6 Seconds of
Overtime!
Congratulations
to the Minor Bantam AA team coached by Mark Romeo on their win in the
Orangeville Early Bird Tournament played during the weekend of September 13th
to 15th, 2013. The Panthers didn’t get off on the right foot by
losing their opening game on Friday night to the Mississauga Ice Warriors 3-1.
Saturday was a different story. After back to back shut-outs in game 2 and 3
they were facing the Caledon Hawks in the semi-finals, a team that was 3-0 in
the tournament. With the game tied 0-0 and the Panthers going on a 5 on 3 power
play late in the 3rd, Marc Ferrari the scored after receiving a
nifty pass from Christian Colantonio. A minute later Eric Fedrigoni rang one
off the post and in to seal the 2-0 victory and advance the Panthers to the
finals against the Ice Warriors. Their test would be even tougher. The Panthers
would be 3 players short (2 due to injury and 1 to suspension) and the Warriors
who had only allowed 1 goal in the entire tournament! After the Warriors opened
the scored the Panthers respond with 2 goals. The Warriors fought back to tie
it up after 2 periods. The 3rd would settle nothing. With only 7
forwards, Head Coach Mark Romeo knew there wasn’t a lot left in the tank for
over time. Off the faceoff, centermen Justin Romeo fooled the opposition and
went forward with the puck. Catching the D a little off guard and made a nice
pass to Anthony Sicilia who sent a hard wrist shot over the goalies glove to
win the game in OT 6 seconds into overtime!
