Major Peewee
The North Bay Savignac Major Peewee AAA Trappers played their first home games of the regular season this past weekend shared between Verner and Sturgeon Falls. In the first of 2 games played on Saturday, game one saw the hard-working Trappers outshoot their opponent but skate to a 1-1 tie. Game 2 proved to be a spirited contest with the Trappers scoring 3 first period goals moving into the second period leading 3-0. Unfortunately, that would not be enough as the visiting Wolves would score 4 times in the second and the Trappers adding one ending the second in a 4 all tie heading into the third period. The Wolves would eventually complete the comeback and beat the Trappers 5-4.
The third and final game of the weekend played on Sunday would see the Trapper team get behind early as they spotted the visitors a goal in both the first and second period with the third period to play. Down 2-0 in the third, the Trappers team fought hard and kept the pressure on to finally score with just over a minute to play. With the goalie pulled the Trappers had a number of chances to tie the game but fell short suffering another tough loss 2-1.
The coaching staff is incredibly proud of the effort and work ethic of the players. The next set of games see the Trapper travel to Timmins for a 3 game set Oct. 14-15.
Minor Peewee
The North Bay "Nipissing Reader" Minor Peewee AAA Trappers wrapped up a very successful weekend by winning three straight games over the Minor Peewee AAA Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds at Pete Palangio arena on Saturday and Sunday.
The Trappers started off with an impressive 7-0 win over the Greyhounds on Saturday morning. Justin Robinson was credited with the shutout while goals came from Nolan Newton with a pair and singles from Zach Major, Masen Wray, Tyler Moore, Mathieu Turgeon and Caleb Dawson.
On Saturday night, in a tighter affair, the Trappers snuck by the Hounds 4-3. Again, Newton led the offence with two goals and single tallies went to Nate Gravelle, and Caleb Dawson.
The Trappers battled a motivated Greyhounds team Sunday morning that did not want to go home without a win. The Trappers opened up a 3-1 lead only to see the Hounds close the gap and even the score 3-3 in the third period. However, the Trappers got a late power play goal to seal the third victory of the weekend for the Trappers team which now sits at 5-0-1 on the season. Nate Gravelle, Nolan Newton, Tyler Moore, and Caleb Dawson had the goals for the minor peewees.
Minor Bantam
The minor Bantam AAA Trappers traveled to Toronto this past weekend to participate in the Toronto Jr Canadiens Cup tournament. The Trappers had a record of 1-2-1. On Friday versus the South Shore Kings the Trappers dropped a 5-2 decision. Will Perreault and Mathieu Savignac scored for with assists going to Mathis Bernard, Nico Laforge and Cam MacDonald. Caleb Sanders took the loss in net. The Trappers then suffered a 6-4 loss at the hands of the Utica Jr Comets. Goal scorers for the Trappers were Brett Richardson, Todd Violette, Bernard and Laforge. Assists were registered by Bernard (2), Laforge (2), MacDonald and Perreault. Caelan McAuliffe took the loss between the pipes.
On Saturday the Trappers rebounded with a 4-4 tie with the Westchester Express. Laforge led the way with two goals, then other goal scorers were Richardson and Perreault. Richardson, Violette, MacDonald and Owen Ethier (2) all had assists. Sanders had a solid game in net. The Trappers then closed out the tournament with a well deserved 5-3 win over a strong Guelph Gryphons. MacDonald led the Trappers with two goals and one assist. Other goals were scored by Bernard, Savignac and Laforge. Assists were also registered by Richardson and Ethier. McAuliffe had a very good game in net.
Other team members include Jake Fullerton, Chase Lefebvre, Keane Koivisto, Callum Craft, Tyler Desmarais, Anden Ringuette and Will Bourre.
Major Bantam
The North Bay Dig Safe Major Bantam AAA Trappers hosted their rivals from Nickel City for two games this past weekend. On Saturday, the Trappers put together 2 solid periods but couldn’t seem to sustain their effort for a full game. The Sons took the first game by a score of 5-1. Owen Wray made 40+ saves in the loss.
On Sunday, the boys headed into the third period trailing by a score of 5-1 after having 2 consecutive disallowed goals called against them.
Once again the Trappers competed for two and a half periods before succumbing to an on-slot of penalties in the third period. The final score was 9-1 for the Sons.
