The Breakaway Fuels U10 Red Devils travelled to Newmarket
this weekend and came home with the OMHA Championship!!!
Friday morning saw the Devils kick off the OMHA finals
weekend with the first game of the tournament against the Barrie Colts. This one was all Red Devils as they scored 32
seconds in and never looked back on their way to an 8-1 win. After some rest and recharging the boys
squared off against the OMHA west’s number two seed the Hamilton Steel. Once again the young devils started the game
off quick with a goal just 11 seconds in.
They would continue to keep their foot on the gas and came away with a
convincing 6-1 win.
Saturday had the Breakaway Fuels boys playing just a single
game against a tough Guelph Gryphons squad.
This one was back and forth with numerous chances at both ends and the
goalies stole the show. Quinte took this
much tighter match by a 3-1 score and booked their spot on Sunday with the number
one seed in the Semi-finals.
Sunday started early with an 8 am game against their eastern
rivals the Central Ontario Wolves.
Central would get the early jump this time scoring just 27 seconds in
before Quinte would answer 47 seconds later.
The first period would end tied 1-1.
The second period saw the young devils open things up and score three more
to take a 4-2 lead into the third. After
an early goal to increase things to 5-2 the Wolves flipped the script and
scored three straight in eight minutes to tie the score. This one would need overtime to find a winner
and a spot in the finals. After six and
a half nail biting minutes Jackson Simpson made a power move to the net and
buried the winner and sent the Quinte faithful in attendance into a frenzy.
Four hours later the puck dropped on the OMHA final and a rematch
with the Barrie Colts. Much like in the semis,
the Colts jumped off to an early lead in a fast paced game and the Devils would
trail 1-0 after the first. A power play
goal by Kolton Solmes (Kai Mackie) would even the score five minutes into the
second but just forty seconds later the Colts would strike again. It was end to end action throughout the
second period until Reid Haley would find the back of the Colts net late in the
second to tie the game again. This nerve wracking game would come down to the
final fifteen minute frame to decide the U10 AAA champion. The young devils dug deep and found the energy
they needed to score four unanswered goals in the third period and walk away
with the Red Hats and Quinte’s first ever U10 OMHA Championship. Goal scorers in the third were Mackie
(Solmes, Ethan Dowling), Greyson Rennie unassisted, Haley (Mackie) and Jackson
Simpson (Wade Robinson).
The entire coaching staff is extremely proud of the teams
effort and the way the represented Quinte both on and off the ice this weekend
and the entire season. In total this
team of young athletes finished their season with an astonishing 74-6-3
record!