Bantam Update

The Bantam team battled hard, after coming off of two losses, 5-1 to Trenton and 6-0 to Cambridge. During the 2nd game against Cambridge, Carolina netted the first goal with 13:21 to go in the first period on a goal by Sam Meaux from Rob Sprankle. 12 seconds later, Braden Taylor playing with a lower body injury, found the twine from Alex Grove.

The Hawks put in 3 unanswered goals to take a 3-2 lead into the period break. Then 1:40 into the 2nd period, Trey Anderson beat the goalie to knot the game at 3-3. He was assisted on the play by Alex Aud and Michael Farmer. The rest of the period was intense. Goalie Grant “Sunshine” Laughrey made several key saves, including enduring a 6 on 5 for the final minute as the Hawk coach went for the win.

The players arrived at the rink Sunday morning from their host families, ready to play their 9am game. The game was hard fought. The Hawks started the scoring early to take a 1-0 lead. They played to a tight 2nd period and the score went into the third period at 1-0 against a faster Hawks team. About midway through the 3rd period, Ryan Steffens blasted a low hard shot from the point that found the back of the net due in part to a great screen by the Lightning forwards. Grant Laughrey had another outstanding game in net.

The team then boarded the buses for a day in Toronto and Niagara Falls.