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Seaway Valley Major AA Rapids Are Jay Peak
Champions!
By Carrie Seguin results throughout the tournament
were so close, allowing more than
he Seaway Valley Major Atom 4 goals against versus RSL would
TAA Rapids travelled to Vermont result in the Rapids being eliminated
over the weekend of October 20-22, from the tournament despite their
2017 to compete in the AAA Green winning record.
Mountain Avalanche Tournament. The game quickly took on a back-
After four round-robin games, and-forth tone with both teams
the SVR squad advanced to the scoring a goal each before the mid-
championship game and claimed the way point in the first period; however,
gold medal. it wasn’t long after that SVR took the
Tournament play began early on lead. The game ended with a 9-2
Friday morning with an 8:00 am score for the Rapids.
match-up against the Northstars. In the championship round, the
It was a very lopsided win, with Rapids faced-off against MRO, a
the Seaway team winning 12-1. team from the Montreal area. MRO’s The SVR Major Atom AA team allowed only 5 goals against and scored
On Saturday morning, the Rapids goalie was strong, stopping many of 45 goals while competing in the Jay Peak tournament.
skated away with a 10-1 win against the SVR’s offence. Despite their Back Row (L-R): Scott “Butter” Thompson (asst. coach), Nico Addy,
Dynamo, and then they beat the 95 goaltending and offensive attempts, Matteo Dixon, Pascal Paquette (asst. coach) , Parker Thompson, Larry
Giants 10-0 that same evening. the Seaway Valley team beat MRO Thompson (trainer), Tristan Delisle, Miguel Delisle (coach), Noah
Lafleur
Sunday morning game play saw 4-1, claiming the gold medal as their Middle Row (L-R): Warren Lalonde, Alex Delormier, Dean Fawthrop,
the SVR team facing the RSL Kings, own. Hunter Thompson (behind), Chancey Novosad, Bennett Harty, Maxim
a team from the Rapids league. The Green Mountain Avalanche Dube, Ayden Baumann, Logan Villeneuve Photo Submitted
Front Row (L-R): Eli Seguin, Tristan Paquette
A recent regular season game Tournament was the second of four
between the two teams resulted in tournaments scheduled for the Seaway they won the B Finals Championship. of December and then in the Taylor
gritty, hard-fought 2-2 draw, and so team this season. In September, the The Rapids will compete in the Hall Cup Classic hosted in Kingston
anticipation for this match-up was team traveled to Peterborough where Hamilton Junior Bulldogs Backspin during the month of January.
high. Additionally, because division Classic tournament at the beginning
