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posted 10/25/2011 Congratulations to the Champion Squirt A team!
This weekend Southern Youth Hockey was well represented by our Squirt A team at the Rhode Island Halloween Tournament held in Woonsocket.
The team came through a tough tournament undefeated winning the championship game by the score of 1-0 over host team Woonsocket.
The Stars were catapulted into the finals by a wild 9-8 victory over a very talented squad from Franklin, Mass. The Franklin game played late Saturday night appeared to be a walk in the park as SCYH took an early 6-1 lead however Franklin was not planning to go away easily and fought back to tie the score at 6. Challenged coach Pete Capone rallied his team and they responded with three unanswered goals of their own to take what appeared to be a commanding 9-6 lead. Franklin however was not going away as they again battled back with two goals in the final sixty seconds of play. In the end however the SCYH Squirt A team prevailed.
Sunday’s final saw an exhausted SCYH team give a determined and gritty effort allowing the single second period goal to hold up. It was the team’s second shutout and fourth consecutive win giving Pete Capone and his troops a well deserved championship.
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