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U13 Rapids Earn Tourney Title in Niagara
By Staff Writer Emma Farley, who was calm,
cool, and collected in the Rapids
he Seaway Valley U13 AA crease, earned the victory in goal for
TRapids were crowned champions Seaway.
at the Peter Mancuso November AA
In the final, the U13 Rapids
Challenge, which was held Nov. 5-7 received extra support from our
in Niagara Falls, ON. Seaway Valley U14 Rapids team,
Seaway Valley, which went a who cheered them on from the
perfect 5-0 over the weekend, sidelines before their final game.
defeated the Riverside Rangers Seaway opened the tournament
4-2 in the gold-medal game. The with a 3-1 win over the host Niagara
Rapids played stifling defence all
Falls Flyers. Mailhot, Brady Benton,
tournament long, allowing only five and Brock Huskinson had the
goals against. Seaway goals.

“They were a determined bunch
In Game 2, the Rapids downed
and we got stronger and stronger as FRONT: Griffin Fitzpatrick, Emma Farley. SECOND ROW: Ryland Burelle, Chase
the Ajax Knights 5-1. Codyn Sloan, Vachon, Brady Benton, Zachary Wilson, Cooper Rolland, Alexandre Bazinet.
the tournament went on, outworking Leroux, Zachary Wilson, Benton, THIRD ROW: Evan Robertson, Brock Huskinson, James Baillie, Kaiden Leroux,
our opponents and building and Mailhot found the back of the Codyn Sloan, Jonathan Trudeau, Adam Mailhot, Jack McConnell, Rodney
confidence along the way,” said Wilson (Head Coach). BACKW: James Rolland (Trainer), Brad Robertson
net in the victory.
Head Coach Rodney Wilson. “It (Assistant Coach), Richard Mailhot (Trainer). Photo Submitted
was a complete team effort, and I In their final round-robin game,
couldn’t be more proud of each and Seaway defeated Riverside 4-1. Big Ben Ski/Snowboard
every one of our players for their Mailhot, Robertson, Sloan, and
conduct on and off the ice.” Cooper Rolland were the goal
scorers. PRIVATE LESSONS
In the championship game, Evan
Robertson opened the scoring for The Rapids elevated their play
Seaway with a powerplay goal with each game as the competition
at 6:32 of the first. The Rangers got tougher. Seaway skated to a 5-0

leveled the score late in the middle victory over the Whitby Wildcats
frame however, to set up a wild third in the semi-finals. Jack McConnell,

period. with an incredible end-to-end rush,

Mailhot (with two), Alexandre
The Rapids continued to pressure Bazinet, and Wilson scored for the
the Rangers and with 7:13 to play in
Rapids. Griffin Fitzpatrick earned
the third, James Baillie’s shot was the victory in goal with a solid
stopped but Kaiden Leroux pounced shutout performance.
on the rebound and buried the loose
puck in the crease to give the Rapids McConnell, Sloan, Ryland Burelle,
a 2-1 lead. Jonathan Trudeau, and captain Chase
Vachon were outstanding on the
Riverside pushed back late in the blueline for the Rapids throughout
third with an extra attacker, but with
the tournament. Centers Mailhot,
2:01 left in the game, Adam Mailhot Wilson, and Benton were fantastic in
gave Seaway a 3-1 lead with an the faceoff circle all weekend, while

empty-net goal.
the Rapids wingers provided the

The Rangers continued to press team with relentless backchecking.

and cut the deficit to 3-2 with only Seaway was unfortunately
16 seconds remaining on the clock, without Kayden Thompson for the
however Mailhot officially iced the
entire tournament, but the sparkplug
victory with his second empty-net forward has since rejoined his
marker of the contest with only five teammates.
seconds left to play.