The regular season ended for the Monroe Pee Wee B Team this past weekend on Sunday, March 9th with a tough loss between two equally matched, competitive teams. The Avalanche traveled to Dodgeville to take on the Dodgeville Ice Wolves for the third time this season. Both the Avalanche and the Ice Wolves will be representing Region 4 at their respective Pee Wee State Tournaments this coming weekend so Sunday's game was fun, competitive, and a great battle between the two teams in preparation for their upcoming State Tournaments.

 

The Avalanche opened the scoring just four minutes into the game with an awesome clearing pass from Riley Jones to Ryan Molitor who took it in and fired a shot on net and Bryce Montgomery was there for the rebound and tipped it in to give the Avalanche a 1-0 lead. Tough play continued throughout the first period but the Ice Wolves answered four minutes later to tie the game up (1-1). As the first period was coming to an end, with less than a minute to go, the Ice Wolves got a break away and scored on Bear to take a 2-1 lead heading into the second period. The second period started off with the Avalanche asleep at the wheel as the Ice Wolves snuck one by Bear just 30 seconds into the second period to give them a 3-1 lead. Competitive play continued but no other scoring occurred in the second. The Avalanche were fired up in the third period and fought back hard. Colton O'Connor stole a pass at center ice and took it in for a break away with teammate Riley Jones following in hard down the left hand side. O'Connor launched a shot that ricocheted off the post but Jones was there for the rebound and rifled it past the Ice Wolves goalie bringing the Avalanche within one (3-2) with more than 10 minutes to go in the third. Life seemed to be back in their stride but the Ice Wolves did not lose their cool and within a minute of the Avalanche goal they answered with one of their own that trickled by Bear in net to make it 4-2 with nine minutes to go in the game. The Avalanche were not able to string anything together to bring them back into the game and the game ended 4-2. "We definitely did not play our best game today but our kids continue to show improvement in many areas. We used this game as preparation for State as we know the Ice Wolves would be a great competitive game, and it was. I just wish we would have shown them what we really are capable of. I am hoping our "bad" game is now out of our system and we come ready to play this coming Saturday at State." commented Head Coach Josh Smith of the Avalanche. Goaltender Bear recorded 33 saves on the game.

 

The Pee Wee B Monroe Avalanche team will be competing for the State Title at the Division 3B Pee Wee Tournament this coming weekend in Amery, WI March 15th & 16th. Wish them the Best of Luck. GO AVALANCHE!