing that they
Arizona without a win under their belts.
in the second and 0-4 (on an empty net can play with the best teams in the country,
And on Saturday, they had their final
they?re coming back
chance against the No.
with newfound
13 seed Neponset
confidence,? he said.
River Rats.
?I think that?s
Max Thiessen opened
invaluable for our
the scoring on a
program. These kids
give-and-go goal,
can come back and say
assisted by Michael
?We?re Southeastern
Kramer. Varga scored
District champions, we
next (assisted by Mac
earned our way to USA
Robertson) and
Hockey Nationals, and
Reid Liebold scored in
we competed with the
the final seconds on
best teams.? Hockey is
the first period to put
a game of confidence,
the Caps ahead 3-0.
and they can build on
But the River Rats that.?
stormed back in the
?Now we?ve got the
second, scoring two
bug of being there,
goals quick to nearly
we?re not satisfied
even the game. They
necessarily with just
nearly tied it on a
being
power play, but
there,? Jablonic says.
defenseman Matthew
?We want to make it
Perryman intercepted
back next season, and
the pick and scored a
make it to that next
shorthanded goal
round -- and beyond.
(assisted by Varga) to
That?s the goal. It?s a
put the Little Caps
great motivational tool
ahead 4-2 after two.
for our coaches. They
The River Rats scored have a carrot to put in
at the start of the third 15U forward Mark Sangster celebrates a goal at USA Hockey Nationals front of these kids and
to put it within one goal) in the third. Goalie Aidan Rudolf say ?you got a taste of
again. Mark Sangster scored to make it 5-3, stopped 22 of 26 shots on goal to keep the it. Now how bad do you want it???
but the two-goal lead didn?t last long, as the team in the game. ?For this group of kids, 14s and 15s, it?s a
River Rats scored 17 seconds later to make
?We were able to compete with that lifetime memory. Wherever their hockey
it a one goal game again.
team,? Jablonic says. ?They out played us, careers and lives take them, they?re going to
The Caps held off the final barrage, but 0-4 against the second ranked team in look back and say ?Remember when we got
winning it 5-4 on Sangster?s game winning the country, where it was 0-2 after two, we to go to Scottsdale and play the best teams
goal. can live with that.? in the country?? And for next year, we can
build on that experience and make even
In addition to playing great, competitive On day three, the Little Caps faced No. 17 better memories.?
hockey against the top teams in the country, ranked South Shore Kings. They hung in it
the 15Us had amazing team experiences off for the first two periods, ending the second ?We?re really, really proud of our kids and
the ice. The team went go-kart racing at period tied 1-1 on a goal by Tyler Mercier, how they represented our program,? he
Octane Raceway, had a team dinner at Dave said.
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