It was a great season for the U15 Haliburton TimberMart Rep team.
We started strong, leading the division, and playing well as a team. Showing great chemistry, we endured a number of injuries, being down some strong players.
We went into the Wasaga Beach Silver Stick regional tournament with high hopes, and won to secure a spot at the International Silver Stick in Forest, Ontario.
The boys made it to the semi-finals, losing a close game to end our run there.
Up next was the Millbrook Winter Classic tournament. Another strong weekend of play from the boys found them in the finals against the host Millbrook Stars. It was an extremely close game but we came up just short, losing 1-0 to end the tourney.
We finished second in the division heading into the preliminary round of the playoffs against the Kawartha Coyotes.
We went to Kawartha’s rink for game one, coming back from being down most of the game to win 5-4. For game two, back in our rink, we were positioned well to finish off the series, however Kawartha came into town on a mission and battled hard to win 6-4.
A hard-fought, rough, game three on the road saw the boys fall 3-1 with the game finishing on an empty net goal to secure the win for Kawartha.
Great job to all the boys this year, and best of luck to the second-year players that will be moving on to U18 next season.
Also, a big thanks to the coaching staff and parents for putting together a great year of hockey
