This weekend the search for gold was on in St. Thomas and when it was over the precious metal would be awarded to the  Ancaster Avalanche.  Over the course of 5 games, the Avs dominated the competition winning 4 games (including a 5-0 victory in the final) and netting  23 goals from 12 different goal scorers.

The highlights too numerous to mention, but here are the Top 10 Moments (in no particular order):

Goaltenders Matt Kong and Quentin DiBenedetto registering 2 shutouts a piece for a total of 4 on the tournament ; Andrew DeGroots’ 2 game-winning goals, the 2^nd coming from a nifty deflection off a low hard slapshot perfectly  placed from Mark Ferguson ; Jacques Gross with a great individual effort to work himself into the slot and blast a shot past a stunned Hespler netminder; Cameron Pavao and Marc Earls with back to back goals on dekes just seconds apart; Aiden McKague breaking up a great scoring chance and then sending the puck into the opponents zone which resulted a terrific three-way passing play from Hugh Workman to Mitchell Barlow to Akshay Yusuf who popped in an important goal against Centre Wellington; Cameron Lavell’s 3 point performance in the championship game, capped off with a goal in the final frame; having never played the position, our swing man Dylan Dobbs stepping up large on wing and playing it perfectly all weekend; numerous thunderous checks from our bodychecking expert Connor Lalonde;  Michael Arth scoring in 3 of the Av victories including the opening  goal against the Shamrocks; Liam Coffen showing tremendous speed and accuracy with a beauty goal against Hespler; AND the Bonus Moment – celebrating on the ice as the Major Pee Wee AE Ancaster Avalanche are crowned CHAMPIONS.

The Avs would like to thank our sponsors, especially main sponsor Hair By Nature of Ancaster, for all their tremendous support.

The Avs would like to dedicate the weekend to Joann Marie O'Halloran . A woman who’s courage and strength is second to none, she embodies the Avs creed:  What stops an Avalanche…NOTHING!!

Written by Mike Earls