No less than eleven different championship banners were doled out over the weekend as the Nickel District Minor Hockey League (NDMHL) hosted their year-end playoffs for the novice, atom and peewee divisions.

Fans at three different local rinks were treated to some incredible drama, as numerous games would go right down to the final buzzer. Case in point, the Atom I Division “B” gold medal game, as Ethan Oliver forced overtime, netting his second goal of the game with just 11 seconds remaining, pulling the Copper Cliff Minor Atom “AA” Redmen even at 3-3 with the Copper Cliff Major Atom “AA” Redmen.

The majors would recover, however, as Lucas Antonioni matched the two goal effort of Oliver, drilling home the game winner, as he and teammate Sam Osmond accounted for all of the scoring for the winners. Nicholas Labrecque rounded things off in a losing cause.

The Nickel City Minor Atom “A” Devils walked off with the Alan Secord Divison “A” banner as Corey Lacroix provided the heroics, in overtime, lifting his team to a 2-1 win over the Elliot Lake Wildcats. Kadie Broomhead (Devils) and Tyler Stefanich (Wildcats) traded tallies earlier in the contest.

Yet another two-goal scorer settled matters in the Atom I finale as Justin Girouard hit the mark in period four, giving the Nickel City Crushers a 3-2 edge over the Nickel City North Stars. Ryano Dasilva added the remaining marker for the Crushers, with Mathieu Brassard and Jacob Hayes answering for the North Stars.

The Sudbury Major Atom “A” Wolves and Sudbury Peewee “A” Wolves combined for six goals in the opening frame, but it took a well placed shot from Carter Danyluk with a little over six minutes remaining to give the atoms a final margin of victory in a 4-3 win over the peewees.

Atom Thususka, Alec Duguay and Callum Baron also found the back of the net for the squad which claimed bragging rights in the Cookie Campbell Division “A” grouping, with Logan West (2) and Kayden Kennedy countering for the Peewee Wolves.

A somewhat similar story in the Raymond Gagnon Division “B” Peewee III gathering as the Copper Cliff Minor Peewee “AA” Redmen bolted out to a 3-0 lead on goals from Jack Anderson, Guyen De Silva and Christian Hodgins before the Nickel City Outlaws made things interesting.

The latter replied courtesy of Wyatt Letford, William McBride and Ethan Lowe, leaving it to De Silva to snap the deadlock early in the third period. Smooth-skating forward Liam Bridgeman scored two of his bushelful of goals on the weekend to lead the Manitoulin Panthers to a 5-2 win over the Nickel City North Stars, securing the Eddie Shack banner in the process.

Carter Lacasse, Latrell Peltier and Owen Leblanc also made their way on to the scoresheet for the islanders, with Xander Roy and Caleb Trudeau replying in a losing cause. Carter MacDonald earned the shutout and receive ample offensive support from Brody Cloutier, Cohen Arsenault and Joshia Montpellier, as the Nickel City Minor Peewee “AA” Jr Sons blanked the Nickel City Major Atom “AA” Jr Sons 3-0 in the final from the Jim Pappin Peewee II Division.

Another whitewash in the works at the novice level as Kalia Pharand holds the Copper Cliff Novice “AA” Redmen at bay, backstopping the Nickel City Novice “AA” Jr Sons to a 5-0 win and the Dan Susteric hardware. Martin Brassard and George Matsos powered the attack with two goals each, with Alex Rietze adding a solo marker.

Still with the novices, a balanced attack helped the Nickel City Bears lay claim to the Al Arbour Division “B” accolades, as Gabrielle Foreshew, Jacob Lamoureux, Mathieu Berthiaume and Caleb Leclair all found the back of the net in a 4-2 win over the Nickel City Stars. Gillis O’Daiskey and Tanner Morris helped to keep things close for the Stars.

Exactly the same final score would be showing on the scoreboard of the Art Beaupre Peewee I final as the Sudbury Major Peewee “AA” Wolves doubled the Nickel City Peewee “AA” Jr Sons 4-2. Ben Harris, Aidan Carlson, Jesse-James Pharand and Evan Byers handled the offense for the Wolves, while Declan Baston accounted for both goals for the Sons.

