Novice McGee Motors Rep, U8, 2015-2016 (Goderich Minor Hockey)

These past few days saw the McGee Motors Novice Reps play a lot of hockey over a short amount of time. The Sailors were in a Consolation Round Robin with BCH and Hanover where each team had to play a home and home series. On Friday March 4th they hosted the BCH Ice Dogs in their first round robin game.  The first period was scoreless as the two teams battled at each end, with both goalies standing tall in the pipes. In the second the Ice Dogs took a 2-0 lead before Sawyer got the Sailors on the board with his first of the night after taking a breakout pass from Cohen. Simon picked up the ...

The McGee Motors Novice Reps received the short end of the stick at the end of the regular season when they were advised they had to face the mighty Mitchell Meteors in the first round of the playoffs. However the kids held their heads high and put in a valiant effort but came up a little short losing three straight games. The first game played at the Maitland Recreation Centre was a close one with the visiting team scoring a late third period goal for a 4-1 win. The coaching staff reminded the players before the game it did not matter if they won or lost as long as they played their best ...

Over the past three games the McGee Motors Novice Reps have been like Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. Last Sunday the Sailors hosted the Kincardine Kinucks and boy oh boy did they fall flat. Not much to talk about from this game as the hometown Sailors were beat in every facet of the game losing 7-0.  After the game the coaches spoke about the importance of being focused prior to game time and how all the coaches knew they were a much better team then what they showed.

On the weekend of January 2 & 3 the McGee Motors Novice Reps participated in the Hawks Cup in Mitchell and came away as the Consolation Champs. There first game was up against a tough team from South Huron and the Sabres won the game 5-2. The first period and a half were back and forth as the Sabres held onto a 2-1 lead after a goal by Sawyer assisted by Cohen and Connor cut the Sabres lead in half. However the Sabres turned it on, scoring two more before the end of the second to take a 4-1 lead into the final period.

This past weekend saw the McGee Motors Novice Reps travel to Seaforth to face the Stars on the back end of a  home and home exhibition series and then to Listowel to play the Cyclones. In Seaforth the coaching staff saw the team continue their recent winning ways as they passed the puck, drove the net and played well defensively in a decisive 5-0 win. The shorthanded Sailors were helped out by affiliates Cohen and Cole who played very well at both ends of the ice. The Sailors scored two first period goals by Sawyer and Duncan with Kingston getting the lone assist.