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        A Perfect Tournament for Bantam B Rebels



        By Carrie Jodoin                      the game was 14-0.
            he CharLan Bantam B Rebels          On Sunday, the  Rebels  headed
        Ttravelled  to Brockville  over       into the semi-finals against the Long
                                              Sault Selects, a team they see during
        Remembrance  Day weekend to
        play in the Braves Minor Hockey       regular season action.  Just nights
                                              before the tournament, the Rebels and
        tournament.    The  team  was quite
        successful;  having played  what  can   Selects had faced off, with the Rebels
        only be described as the perfect      coming out on top, 6-2.  The semi-
                                              final match-up started fairly even, but
        tournament.
                                              the Rebels got onto the scoreboard
          Tournament  play  started with      first with a goal at the end of the first
        the  Rebels  matched  up against  the   period.  Period two remained a back-
        Cumberland Dukes.  Play was quite     and-forth game, with neither  team
        even  at  the  beginning,  with  the   finding the net.  Midway through the
        CharLan team leading only by one at   final  period,  the  Rebels  increased
        the end of the first period.  By the end   their  lead by one more.  The game
        of the game, however, the Rebels had   ended with a 2-0 score.
        scored three more, while the Dukes
                                                The semi-final win guaranteed the
        had failed to find the net.  The final
        score was 4-0.                        Rebels a spot in the championship     Back  Row (L-R):  Pat Spence, Miguel  Dupuis,  Edward Chauvette
                                              round against the Brockville Braves.     (behind), Nolan Levac, Liam Spence, Joab Seguin, Danny Flaro, Blake
          Day 2 of the tournament saw the     The game could not have been more     Hambleton (behind),  Melissa Dupuis,  Dan Roy.  Middle  Row (L-R):
        Rebels playing in the early morning   exciting with both teams pressuring   Cameron Roy, Drew Hambleton, Cameron Richer, Josh Leduc.  Front:
        against Renfrew.  CharLan took        the net and both goalies holding      Kaden MacCrimmon                                         Photo Submitted
        control of the game quickly, scoring   their ground, making numerous        rebound  shot  from  his  teammate,  were granted  to one player who
        two goals within the first 2 minutes   tremendous saves.   At the end of    Danny Flaro.   The Rebels won the  demonstrated  effort and success
        of the first period.  From there, the   regulation  play, the game remained   game 1-0.                           during each tournament game.
        Rebels did not look back, skating     scoreless.                              A championship cup, 29 goals for,  Cameron  Roy, Joab Seguin,  Nolan
        away with an 8-0 win.
                                                It took 15 minutes of overtime (3   and zero goals allowed in 5 games– a  Levac, Kaden MacCrimmon, and
          Game 3 against the Leitrim          periods) to decide on a winner.  The   perfect tournament!                  Danny Flaro received POG honours
        Hawks unfolded in a similar way –     teams’ goalies were stellar, robbing    Player of the Game awards  over the weekend.
        the  CharLan  team  scored  their  first   both the  Braves and the  Rebels  of
        goal within the first minute of play,   strong scoring chances.  Finally,

        and they continued challenging the    with 3 seconds remaining  in the            Ha   N   Y a
        Hawk’s defence  throughout  the       sixth period, Rebels forward Edward
        entire match-up.  The final score of   Chauvette drove the puck in off a



        Continued from page 34                skills on a replica Zamboni.
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