The Drumheller Hi-Way 9 Peewee Raptors were on home ice Sunday morning to face the Okotoks Gold team in their first round of playoffs. The Raptors won the game 3-1 taking the two teams back to Okotoks Sunday, February 28.
Playoffs have begun for the young hockey players of the Drumheller Minor Hockey Association.
The Hi-Way 9 Express Peewee Raptors are facing the Okotoks Gold team in their first round of playoffs for the 2014/2015 season.
Saturday night the Raptors travelled to Okotoks and took an unfortunate 8-7 loss. Sunday morning the Raptors hosted Okotoks and took a 3-1 win forcing the two teams to meet up on Saturday (February 28) for a third game. Goal scorers in the Sunday home game included Darian Dart, Hudsen Tucker and A.J. Kolm.
Head Coach Brock Harrington said in preparation for the game Saturday night the team is going to be “working hard and keeping the tempo up and keep working on our passing.”
Harrington said the lines were shuffled a bit to move some kids forward and the setup worked so they will be doing the same thing next weekend.
Harrington said the second-year Peewee players “put it on the line today, otherwise it was the end of their Peewee career. We have five kids, and four of them have never been in the playoffs before and they didn’t want their season to be done today (Sunday).”
In other DMHA playoff action this weekend, the Boston Pizza/Western Chev Bantam Raptors faced Brooks and took two losses, Saturday 7-3 and Sunday 6-3. The NGC Peewee Raptors are also facing Okotoks in the playoffs and the series is tied at one. Drumheller travelled to Okotoks Saturday night and took a 5-3 win, but took an unfortunate 7-1 loss on Sunday morning. The McDonalds/Canalta Novice Raptors faced Duchess on the weekend and took two losses, the first Saturday 7-3 and the second Sunday 7-1.
