Midget — The Sooke midget rep boys played two games in Saanich on the weekend ending up with a draw.
The league game Saturday was closely matched and, thanks to the gymnastic efforts of goaltender Tyler Oleskiew, remained scoreless until late in the second.
Tape-to-tape passing from Nick Pfeifer and Luke Pitrie helped Jared Pleasants strike first for Sooke, but late in the second Saanich managed to tie it up. A tense third period had many chances for both sides, but Saanich squeaked one in with only 50 seconds left making it Sooke 1, Saanich 2.
Sunday’s exhibition game vs. tier 4 Saanich had Nick Dueck busy between the posts for Sooke.
Bradon Senft opened the scoring for Sooke in the first followed closely by a goal from Tom Kirk. In the second, Quinton MacDonell scored with an assist from Senft, but Saanich managed one of their own making it Sooke 3, Saanich 1.
Braden Swaile and Pfeifer scored in the third, with assists on both goals from Ryan Seeburger. Saanich managed one more in the third for a final score of Sooke 6, Saanich 2.
Peewee (girls) — The peewee girls came up on the ice totally confident with their skills against Oceanside on Sunday afternoon.
Oceanside came on the ice with 15 players (four from Bantam), but the girls weren’t intimidated and just went ahead with their game plan.
Early in the first period, Sooke Thunderbirds’ Olivia Carello put in a nice goal after a crisp pass from Alyssa Lloyd right in front of the Oceanside’s wide-open net.
Later on in the same period, a breakaway from Morgan Couture added one more goal on the board. Finally, in the second period, Alyssa Lloyd put in the third and final goal making it a win of 3-0.
The girls put a lot of pressure in the offensive zone and a perfect game from Michele Lacombe contributed to the victory. They also received great support from the two rep players from the atom’s girl’s team Zoe Tremblay and Maggie McKinnon.
So far, the peewee girls has been undefeated in their early league season. Now they are getting ready for a tournament during Christmas break up in Parksville.
Atom C1 — The Dale’s Electric Sooke Thunderbirds Atom C1 team tangled with the JDF Grizzlies on Saturday at SEAPARC and came away with a 9-1 victory.
The Grizzlies got on the board first with a goal two minutes into the first period. Seemingly caught off guard, the Thunderbirds quickly settled down and took control of the game.
The Thunderbirds’ speed and passing game shone with a season high of 60 completed passes being made. Strong penalty killing efficiently shut down a total of 10 minutes with a man short and netted one shorthanded goal.
In this total team effort, Ryder Norman had a great game picking up a goal and an assist. Finley Arthurs soared with three goals and an assist.
