Moose take title in Sunday night men’s hockey league

April 27, 2016 · 0 Comments

It was fitting the two teams that battled for top spot in the regular season faced each other for the championship in the Sunday Night Junior Men’s Hockey League.
The Mr. Handyman Moose and the Inside Out Family Chiropractic Predators ended the season tied for first with 25 points. But when it all came down to the finale Friday night, it was the Moose that prevailed with a 4-1 final for the Callaghan Cup.
The Predators got out to a fast start when just 45 seconds into the game Colin Fyffe from Mike Andreoli found the back of the net and took the early lead. The Moose then re-grouped and Brad Sztorc from Steve Brown tied it up just three minutes later to leave the first knotted at one.
Period 2 saw the teams come out fighting hard to get the go ahead goal. It wasn’t until there were less than two minutes left that Cam Coulter from Graham Bryson and Shane Marshall put the Moose on top. Justin de Abaitua from Brown and Sztorc let a clapper go with time running out and had a buzzer beater to give the Moose a two-goal lead going into third period.
The frame was Brett Weight’s time to shine for the Moose as he turned away all comers and didn’t let anything rattle him, while Brendan Pace salted the win away with an empty netter to give the Moose the cup.
April 3 Semifinals
Moose 5, Blades 1
The Moose showed why they were first after the round-robin play and took it to the Ken’s Lawn mower Repairs Blades.
Moose mesh mashers were Brown (unassisted), Bryson from Chuck Hughes, Pace (unassisted), Pace from Marc de Abaitua, and Coulter from de Abaitua. The Blades lone sharpener was Shawn Simpson from Kevin Wigner.
Predators 7, Wings 0
The Inside Out Family Chiropractic Predators showed no mercy to the St. Louis Bar and Grill Red Wings earning Scott Irvine the goose egg and moving to the finals.
Point getters for the Predators were Howard Cantelon, Steve Hutchins, Ray Ilijasic, Tim Vokey, Larry Richardson, Andreoli, John Hutchinson and Fab Iafano.