MIDGET REP, 2012-2013 Season (Zurich Minor Hockey)

Thunder traveled to Blyth Brussels on a stormy Friday night to play a very strong team. Thunder played a pretty good game against a well balanced attack and kept it close in a good defensive effort holding the Blyth Brussels team to a goal a period in a 3 - o game. This was a good improvement from when we played them earlier in the season. However the good effort came at a big price as the Thunder lost there team captain to injury. We all wish him a quick recovery.

The thunder had a small bench of 10 players in Zurich on Saturday November 10 and lost Patrick Wood on the first shift of the game injury. They still gave one of there best efforts of the season holding on to a 1 to 1 tie despite some late 3rd period penalty trouble. The lone goal was scored by Dylan Steckle on a nice end to end rush. Strong goaltending effort from Brett McAllister also a strong overall team defensive effort.

Game 2 took until the middle of the second period before some Steckle magic broke the tie. Devon picked up a pass from Clare Masse at the right point, slid it to brother Dylan on the left point who leaned into and ripped a shot by the Elma Logan goalie. In the third period Brett McAllister was called on to make numerous saves as the Thunder got into some penalty trouble and his sharp play held the fort down until Zurich was able to get an insurance goal at 11:23 in the third as Devon Stekle passed to Jeremy Lynn who shot on the Elma Goalie only to have Cody Merner smartly on the door step to ...

Midget Thunder   Midget Thunder held off kincardine 2 1 in season opener.  Cody Merner started off with a quick goal in the first period on a nice pass from Kurtis Dennome. Thunder added to there lead in the second period when Dylan Steckle leaned into a shot and blew it past the Kincardine goalie. It was a tremendous pass from Connar McLean Thunder had to rely highly on some excellent defence and goaltending by Connor Adams who had a very strong game. Penalty trouble helped Kincardine cash in at 6:14 in the third. From there Connor continued to make big saves and his team played very good ...