The houseleague hockey season is quickly drawing to a close, but that hasn't lessened the intensity when well-matched rivals go head to head.
That competitiveness was on full display last weekend as the SMHA (Sudbury Minor Hockey Association) hosted the annual Wayne and Lucie Eadie Spirit of Hockey Houseleague Tournament, attracting teams from across the province and into Quebec.
In fact, the L'Ami Rouyn-Noranda Honda midgets returned for a second year, advancing through to the "A" final and battling the SMHA Knights for a second time on the weekend.
In the end, the Knights duplicated their Friday night victory, edging the Quebec squad by a 3-2 count for a second straight time as Trevor Romanyszyn paced the attack with a two-goal effort.
The second midget final was equally as close as the Copper Cliff Eagles edged the SMHA Wolverines 2-1 in the Division "B" title game. Chris Charbonneau and Dan Valade hit the mark for the winners, with Matthew Principi replying with the only goal in a losing cause.
The opposite end of the spectrum also produced ultra-competitive championship encounters as the Nickel Centre Sting captured the Atom "A" crown with a 3-2 win over Sudbury Lowes Dragons.
Jordan Faught, Owen Pawluk and Devon Savignac scored for the winners, with Aidan McCauley and Nicolas Narozanski countering in a losing cause.
Nick Fogarty scored twice as Valley East Brankor Trophies doubled the Rayside-Balfour Tiger Cats 4-2, laying claim to the Atom "B" banner.
Justin Basso was a one-man wrecking crew in the Peewee final, rifling four goals as the Sudbury Monsters nipped the Sudbury Jets 4-3.
The SMHA Just Lubes Oilers proved to be the class of the Bantam division, blanking the Sudbury Ice Dogs 4-0 with all the marbles on the line.
Jakob Mancini showed the way for the Oilers with a hat-trick, Jack Wareham chipped in with a solo marker and Dylan Dokis stood tall, between the pipes, at the opposite end of the rink.
Finally, in the Minor Midget championship affair, the SMHA Global Phantoms stopped the SMHA Ethier Crushers 5-3. K. Lebreton (3), T. Smith and M. Henry found the back of the net for the Phantoms, while Gavin Lefebvre, Cameron Quenville and Fred Rochon countered with one goal apiece for the Crushers.
Following is a listing of some game scores and goal scorers from the tournament:
Atom "A" DivisionSudbury Lowes Dragons 1 (Cole Lalonde)
Barrie Gold 1 (Evan Lidow)
Nickel Centre Sting 3 (Jordan Faught-2, Devon Savignac)
Cumberland Dukes 1 (Evan Scazighino)
Sudbury Lowes Dragons 5 (Brett Lafortune, Nolan Marion, Aidan McCauley, Cole Lalonde, Chase Bonhomme)
Cumberland Dukes 2 (Zachary Bryant, Nathan Danis)
Nickel Centre Sting 6 (Devon Savignac-3, Michael Payette, Hunter Lewis, Jordan Faught)
Barrie Gold 0 (shutout Drew Patrick)
Championship Final
Nickel Centre Sting 3 (Jordan Faught, Owen Pawluk, Devon Savignac)
Sudbury Lowes Dragons 2 (Aidan McCauley, Nicolas Narozanski)
Atom "B" Division
Rayside-Balfour Tigercats 6 (Morgan Byers-2, Derek Berthiaume, Nicholas Coursol, Martin Charbonneau, Sebastien Whissell)
Copper Cliff Blackhawks 1 (Tyler Bilash)
Timmins North Stars Rental House Rockstars 3 (Cameron Lemire-2, Kieran Vallier)
