Confed charges to the front in high school hockey

Legitimate contenders for a city title last spring, the Confederation Chargers have established themselves as the early season favourites this year, after taking top spot at the 35th Annual Lively District Secondary School Invitational Hockey Tournament over the weekend.

The Chargers reeled off six straight wins, culminating their impressive run with a 4-1 victory over the Lasalle Lancers, who stunned the St. Charles College Cardinals with a dramatic come-from-behind 4-3 semifinal win.

The Chargers boast the most dynamic and balanced attack in the SDSSAA league for the 2014-2015 campaign, showcasing it again against Lasalle, as Brendyn Sauvé scored a pair of goals, with Tyler Rivest and Brandon Dumouchel adding one each.

Ashton Roy netted the only goal in a losing cause for Lasalle. Confederation advanced to the finals after thumping the Franco-Cité Patriotes 7-0 in the morning semifinal, while the Lancers trailed the Cardinals 3-2 with under a minute to play.

A game-tying tally, however, from Cody Pasanen, finishing off a three-way passing play from Roy and Kyle Guillot, energized the Lancer bench, who completed the rally when Kyle Grant buried the game-winner with 10 seconds to play.

While the six-win streak assembled by the Confederation lads is enough to give them the edge in early season rankings, back-to-back ties last week with both the Collège Notre-Dame Alouettes (2-2) and Lockerby Vikings (4-4) would suggest that this top-end competition this year promises to be as good as any in recent memory.

Following is a complete breakdown of game scores and goal scorers from the championship:

Lockerby 4 (Dylan Goulet-2, Ward Kyle, Stavros Gallant)
Notre-Dame 3 (Alain Sicard, Sebastien Desormeaux, Nikolas Desantis)
Lasalle 7 (Nick Jeffery-2, Miguel Lefebvre, Nick Ames, Brady Courville, Cody Pasanen, Kyle Muise)
St Benedict 1 (Ian Thom)

Confederation 3 (Curtis Theobald-2, Brandon Dumouchel)
St Charles 1 (Andrew Dodge Prescott)

Lively 6 (Charlie Dow, Brendan Ranney, Ian Shite, J.J. Gaudin, Cam Marshall, David Withers)
Espanola 3 (Martin Nashkawa, Landon Morin, Jackson Linklater)

Central Algoma 2 (Bryce Campbell, Mark Khull)
Notre-Dame 1 (Nick Marion)

Franco-Cité 5 (Jake Lavoie-2, Keenan Henry, Alex Michel, Jakob Keough)
St Benedict 0

Confederation 6 (Carter Hanson-2, Trey Ricci-2, Brendyn Sauvé, Brandon Dumouchel)
Lockerby 2 (Dylan Goulet-2)

St Charles 1 (Andrew Dodge Prescott)
Central Algoma 0

Franco-Cité 8 (Keenan Henry-2, Lexx Brazeau-2, Kyle Imbeau, Jean Raymond, Pat Mayer, Alain Roy)
Espanola 4 (Riley Recollet-2, Nick Bourguinon, Landon Morin)

Lasalle 5 (Cody Pasanen-2, Zack Matheson-2, Nick Jeffery)
Lively 5 (Brendan Ranney, Ian White, Mitchell Mousseau, Cam Marshall, Tyler Savage)

St Charles 3 (Blake Purcell, Andrew Dodge Prescott, Tyler Michaud)
Lockerby 2 (Korbin Cecchini, Max Whitehead)

Lasalle 7 (Ashton Roy-2, Zack Matheson, Brady Courville, Kyle Grant, Nick Jeffery, Cody Pasanen)
Espanola 6 (Riley Nadeau-2, Martin Nashkawa, Jackson Linklater, Alex Prevost, Carson Nadeau)

Confederation 4 (Bradley Boivin, Trey Ricci, Kyle Preseau, Brandon Dumouchel)
Central Algoma 3 (Mark Khull, Dylan Cooke, Bryce Campbell)

Lively 4 (Charlie Dow-2, Curtis Schryer, Sean Antonioni)
St Benedict 2 (Ryan Bell, Kyle Marshall-Bergeron)

Lasalle 4 (Mike Lemieux, Kyle Guillot, Zack Matheson, Nick Jeffery)
Franco-Cité 3 (Alex Michel-2, Jean Raymond)

St Charles 4 (Andrew Dodge Prescott, Tyler Michaud, Nathan Scruton, Bryceton Lalonde)
Notre-Dame 2 (Justin Trottier, Sebastien Desormeaux)

Central Algoma 2 (Bryce Campbell-2)
Lockerby 1 (Evan Davies)

Espanola 7 (Martin Nashkawa-3, Jeremy Ligi, Jackson Linklater, Nick Cormier, Luc Lepine)
St Benedict 1 (Eric Rousell)

Franco-Cité 3 (Jean Raymond, Keenan Henry, Alex Michel)
Lively 2 (Mitchell Mousseau, Curtis Schryer)

Confederation 4 (Kyle Preseau, Carter Hanson, Brandon Dumouchel, Brendyn Sauvé)
Notre-Dame 0

Lasalle 4 (Miguel Lefebvre, Kyle Guillot, Cody Pasanen, Kyle Grant)
St Charles 3 (Ethan Lamarche, Blake Purcell, Andrew Dodge Prescott)

Confederation 7 (Brandon Dumouchel-3, Brock Connor, Carter Hanson, Tyler Rivest, Trey Ricci)
Franco-Cité 0

Confederation 4 (Brendyn Sauvé-2, Brandon Dumouchel, Tyler Rivest)
Lasalle 1 (Ashton Roy)
Championship Game