Joneljim Cougars

Breton Sport & Trophy Cougars take Silver Medal at Esso

   
 Cougars took part in Esso Atlantic Major Bantam Tournament on the weekend going 4-0 in round robin tournament.   

Fredericton Canadians - 4
Cougars - 7
The goal scorers were Derek Gentile and Logan O'Neil with 2 each, Mitchell Balmas, Daniel Reid, and Dylan Morley.  Game MVP was Balmas.

Sherwood Falcons -3
Cougars - 11
Goal scorers were Branden Dauphinee with 3, Reid, Gentile and Balmas with 2 each, O'Neil and Morley.  Game MVP was Gentile

Scotsburn Crushers - 1
Cougars - 5
Goal scores were Balmas with 2, Gentile, Reid, and O'Neil.  Game MVP was Morley

Bubba Rays Gulls - 0
Cougars - 3
Goal scorers were Gentile with 2 and Balmas.  Game MVP was Reid

Cougars finished first in round robin and took on the Bubba Rays Gulls in the first quarter final game.  The Gulls would open the scoring on a shot by Jacob Hickey.  However Mitchell Balmas would answer back shorthanded less then a minute later to tie the game at 1.  Dylan Morley added another shorthanded goal to give the Cougars a 2 goal lead after 2 periods.  Balmas and Dauphinee scored early in the 3rd for a 3 goal lead.  Despite a last goal by Connor Kirby, Game MVP Levi Denny shut the door for the remainder of the game for a hard fought 4-2 win.

In the semi-final game, A hard charging Newbridge Senators team came out flying vs the Cougars, yet failed to get one past Liam MacDonald.  Evan Fitzpatrick was solid in the Sens net and the game was knotted at 0's after 2 periods.  Reid scored the eventual game winner early the third, followed up by a goal from Dauphinee and Reid's second of the period into an empty net, for a 3-0 win.  Goalie Liam MacDonald was game mvp.

Playing their 7th game in 4 days, the Cougars gave their all vs an always tough Western Hurricanes.Hurricanes jumped out to a lead on goals by Keith Getson, Chris Goreham, and Logan Walters to spot them a 3 goal lead heading into the 3rd.  A resilient Cougars club scratched back and goals by Dylan Pimentel and Balmas to make the score 3-2.  But with goalie Levi Denny on the bench for an extra attacker, Walters scored his second into an empty net for a 4-2 Hurricanes win.

Brandon Farrell was game MVP in the championship game