The Atom AE Avalanche faced a familiar foe on Saturday
afternoon when the Stoney Creek Warriors came to town. Of
Ancaster’s last 11 games, 5 had been versus Stoney Creek. This match up would
be the second in the Tri-County Qualifier Round.
Ancaster found a motivated, hard working Warrior team waiting for them early. The Avalanche was tentative on the forecheck early, either caused by nerves or the unusual start time. The lack of aggressiveness resulted in a scoreless first period.
A reminder after period 1 put the Ancaster forecheck back in synch. Andrew put Ancaster on the board with a nice power play goal from Sean. Before period 2 was over, the Av’s had a healthy 4-0 lead on goals by Sean, Joe, Nate as well as the Andrew goal. Joe’s game with .1 left in the period, creating some much needed positive Karma for Ancaster.
Ancaster kept the pedal to the metal in period 3; Nate took charge of the offense chipping in 2 more goals for his first hat trick. Nate came into the game with 1 goal, what a breakout! Also scoring were Marcus and Mark, both with their 20th of the season! Aiden on the powerplay rounded out the scoring and the Avalanche had an offensive breakout, a 9-1 victory and a 2-0 Tri-County record.
Ancaster hopes to build off the win, when Milton comes to town on Sunday.
Hard Hat – Joey Sf.