February 7, 2001

Valley East Major Pee Wees Win Gold At Local Tournament

Hockey.jpg (45964 bytes)The Valley East Rebels Major Pee Wees went undefeated in five games to capture the gold medal at the Annual Novice Atom Pee Wee hockey tournament hosted by the Valley East Progressive Hockey Association recently.

Shown in the photo are some of the members of the winning team:

Standing, from the left: Robert Chaput, Captain Lucas McAlpine and  Joel Villeneuve. Goaltenders, from the left are Andre Rouselle and Julien Paquette. The club’s defensive play was most impressive, allowing just two goals in five games with three shutouts.

During the round robin play, Valley East started off with a 1 to 1 tie against South Porcupine then defeated Humberview 6 to 0 and Walden 4 to 0. In the semi-finals Valley East edged out New Liskeard 2 to 1 while South Porcupine got by Sudbury’s Vitto Brand 3 to 2, setting up the final with the two undefeated clubs. However, Valley East was prepared for the battle and came out flying, completing dominating South Porcupine and ending up on top of a 5 to 0 score.

Other members of the winning team include: Serge Belanger, Martin Bizier, Alex Boudreau, David D’Antonio, Robert Deschamps, Chad Dubreuil, Tyler Houle, Matthew Landry, James Paris, Eric Demers and Steven King. The coaching staff includes: Ed Paquette (Head Coach); Rod Lapointe (Assistant Coach); Marc Dubreuil (Manager); and trainers, John Scott and Daryn Degroseilliers.

In the Novice Division, Valley East ended up in 2nd place out of the six teams in the round-robin by losing to Copper Cliff (3-2) and then downing Caledon (4-1) and Timmins (5-0). They met up again with Caledon in the semi-finals and were not as successful, losing out to the visiting club by a 4 to 1 count. West Ferris ended up winning the championship with a closely fought 1 to 0 victory over Caledon in the final match.

The Minor Atom went undefeated in the round-robin section of their division, tying Sudbury (4-4) and Espanola (2-2) before edging out Blind River (3-1). However, they met up with the Copper Cliff in the semi-finals and were eliminated as a result of a 3-0 score. Copper Cliff went on to down Espanola in the finals again by a 3-0 margin. For Copper Cliff it marked a perfect tournament with five wins and only one goal scored against.

The Valley East Major Atoms played well, but couldn’t make it past the round-robin. They won their first game against Walden (5-4), but then lost close games to Sault Ste. Marie (3-1) and Nickel Centre (2-1) to finish up in 3rd place in their division and out of the playoffs.  North Bay ended up defeating Rayside Balfour in the championship game by a score of 2 to 1 to take home the gold.

In the Minor Pee Wee Division, the Rebels downed Sudbury Puck Master (2-1) and tied Whitby (0-0) before losing to Timmins (2-0). They met up with a hot team from Thunder Bay and were eliminated in the semi-finals by a score of 7 to 0. Timmins eventually went on to down Timmins 3 to 1 in the finals for the championship. Timmins outscored its opposition 24 to 4 during the five games it played.

A total of 38 teams took part in the annual tournament.
 
 

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