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 second assist on the goal.

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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 each and every shift. Read More

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. Read More

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. Read More

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.

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On the 28th of November the McGee Motors Novice Reps hosted the Listowel Cyclones and came up with an incredible game from all perspectives.  The Sailors sent the Cyclones packing with a 9-1 win.

In the first after the Sailors applied a couple of minutes of constant pressure the Cyclones picked up a loose puck and opened the scoring for a 1-0 lead.  The Sailors did not let that goal slow them down as they scored three first period goals of their own as the defence pinched at every opportunity and the forwards worked the puck down low to the front of the net. Goals went to Sawyer, Dean and Cody, with assists to Sawyer, Dylan, Duncan, Simon and Kingston. Read More

On the 22nd day of November the Sailors traveled to Mt. Forest to face the Rams and came out with an all around team effort winning the game 8-0.

During a couple of practices the coaching staff expressed the importance of positioning and moving the puck, and it was evident that the team took this to heart and incorporated this into their game as they held the Rams to only five shots and pressured them in their own end at every stage of the game.

The Sailors scored three first period goals with some excellent puck movement and players driving the net. Goals went to Sawyer with one and Duncan with two, and assists to Dean with two and Kingston and Cohen with singles.

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On the 14th and 15th of November the McGee Motors Novice Reps traveled to Port Elgin to face the Saugeen Shores Storm and then to Kincardine to face the Flyers.

Everyone knew these two games were going to be tough and the team had to play well. In Port Elgin on Saturday the team was short handed with a couple of key injuries and it was evident as the Storm scored early and often winning the game 9-4.

Kingston scored a goal late in the opening period with Sawyer and Duncan drawing the assists that cut the Storm lead 3-1 entering the middle period. Read More