MONTREAL RECAP
2000's Run Record to 19-5-1

MONTREAL-The 2000 Junior Bruins AAA tournament team had a strong round robin in Montreal this past weekend before dropping their opening play off game on Sunday morning.The team faced off against some of North America’s most talented teams in the Super AAA Division of the Warrior Meltdown. 

The first game of the weekend pitted the Y2K’s against a hungry team from Vital Hockey Skills.  The Bruins proved too much to handle as TJ Walsh and Jonathon Saklad combined for five goals, as the Bruins rallied to an 8-3 win.  Oliver Wahlstrom’s neutral zone play and back-checking was dominate in keeping the play in the Bruins’ offensive Zone for three periods.  Strong between the pipes for the Bruins were Riley Smith and Connor Hopkins, limiting Vital to just three goals.

Game two of the weekend saw the Bruins continue to roll as they upended the Montreal Vipers by a score of 7-2.  The game remained close through the second period, until the Bruins line of Jake Wise, Gunnar Fontaine, and Sam Rand began to click on the forecheck and took control of the game.  Patrick Bogart’s two goals help to break the game open and the strong back checking of Rory Casey and Nate Pane kept the Vipers from getting back into the game. 

The Saturday afternoon game, against eventual tournament champion, Team Spiderman did not turn out as the Bruins had hoped.  The lone Bruin goal was scored by Patrick Bogart and assisted by Oliver Wahlstrom in the 7-1 loss.

The New Brunswick Elite was up next for the Bruins, and the Junior Bruins D-corps of Brandon Tabakin, Ryan O’Connor, Linden Alger, Liam Murphy, and Robert Radochia led the way throughout the 3-2 defensive battle against the team from the North.  The talented New Brunswick forwards had no success getting close to the Junior Bruin net as the entire D-Corp was sound the entire game.  Conor Hopkins played strong in net in the winning effort.

Entering the quarter finals, the Bruins drew the Montreal Ice Dragons.  The Bruins opened the scoring on a goal by Jake Wise and followed it up on a beautiful goal scored by Oliver Wahlstrom assisted by TJ Walsh.  The Bruins were storming the Dragons zone late in the third trying to tie the game up but came up a goal short.

The 2000 Junior Bruins look to improve upon their quarter final finish this weekend at the Ice Breaker Tournament held at the New England Sports Center. 

OFF TO MONTREAL
2000 Warrior Meltdown Preview

FRAMINGHAM, MA-The 2000 Junior bruins AAA tournament team heads to Montreal for the Warrior Meltdown. The Y2K's reached the finals in their opening tournament of the season in Toronto in early May where they lost to the Toronto Bulldogs.

The team now has a 16-3-1 record over the last three season making it to the finals in two of the four tournaments they entered and advancing to the semi finals in one other.

Much of that same team will be in Montreal and will have Vital Hockey Skills, the Montreal Vipers, New Brunswick Stars and Team Spiderman to tangle with in the round robin. They will then need to win three games on Sunday to lay claim to the title.

In net are Connor Hopkins (BC Jr. Eagles) and Riley Smith (Lowell Jr. Riverhawk's) while the defensive quintet is made up of Brandon Tabakin (LI Gulls), Liam Murphy (BU Jr. Terriers), Ryan O'Connor (BU Jr. Terriers), Linden Alger (Bridgewater Bandits) and Robert Radochia (Middlesex Islanders).

Up front the team has plenty of fire power in Oliver Wahlstrom (NH Avalanche), Jake Wise (Middlesex Islanders), TJ Walsh (Minuteman Flames), Patrick Bogart (Middlesex Islanders), Rory Casey (BC Jr. Eagles), Gunnar Fontaine (Providence Capitals), Sam Rand (Bridgewater Bandits), Nate Pane (Washington All Stars) and Jonathan Saklad (NH Avalanche).

For tournament results, visit: 2000 WARRIOR TOURNAMENT RESULTS