Finally, the George Armstrong Atom II Division “B” banner would go the way of the Sudbury Major Atom “A” Wolves, thanks to a 4-1 victory over the Copper Cliff Minor Atom “A” Redmen. Vincent Midena, Wyler Whitmore, Patrick Ferrell and Sam Levesque pulled the trigger for the Wolves, while Cole Dubowsky proved to be the only Redmen who would bury the biscuit.

Following are a cross section of remaining scores and goal scorers, based on scoresheets that we were able to track down:

Novice Division
Nickel City Bears 6 (Tyler Huffman-3, Mathieu Berthiaume-2, Caleb Leclair)
Blind River Thunder 2 (Dylan Rousselle-2)

Nickel City Novice “A” Bears 5 (Mathieu Berthiaume-3, Gavin Patterson, Caleb Leclair)
Blind River Thunder 2 (Dylan Rouselle, Tucker Watkinson)

Blind River Thunder 5 (Trenton Essex-3, Dylan Rousselle-2)
Sudbury Lady Wolves 5 (Tessa Ranger-2, Mercedes Zazulak, Delaney Williams, Gabrielle Gallagher)

Nickel City Jr Sons 4 (George Matsos-2, Mateo Frattini, Noah Lafrance)
Copper Cliff Redmen 0

Nickel City Bears 3 (Mathieu Berthiaume 3)
Nickel City Stars 2 (Adrien Potvin, Caleb Larose)

Nickel City Jr Sons 5 (Ryker Young-2, Grady Jalbert-2, George Matsos)
Sudbury Novice Wolves 2 (Dawson Morris, Drake Taylor)

Nickel City Jr Sons 8 (Mateo Frattini-3, George Matsos-2, Xander Strojny, Vincent Beaudry, Bryson Villeneuve)
Copper Cliff Redmen 2 (Massimo Toffoli, Mason Walker)

Sudbury Lady Wolves 6 (Chloe Charbonneau-3, Mercedes Zazulak-2, Tessa Ranger)
Nickel City Novice “A” Devils 4 (Brett Moxam-2, Caleb Mead, Brayden Gerrior)

Nickel City Jr Sons 6 (Xander Strojny-2, Mateo Frattini, Noah Lafrance, Bryson Villeneuve, George Matsos)
Sudbury Novice Wolves 1 (Ethan Thompson)

Copper Cliff Redmen 5 (Massimo Toffoli-2, Jameson Fabbro, Mason Walker, Liam Judd)
Sudbury Novice Wolves 2 (Drake Taylor, Carter Baron)

Atom I Division
Nickel City Crushers 2 (Kendra Shanks, Justin Girouard)
West Ferris Minor Atom Trappers 1 (Jackson Culin)

Copper Cliff Minor Atom “AA” Redmen 3 (Riley Graffi-2, Lucas Jacko)
Sudbury Minor Atom “AA” Wolves 2 (Cohen Paquette, Ian Burnett)

Sudbury Minor Atom “AA” Wolves 3 (Cohen Paquette, Keynan Kidd, Ian Burnett)
West Nipissing Atom “A” Sting 1 (Wyatt Porter)

Nickel City North Stars 10 (Zack Lepage-3, Brady Soucy-2, Carson Gaudet-2, Justin Barriault, Miguel Dauphinais, Marc Smith)
Nickel City Minor Atom “AA” Jr Sons 2 (Will Mackey, Anthony Bertrand)

Manitoulin Panthers 2 (Andrew Tabachak, Liam Gray)
West Nipissing Atom “A” Sting 1 (Jesse Bernard)

Nickel City Crushers 3 (Brendan Roney-2, Justin Girouard)
Nickel City North Stars 0

Nickel City Crushers 5 (Sam Gaudet, Nicholas Lapensee, Ryano Dasilva, Brendan Roney, Justin Girouard)
Nickel City Minor Atom “AA” Jr Sons 1 (Anthony Bertrand)

Atom II Division
Copper Cliff Minor Atom “A” Redmen 9 (Cole Dubowsky-4, Nolan Cardinal, Cody Smith, Ethan Hodder, Jacob Hulisz, Kaydan Forsythe)
Nickel City Flyers 4 (Max Portelance-2, Bryson Boivin, Reegan Billard)

Copper Cliff Minor Atom “A” Redmen 7 (Cole Dubowsky-3, Noah Gladu-2, Kaydan Forsythe, Connor Blackburn)
Sudbury Atom “A” Wolves 3 (Drake Matthews, Byron Nelson, Sean Corrigan)