SMHA Ice Ninjas 3 (Theodore Collin-3)
VE Brankor Trophies 1 (Drew Lalonde)
Rayside-Balfour Ice Cats 0 (shutout Cameron Hawes)
SMHA Ice Ninjas 3 (Alexandre Lafleur, Theodore Collin, David Pigozzo)
Espanola Eagles 3 (Ty Bonsall-2, Connor Langlois)
Copper Cliff Boston 1 (Ted Campbell)
Timmins North Stars Rental House Rockstars 1 (Cameron Lemire)
VE Brankor Trophies 5 (Nick Fogarty-2, Tanner Cretzman, Drew Lalonde, Tyler Audette)
Rayside-Balfour Tigercats 5 (Nicholas Coursol-2, Sebastien Whissell-2, Morgan Byers)
Barrie Blue 3 (Brandon Sheremeta-2, Trenton Ravazzolo)
SMHA Lowes Rockets 2 (Riley Yourth, Byron Edmonds-Decosse)
Espanola Eagles 3 (Jacob Campbell-2, Kylie Lepine)
Copper Cliff Boston 3 (Brady Huntington-2, Ty Potvin)
Barrie Blue 8 (Brandon Sheremeta-2, Alexandre Sabourin-2, Mason Dalcourt, Jakob Graham, Trenton Ravazzolo, Luke Wilson)
Copper Cliff Blackhawks 2 (Thomas Bourdon, Sam Reich)
Rayside-Balfour Ice Cats 3 (Ethan Pelley-2, Daniel Lukoff)
SMHA Lowes Rockets 1 (Michael Bona)
VE Brankor Trophies 3 (Nick Fogarty, Andrew Demers, Tanner Cretzman)
Rayside-Balfour Ice Cats 2 (Aiden Trudeau, Ethan Polley)
Championship Final
VE Brankor Trophies 4 (Nick Fogarty-2, Jeffery Dwyer, Andrew Demers)
Rayside-Balfour Tigercats 2 (Morgan Byers, Nicholas Coursol)
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Peewee Division
SMHA Red Wings 5 (Joshua Tillson-2, Tayler Bedard-2, Declan Rusgnak)
Walden CW Mechanical 2 (Noah Funnell, Cameron Howe)
Sudbury Monsters 2 (Justin Basso, Tyler Korzeniecki)
Sudbury Jets 2 (Jaydin Courville, Ethan Sheppard)
Rayside-Balfour Tiger Cats 5 (Patrick Coursol-2, Justin Joly, Adam Dionne, Mikayla Rochon)
Timmins Moneta 0 (shutout Tyler Bradley)
Timmins Lake Shore Gold 7 (Kelton St-Aubin-3, Vincent Cavalieri, Ryan Brazeau, Caleb Laplante, Carson Cavalieri)
Callander Chiropractic Vipers 1 (Denver Swearengen)
Nickel Centre Ice Dogs 5 (Brennen McGregor-2, Jesse Karwaski, Ranson Dashner, Zachery Mainville)
Schumacher Bears 2 (Tyler Simoneau, Austin Vandal)
SMHA Hurricanes 4 (Shelby Saucier-2, Lucas Mrozewski-2)
Timmins Moneta 1 (Brent Gauthier)
Rayside-Balfour Tiger Cats 5 (Patrick Coursol-4, Mikayla Rochon)
Sudbury Timberwolves 1 (Joel Emond)
Timmins Lake Shore Gold 6 (Vincent Cavalieri-3, Katie Cavalieri, Kelton St-Aubin, Mathieu Lajeunesse)
Walden CW Mechanical 1 (Mathew Merrylees)
Sudbury Jets 7 (Philippe Larochelle-2, Jason Diotte, Andrew Prince, Joshua Gravelle, Luca Nardi, Davis Bushey)
Nickel Centre Ice Dogs 2 (Cameron Alisappi-2)
SMHA Red Wings 8 (Tayler Bedard-5, Connor Gillis, Joshua Tillson, Jake Venedam)
Callander Chiropractic Vipers 1 (Zachary Whittington)
Sudbury Monsters 6 (Megina Fox, Alexander Runciman, Kaleb Mikic, Sylvain Gagnon, Alexandre Rossini, Liam Williamson)
Schumacher Bears 0 (shutout Markus Valtonen)
SMHA Timberwolves 4 (Brett McGlade, Kevin Osolnick, Joel Emond, Keenan Rocca)
Timmins Moneta 0 (shutout Steven Kotab)
Rayside-Balfour Tiger Cats 3 (Justin Joly-2, Patrick Coursol)
SMHA Hurricanes 2 (Dylan Narozanski, Lucas Mrozewski)
SMHA Red Wings 6 (Tayler Bedard-2, Declan Rugsnak, Mitchell Keyes, Jake Venedam, Mathieu Michel)
