Bantam Cycs earn another Win & Tie, News, Bantam Rep, U15, 2012-2013 (Listowel Minor Hockey Association)

This past week the Cycs got to face-off against two of the leagues better teams in BCH & Mt Forest, and the bantams managed a 2-2 tie and 3-1 win respectively.

Tuesday night the young Cycs headed to Clinton to face the BCH Icedogs. The Listowel lads would get on the board 1^st as Cole McKee backhand found the back of the net (Reece Johnson & Austin McGrath assisting).  BCH would tie the game at 1’s shortly after then take the lead early in the second. About mid-way through the frame Johnson would convert the McGrath pass which would again tie the game at 2’s (McKee drew the 2^nd assist). The 3^rd period was a see-saw affair with neither team being able to score. Braeden Ellis was rock solid in the Cycs net which helped to preserve the 2-2 tie. Special thanks to the 3 AP’s (McGrath, Reid Gooding & Cooper Miller) who helped out this game and filled in admirably.

Sunday night the Cycs traveled to Mt Forest to face another good team from Mt Forest. The hometown Rams came out strong controlling the play early but again it would be the Cycs that score 1^st on the power-play as Johnson banged home the rebound (Ben Rothwell & Bryce Fletcher assisting). Undaunted the Rams continued to pressure the Cycs who didn’t seem mentally into the game, thus giving up the tying goal late in the 1^st. The 2^nd period saw a more balance game as the Cycs started to get their legs and were rewarded as Lucas Jamieson was sprung on a break-away by Bailey Matheson and he made no mistake putting the local lads up 2-1. In the 3^rd the Cycs seemed to step up their positional play and effort which again showed up on the scoreboard when Fletcher’s blast eluded the tender (Johnson & McKee assisting). This would be all the scoring needed as Jacob Nethercott shut the door in the Cycs net turning away any scoring chances the Ram’s mustered.