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BRAMPTON, ON – August 31, 2009 - The inaugural Youth World Outdoor Ball Hockey Championships took place at the Brampton Ball Hockey Club this past weekend with teams competing for the coveted Champions’ jackets and many other great awards! Teams competed in three divisions … Youth Under 12 (U12); Youth Under 15 (U15); and Youth Under 18 (U18). The youth tournament weekend was the first of three event weekends over the next six weeks as part of the “ballhockey.com” 14th Annual World Outdoor Ball Hockey Championships.
This is a special year as the “Worlds” have been expanded over three themed weekends … Youth – August 28-30 at the Brampton Ball Hockey Club; Women’s & Co-ed – September 25-27 at the Niagara Ball Hockey Club; and Men’s – October 2-4 at the Barrie Ball Hockey Club. We are anticipating well over 100 teams to participate this year (from all over North America) … which translates into more than 1500 participants competing for more than $30,000 in prizes.
The action got under way on Friday, August 28th as four Under 15 teams and four Under 18 teams took to the rink to kick things off. Saturday, August 29th saw an additional 14 games go in the books and the Under 12 teams joined the party! Sunday, August 30th saw some very exciting and close games as champions were crowned for the first time late in the afternoon.
Barrie Rock Solid Renegades Win Youth Under 12 Championships!
The Barrie Rock Solid Renegades went undefeated in their quest for the Youth Under 12 crown, winning a thrilling game against rival Barrie team, the Warriors. The final score was 4-2 but the close game was not decided until Keegan Martin scored his second goal of the contest with just 2:10 left in the third period. The Warriors had battled back from a 3-1 deficit to cut the lead to 3-2 on a late third period goal from Nick Lacoursiere. The Renegades were not to be denied and Martin put his team back up by two goals to seal the victory. The Renegades went to work with their high-powered offense throughout the event, and only faced a stiff challenge in the final game. Om their march to the final, the Renegades beat the Niagara Bulldogs 14-0; The Barrie Warriors 9-1; and the Brampton Bears 10-0. Brampton Bears goalie, Joshua Adam may have been the tournament MVP (for all divisions) as he made highlight reel save after save throughout the tournament. Adam had all players and parents cheering for him as he faced 50+ shots a game and robbed many shooters of sure goals. Other scorers for the Renegades in the Championship game were Hayden Fox and Nolan King. Braydon Johnston scored the other goal for the Warriors.
2009 Champions – Barrie Rock Solid Renegades
Mack Chapman, Cade Ciccone, Andrew Lenarduzzi, Keegan Martin, William Lowe, Boston Town, Nolan King, Matt Brassard, Tyler McDonald, Matthew Walilko, Cole Owsijenko, Hayden Fox, Abe Holmes, Braydon Booth, Austin Johnson-Hemlow,
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