Timmins Lake Shore Gold 6 (Vincent Cavalieri-4, Kelton St-Aubin-2)
Consolation Final
SMHA Hurricanes 8 (Lucas Mrozewski-4, Dylan Narozanski-2, Dante Mullin-Santore-2)
SMHA Red Wings 6 (Declan Rugsnak-2, Tayler Bedard-2, Jake Venedam, Joshua Tilson)
Championship Final
Sudbury Monsters 4 (Justin Basso-4)
Sudbury Jets 3 (Andrew Prince, Ethan Sheppard, Jaydin Courville)
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Bantam Division
SMHA Just Lubes Oilers 10 (Michael Leon-2, Joey Ross-2, Patrick McLean-2, Jakob Mancini, Joey Ross, Patrick Lapointe, Jack Wareham)
Verner King Sportswear Bulls 1 (Cody Giroux)
Sudbury Ice Dogs 1 (Erik Roussel)
Lively IDA Jets 1 (Jacob McDonald)
SMHA Gnarwhals 11 (Hunter Hykin-4, Kolt Gour-Boyd-2, Seth Manitowabi-2, Matthew Tuttle, Jordan Loiselle, Chris Gentile)
East Nipissing Sandy Bay Vipers 1 (Zach Bishop)
Cobden Cobras 4 (Owen Egan-2, Cody Wilson, Steven Hendry)
Verner Bulls 4 (Justin Lebeau-2, Tyler Wolfe, Brandon Bowen)
West Ferris Lunney Enterprises 7 (Kurtis McLuhan-5, Troy McLuhan-2)
Sudbury Rage 2 (Ke'Andre Willis, Patrick Giroux)
Schumacher Sharks 3 (Matthew Roy-2, Billy McEwen)
West-Beach Warriors 1 (Taylor Bedard)
SMHA Just Lubes Oilers 8 (Jack Wareham-3, Patrick Lapointe-2, Jakob Mancini-2, Michael Leon)
Timmins Blue Heron North Stars 2 (Maurice Labelle-2)
West Ferris Lunney Enterprises 5 (Kurtis McLuhan-3, Brady Hardwick, Curtis Berkman)
Sudbury Gnarwhals 4 (Ryan Coventry-2, Hunter Hykin, Matthew Tuttle)
Sudbury Ice Dogs 2 (Erik Roussel, Travis Lamothe)
Wikwemikong Hawks 0 (shutout Eric McDonald)
Sudbury Rage 5 (Joel Asselin-2, Patrick Giroux, Liam Smith, Zacharie Ouellette)
East Nipissing Sandy Bay Vipers 1 (Riley Forth)
Wikwemikong Hawks 2 (Shy-Eagle Assiniwai, Joseph Lewis)
Porcupine Nordex Explosives Rebels 1 (Nathaniel Vachon)
Lively IDA Jets 4 (Tyler Savage-2, Jacob McDonald, Brady Moore)
Porcupine Nordex Explosives Rebels 1 (Nathaniel Vachon)
Timmins Blue Heron North Stars 5 (Justin Turgeon-3, Noah Dumas, Sean Cole)
Cobden Cobras 2 (Cody Wilson, Owen Regan)
Sudbury Ice Dogs 1 (Bradley Tilson)
Porcupine Nordex Explosives Rebels 0 (shutout Eric McDonald)
SMHA Gnarwhals 6 (Matthew Tuttle-3, Hunter Hykin-2, Kolt Gour-Boyd)
Schumacher Sharks 2 (Noah Lauziere, Billy McEwen)
Timmins Blue Heron North Stars 2 (Tanner Charette, Jacob Lessard)
Verner King Sportswear Bulls 1 (Justin Lebeau)
Lively IDA Jets 1 (Tyler Savage)
Wikwemikong Hawks 0 (shutout Riley Roy)
West Ferris Lunney Enterprises 7 (Kurtis McLuhan-2, Curtis Berkman-2, Brady Hardwick, Troy McLuhan, Connery Knox)
West-Beach Warriors 2 (Alex Harding-2)
Consolation Final
Sudbury Gnarwhals 5 (Matthew Tuttle-2, Seth Manitowabi, Ryan Coventry, Jordan Loiselle)
Sudbury Rage 1 (Ke'Andre Willis)
Championship Final
SMHA Just Lubes Oilers 4 (Jakob Mancini-3, Jack Wareham)
Sudbury Ice Dogs 0 (shutout Dylan Dokis)
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Minor Midget Division
Nickel Centre Rocks 6 (Jamie Lafreniere-3, Matthew St Louis-2, Martin Belcourt)
VE Damisona Roofing Road Runners 3 (Sophia Borges, Alex Fournier, Ryan Brideau)
SMHA Global Phantoms 2 (K. Lebreton, M. Papineau)
VE Coming to Terms Mediation 2 (Tyler Philion, Clay Streitenberger)
