Sat. July 25,2009

Saturday night at Servus Place, Tyler Kristiansen's first of four points on
the night , started the Eclipse off. They had three before Ben Contenti put
the Miners on the board. The period ended 4-2 with the difference being two
that beat Nano but only bounced along the line. The second period was all
high-tempo from both sides and was a delight to watch. Tremendous evidence
of the progression of junior A in Alberta. Eclipse 9--Miners 6 after two.
Some Miners big hits in the third period that saw the odd Eclipse on their
backs weren't enough. The visitors rode captain Simon Giourmetakis's
offensive control, and their collective relentless hustle on defence to a
huge third period. The Eclipse threw another 60 high quality shots at
Trevor Van Bavel and finished the game outscoring the Miners 15-7.
Good Luck Eclipse on the road to the Minto .

July 23, 2009

Miners vs. Eclipse

PLAYOFFS Game 3

Thursday night at Servus Place, the Miners Jason Riley scored the first goal
of the game. The Eclipse behind a couple of hellacious picks tied it up and
the score after one period was 7-4 Eclipse. Shane Lopatynski opened the
second and ragged the ball superbly on their penalty kills. 12---6 after
two periods. A. J. Pellis started the third period with a Miners goal.
Riley Campbell played some solid defence but the Miners lost 16---8. The
Eclipse played their usual solid, aggressive on loose balls game. The Miners
executed well for half the first period and traded goals back and forth,
however the Eclipse outscored them after that.

July 15, 2009

Miners vs. Eclipse

Regular Season

The Miners started the last regular season game with four quick goals
against cross-town rivals Eclipse. A J Pellis' hat trick led the Miners out
of the period with a 4-3 lead. In the second period Miners went up 6-3 ,
before Shane Lopatynski got two of his three goals on passes from goalie
Marc-Thomas Nano. It was run and gun as both teams hit posts frequently and
eleven goals were scored. Nine apiece after two. David Ahl with his first
of two in the third gave the home team Miners their last lead early. Both
goalies played well, with Trevor Van Bavel stopping 40 of 53 shots. The
Eclipse outscored the Miners 4-2 in the third to win 13-11. Miners Kevin
Wallin and Eclipse Eric Ransom both scored two in this exciting game.

July 4, 2009

JR MINERS (12) vs JR MOUNTAINEERS (9)

The Miners with a strong third period held off a charge from the Mounties to pull out a win at Servus Place on Saturday night.

The Mounties opened up the scoring 27 seconds into the game on an unassisted goal by Brandon Miller. The Miners then went on a roll scoring five unanswered goals. At 4:33 it started with Richard Thompson on assists from Ryan Davis and Jordan Wheaton. Then at 5:04 Dayna Douville from Nils Thompson and with fast break goal from Ben Piluk at 5:51 on a long pass from Kevil Wallin the Miners made it 3-1. The run continued with an unassisted goal from Matt Mackenzie at 13:09 and at 14:06 the Miners added to the total with a goal from Kevin Wallin with assists going Ryan Davis and Ben Piluk. The Mounties began to fight back with a goal from Tyler Davis and assists going to Troy Kachor and the goalie Mitch Anders at 14:59. The Miners answered at 16:38 with a goal from Richard Thompson and assists coming from Todd Byant and Jordan Wheaton. The Miners ended their first period scoring with an unassisted loose ball effort from Matt Pick. Down 7-2, the Mounties took a time-out. They answered by closing out the first period scoring on a shot from Tyler Melnyk and assists going to Shawn Teixeira and Cam Gardner. The first Period ended 7-3 in favour of the Miners with the shots on goal being 19 for the Miners and 14 for the Mounties.

The second period was a much different story with the Mounties having a large edge in shots on goal. The Mounties started the period with an unassisted, short handed effort from Mike Holland at 3:29. The Miners answered with their only tally of the period on a goal from Jordan Wheaton with the assists going to Spencer Lorenz and AJ Pellis. The Mounties scored the next two with a goal at 8:15 from Jordan Ferguson with helpers from Tyler Melnyk and Sean Pesowski. And at 12:07 the Mounties closed out the second period scoring on a power play with Mark Bolger getting the goal and assists going to Sheldon Locking and Tyler Melnyk. Miners were ahead 8-6 at the end of the period with the outstanding play of goalie Trevor Van Bavel. The shots on goal in the second period were 24 – 8 in favour of the Mounties.

The Mounties began the third period with a power play goal at 6:15 from Tyler Davis and assists going to Shawn Teixeira and Braden Hergott. The Mounties tied it quickly after that with a goal from Dan Farmer with assists going to Cam Gardner and Jordan Ferguson. At 8:34 the Miners’ Jordan Wheaton made it 9-8 on a pass from Nick Amendt. The Mounties quickly tied it up again on a goal from Tyler Melnyk with assists going to Tyler Davis and Jordan Ferguson. The Miners then scored three straight to pull out the win. At 11:03, with his third goal of the game, Richard Thompson made it 10-9 on a pass from Matt Pick. At 12:15 Spencer Lorenz made it 11-9 on play from Nick Amendt and Patrick Williams. Dayna Douville closed out the scoring with a goal at 13:30. The assists went to Todd Bryant and Kevin Wallin. Final score was 12-9 in for the Miners. Shots on goal in the third were 16 -14 for the Miners. Game totals were 54 – 43 in the favour of the Mounties.