Regions, State, Districts, and Finn's Jamboree

Finn's Mite 2 Jamboree Poster

Luke's team wins the second seed out of their Region and advances to State

Sweet Save

Finn the Finisher!  

Luke in net

Finn's Jamoboree

 

Second Place in State!

OMGHA PWAA Team heading to State

Second Place

Another Sweet Save

Cool State Gear

Aiden and his buddy, Mark, were FIRST place in Districts

Aiden's Squirt A White team

#1 in the District Tournament

Luke's Sign heading to State

2020-2021 PWAA Second Place Trophy

I am several weeks behind on posting so this has a back log of information.  We have been through a district tournament for Aiden, a Region tournament for Luke, a jamboree for Finn, and finally the STATE tournament for Luke.  It was a fun filled, busy weekend of hockey and more hockey!

Aiden's Squirt A White team finished their season with a win in OT against the other Squirt A team in our association.  Both teams went through the district tournament and ended up playing each other in the championship.  The game went into overtime and Aiden's team won.  It's never easy playing your friends in regular district games, but playing them in the final district tournament is even harder.  Both teams finished first and second in the district which is quite an accomplishment.  

Next up, Finn's Jamboree!  Last year, Finn missed his jamboree due to COVID so he was more than excited to participate this year.  They have smoke, lights, and an announcer for the kids.  They boys get to skate out of a tunnel and are announced with a nickname.  Finn's nickname was "Finn the Finisher."  He played another Mite 2 team and I think his team won according to Finn, but they don't actually keep score.  Finn was a winner either way and loved having his brothers there to watch!

Luke had two tough weekends of hockey as his team competed to advance out of the Regional tournament to punch their ticket to State.  The team managed to defeat two top five teams to advance to State.  Last week was busy as we were planning for State with a pasta supper, new jerseys, yard signs, and some fun gear.  The boys had a blast.  I know both John and I would agree that if you asked us at the beginning of the season if this team would make it to State, we would have said no way...but they worked hard and pulled together as a team making a pretty miraculous run for the State title.  We came up short in the championship game when things didn't quite go our way, but a second place finish is certainly impressive.  This was definitely a season we will never forget!  

Wrapping up the Season 0f 2020-2021

Liam's English project

Finn in his hockey gear

 

Finn got to play goalie and his team was very happy with his performance!

Friends and Super Fans

Liam's Team

Luke's Team after winning their District Tournament

Liam's fans after the big game!

Liam's team knocked off the #1 seed and advanced to final game

District 3 PWAA Champs 2020-2021

Finn in the pads

It is that time of year for us when we wrap up our regular season association hockey and move into spring sports.  We are a bit delayed this year after having a pause in hockey during part of November and all of December so our winter hockey season is running into the spring sports season and there is lots of overlap.  Nevertheless, we are enjoying the last few games with our teams and continue to make the most of a very different season.  

Luke and Liam's teams both had their district tournaments over the weekend.  Luke's team won their tournament without much of a fight and will move on to the Region tournament this weekend. If they make it through Regions, they will advance to State.

Liam's team wasn't quite as fortunate, unfortunately.  After losing their first district tournament game by a score of 2-1 in the last few seconds of the game, they had to work their way back up the bracket in order to have a chance at advancing to Regions.  They shockingly managed to knock off the #2 seed in TRIPLE OT and the #1 seed in regulation time.  They made it to the championship game of their bracket and lost in double OT on a fluke shot that somehow managed to make it in the back of the net.  It was a heartbreaking loss for them after working so hard to make it to that point.  Liam's season is over and he will be moving to spring/summer hockey and lacrosse.  

One of the best part of the tournament for Liam was having several of his friends at his games to cheer on his team.  We haven't had many fans in the stands this year and while it's been fun to play hockey, it has made it feel quite different.  The cheering and excitement was so fun to see!

Aiden is looking forward to his district tournament this weekend.  Aiden's Squirt A White team and the other Squirt A team in our association are tied in the brackets and will likely play in the tournament at some point so it will be fun to watch.   Finn has his Mite jamboree this weekend.  Finn "the Finisher" is very excited to play in his jamboree after it was cancelled last year due to COVID.