Second place in Waupaca!
The Avalanche Pee Wee B team spent the weekend at the Waupaca Pee Wee Faceoff Tournament. The tournament consisted of 8 teams in varying association size, most larger than Monroe. The first of three games was bright and early Saturday morning - 7:20 am puck drop. With great passing and teamwork ,they came away with the 6-4 win over the Blaze from Milwaukee. Payton Hathaway earned a tournament hat trick patch, with three goals. Adding goals were Easton Dreyfus (2) and Carson Kurschner. Assists were earned by Haden Barker, Ethan Rosenstiel, DJ Rath, Hathaway and Gavin Roth. In goal, Kyle Theorin had 10 saves.
After a long break and an hour tournament delay, the Pee Wees were back on the ice at 10:15 pm Saturday night. Hathaway started the scoring in the first period, unassisted and the Oshkosh team answered shortly after. Roth went bar down with a goal in the second, assisted by Christian Carpenter. In the third period, Hathaway sealed the deal to give the team the 3-1 win. Xander Obert did a great job in the net, with 26 saves!
Heading to Sunday's Championship game, the Avalanche were fired up. Facing off against a very physical DePere team, the Avalanche were unable to get enough past their quick goalie. Scoring in the game were Rosenstiel, from Hathaway and Hathaway, unassisted. The Avalanche out shot the DePere team 37-20. Kyle Theorin was in net with those 20 saves. Final score was 2-3. All in all a good weekend for the Pee Wee team, bringing home the 2nd place hardware and medals.