No Fear wins Mite Club title
Mike Sciacca
Kourtney Kunichika scored at the 1:11 mark of the third period to lift
No Fear past Crunch, 7-6, in the championship game of the Mite Club
Division.
Kunichika also opened the scoring for No Fear with a first period
goal, scored again in the second period and also had three consecutive
assists in the same frame.
Joseph Burkhardt also had a standout game with three goals and a pair
of assists. Rocco Grimaldi scored two goals and Brandon Prince and Jeremy
Jennings also scored once.
Matt Braun posted three goals to lead Crunch. David Marabella scored
once with two assists, Adam Bosch, Brad Brandenburg and Travis Benson all
scored once and Keith Dickson had an assist.
In other championship games:
PEE WEE CLUB
Elmos 7, Thrashers 1
Rhett Rakhshani netted four goals, Jason Krispel scored twice, Kenny
Gibo scored once, Jonathan Gibo had two assists and Bryan Sakaguchi,
Tommy Tartaglione and Brett Yamaoka each had one assist to lead the
Elmos.
Tartaglione also had 30 saves in limiting the Thrashers to a single
goal by Danny Gandasetiawan.
Jason Gutierrez managed 32 saves for the Thrashers.
SMYTHE DIVISION
Jets 4, Hawks 1
Kyle Morrill recorded 15 saves and wasn’t scored upon until the third
period, Craig Landon had a pair of goals, Alex Borcich and Brendan
Ketcham each scored once, and Ketcham and Dmitri Sedykin each had one
assist to power the Jets.
Bijan Nafison scored the lone goal for the Hawks.
HOWE DIVISION
Avalanche 4, Bandits 3
The Avalanche outscored the Bandits, 2-0, in the final period to post
the come-from-behind victory.
David Marabella scored the second of his team-best two goals in the
decisive period and Kyle Anfang scored the game winning goal in the same
period.
Josh Wright also scored and Brad Brandenburg had 16 saves for the Avalanche.
The Bandits received a pair of goals from Tom Moore, one from Greg
Weaver and 22 saves from Jayrd Mason.
JR. HIGH DIVISION
Mariners 7, Oilers 5
Three goals went to Kevin Lachman, Sam Robinson scored twice and
picked up an assist, Peter Ryan scored once and had three assists, Chad
Ramsey scored once and Broc Fournier recorded 31 saves to lead the
Mariners.
Cameron Cepek scored twice and had an assist, Brett Young scored once
and had two assists, Cody Levesque scored twice, Chase Chodzko added an
assist and Cameron Monahan and Phil Vournazos combined for 23 saves to
lead the Oilers.
Other scores:
Squirt Club Division
Jokers 7, HB Surf 4
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