Elliot Lake Wildcats 5 (Adam Halman-2, Coleson Watkinson, Connor Desbois, Tyler Stefanich)
Manitoulin Panthers 2 (Lucas Dubois, Kohyn Eshkawkogan)

Peewee III Division
Sudbury Major Atom “AA” Wolves 2 (Atom Thususka, Nolan Kuhlberg)
Sudbury Peewee “BB” Lady Wolves 0 (shutout Joe Gouchie)

Sudbury Major Peewee “A Wolves 4 (Matt Korzeniecki, Mathieu Bazinet, Logan West, Seth Marlok)
Nickel City Minor Peewee “A” Flyers 3 (Jeremy Doiron, Alex Chartier, Simon Pominville)

Sudbury Lady Wolves 2 (Kamryn Hammell, Jacinta Eshkakogan)
Nickel City Peewee “A” Outlaws 2 (Wyatt Letford, Egan Makela)

Sudbury Peewee “A” Wolves 6 (Mathieu Bazinet, Alec Dewulf, Scott Coles, Logan West, Seth Marlok, Chris Frappier)
Copper Cliff Minor Peewee “AA” Redmen 2 (Matthew Muzzi, Guyen De Silva)

Nickel City Major Atom “AA” Jr Sons 3 (Braden Vis, Ethan Morris, Cain Savage)
Nickel City Minor Peewee “AA” Jr Sons 1 (Joshia Montpellier)

Nickel City Minor Peewee “A” Flyers 6 (Alex Chartier-4, Harper Bray, Simon Pominville)
Sudbury Major Peewee “A” Wolves 1 (Alex Frawley)

Nickel City Minor Peewee “A” Flyers 6 (Tyson Cecile-Violette-2, Owen Seguin-2, Simon Pominville, Alex Chartier)
Sudbury Major Atom “AA” Wolves 3 (Carter Danyluk, Nolan Kuhlberg, Atom Thususka)

Nickel City Minor Peewee “A” Flyers 3 (Alex Chartier-2, André Boulet)
Sudbury Lady Wolves (Claudine Tubin, Julia Hayes)

Peewee II Division
Manitoulin Panthers 4 (Liam Bridgeman-3, Carter Lacasse)
Nickel City Bruins 3 ( Travis Annett, Kirstin Fahey, Hawk Recollet)

Nickel City North Stars 5 (Cooper Molyneaux, Adrian Signoretti, Zacharie Guenette, Ian Rudd, Caleb Trudeau)
Blind River Thunder 3 (Benjamin Baillargeon, Colby Senese, Jaden St George)

Blind River Thunder 3 (Colby Senese, Jaden St George, Noah Abotlan)
Nickel City Major Peewee “A” Bruins 1 (Dennis Wabegijig)

Blind River Thunder 4 (Colby Senese-2, Jaden St George, Benjamin Baillargeon)
Nickel City Major Atom “AA” Jr Sons 1 (Ethan Morris)

Nickel City Bruins 4 (Travis Annett, Hawk Recollet-2, Brek Morrow)
Nickel City Minor Peewee “AA” Jr Sons 0 (shutout McKinley Broomhead)

Nickel City Bruins 3 (Hawk Recollet-2, Tyler Thibodeau)
Nickel City North Stars 1 (Ian Rudd)

Peewee I Division
Sudbury Major Peewee “AA” Wolves 2 (Jesse-James Pharand, Ben Harris)
West Ferris Trappers 2 (Cameron MacDonald, Patrick Etmanski)

Nickel City Major Peewee “AA” Jr Son 5 (Austin Rioux, Owen Pawluk, Connor Heffern, Ian Mackenzie, Mason Lachance)
Sudbury Lady Wolves 3 (Elizabeth Laberge-2, Meghan Papineau)

West Ferris Trappers 3 (Ben Franz, Patrick Etmanski, Sam Mitchell)
Sudbury Lady Wolves 0

NOTE: As mentioned earlier, these results were gathered from the scoresheets from the weekend. As is the case with all young officials, it is a pretty safe bet that at least some errors have been made in terms of accurately reporting the goal scorers. Should you wish to have an error corrected, kindly email Randy Pascal at "info@sudburysports.com