SMHA Ethier Crushers 3 (Georges Roumanes, Gavin Lefebvre, Parker Camirand)
Rayside-Balfour Tigercats 1 (Jacob Narozanski)
Nickel Centre Sting 2 (Aaron Bernier, Kyle Muise)
SMHA Global Phantoms 2 (K. Lebreton, K. Crossman)
SMHA Ethier Crushers 8 (Gavin Lefebvre-2, Cameron Quenville, Brandon Lavoie, Harry Smith, Mitchell Legault, Parker Camirand, Zachary Matheson)
VE Damisona Roofing Road Runners 1 (Ryan Brideau)
Nickel Centre Sting 7 (Chris Laundry-3, Kyle Muise-2, Todd Timony, Dontae Dashner)
Bradford (#2) 6 (Dylan Andrews-3, Kenny Taylor, Luke Hiebert, Nick Georgiakis)
Nickel Centre Rocks 6 (Jamie Lafreniere-3, Martin Belcourt-2, Matthew St Louis)
Rayside-Balfour Tigercats 4 (Shawn Gratton-2, Calvin Bass, Antoni Boivin)
VE Coming to Terms Mediation 6 (Skyler Perreault, Clay Streitenberger, Nick Fauvelle, Austin Johnson, Josh Conners, Taryn Lavallee)
Bradford (#2) 3 (Dylan Andrews-3)
SMHA Global Phantoms 1 (Brett Dobratz* shootout)
Nickel Centre Rocks 0 (shutout D. Roberts)
SMHA Ethier Crushers 4 (Zachary Matheson-2, Brandon Lavoie, Mitchell Legault)
VE Coming to Terms Mediation 2 (Josh Conners, Tyler Philion)
Championship Final
SMHA Global Phantoms 5 (K. Lebreton-3, T. Smith, M. Henry)
SMHA Ethier Crushers 3 (Gavin Lefebvre, Cameron Quenville, Fred Rochon)
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Midget "A" Division
VE Renegades 2 (Patrick Leclair, Shawn Ferron)
SMHA Knights 1 (Carter Quenville)
L'Ami Honda Rouyn-Noranda 8 (Kevin Poisson-4, William Fluet-2, Guillaume Ouellet, Simon Boutin)
Wiki Hawks 1 (Jeremiah Cooper)
Wikwemikong Hawks 2 (Mark Roy Jr, Amber Lewis)
Valley East Renegades 2 (Brock Connor, Patrick Paquette)
SMHA Knights 3 (Carter Quenville-2, Trevor Romanyszyn)
L'Ami Honda Rouyn-Noranda 2 (Sebastien Sarrazin, Francis Boutin)
Championship Final
SMHA Knights 3 (Trevor Romanyszyn-2, Patrick Lemieux)
L'Ami Honda Rouyn-Noranda 2 (Alexis Chartre, Davey Cloutier)
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Midget "B" Division
Nickel Centre Sting 2 (Peter Raymond, Danny Sidun)
VE Teddy Shack 2 (Andrew MacKinnon-2)
SMHA Wolverines 6 (Tristan Tulini-3, Joey Manitowabi-2, Devin Blais)
East Nipissing Vipers 0 (shutout Reece Wabegijig)
Copper Cliff Eagles 4 (Mathieu Gravelle-2, Ryan Laporte, Talon Farmer)
Schumacher Sting 0 (shutout Roch Mayer)
Barrie Powell Jones 2 (Josh Taylor, Dustin Bortoluzzi)
SMHA True Steel 1 (Eric Hunt)
East Nipissing Vipers 3 (Jeremie Courchesne, Brandon Lefleche, Sam Rondeau)
Schumacher Sting 3 (Neal Skinner, Alex Presley, Brody Thiboutot)
SMHA Wolverines 4 (Devin Blais-2, Tristan Tulini, Kalum Crossman)
Copper Cliff Eagles 2 (Mathieu Roy, Dan Valade)
Barrie Powell Jones 3 (Colt Fraser, Josh Taylor, Hunter Godfray)
Nickel Centre Sting 0 (shutout Zach Petersen)
VE Teddy Shack 3 (Andrew MacKinnon-2, Jason Boudreau)
SMHA True Steel 2 (Jacob Piquette, Jake Whitehead)
SMHA Wolverines 6 (tristan Tulini-3, Matthew Principi, Kyle Marshall-Bergeron, Tyler Dominelli)
Barrie Powell Jones 5 (Dustin Bortoluzzi, Josh Taylor, Sam Ciupa, Brian Priest, Thomas Brown)
Championship Final
Copper Cliff Eagles 2 (Chris Charbonneau, Dan Valade)
SMHA Wolverines 1 (Matthew Principi)