Championship weekend wraps up minor hockey season

A long season of Nickel District Minor Hockey League action dragged on just a bit longer Sunday afternoon at the Gerry McCrory Countryside Sports Complex — but nobody was about to complain.

With the NDMHL hosting their year-end playoff weekend, both of the last two championship encounters would require overtime, though neither extended a whole lot further in period No. 4.

In the Bantam B championship, the West Ferris ProSharp Minor Bantam AA Trappers took advantage of some late penalty troubles for the Manitoulin Panthers, as Kyle Armstrong pulled the trigger on the power play in a 2-1 West Ferris win.

Jakob Girard opened the scoring on a pretty individual effort in the final minute of the opening period, with Cole King pulling the Panthers even early in the third.

The Nickel City Storm capped a late rally in overtime to capture the Henry Lebouthillier A banner with a 4-3 win over the Nickel City Jr. Sons. The Jr. Sons held a 3-2 lead with less than two minutes to play before Callum Dolphin forced overtime, with Brayden Beaupré drilling home the game-winning tally less than four minutes later.

Goals by Nathan Drolet and Matthew Savoie rounded out the scoring for the winners, while Linden Shanks, Colin Withers and Brennan Charbonneau replied in a losing cause in a rare penalty-free bantam rep matchup.

The Art Beaupré Peewee A trophy was awarded to the Sudbury Major Wolves following a 5-1 win over the Nickel City Jr. Sons. Five different goal scorers found the back of the net for the Wolves, with Jacob Démoré, Brendan Weber, Ethan Matijevich, Brett White and Kaleb Muzzi tallying once each.

Justin Hallett countered for the Jr. Sons, who will nonetheless represent the NOHA at the OHF (Ontario Federation Championships in Mississauga in early April.

The remaining NDMHL championship teams included:

Novice Dan Susteric A Championship
Copper Cliff Redmen (4-0 over Sudbury Wolves)

Novice Al Arbour "B" Championship
Nickel City Devils (6-1 over Manitoulin Panthers)

Atom I Toe Blake Championship
Manitoulin Panthers (4-2 over Nickel City Minor "AA" Jr Sons)

Atom II Al Secord "A" Championship
Nickel City Flyers (4-3 over Nickel City Crushers)

Atom II George Armstrong "B" Championship
Nickel City Jr Sons (3-2 over Copper Cliff Redmen)

Peewee II Eddie Shack "A" Championship
Elliot Lake Wildcats (4-2 over Nickel City Jr Sons)

Peewee II Jim Pappin "B" Championship
Nickel City Miners (6-4 over Copper Cliff Redmen)

Peewee III Cookie Campbell "A" Championship
Nickel City Jr Sons (8-2 over Copper Cliff Redmen)

Peewee III Raymond Gagnon "B" Championship
Nickel City Miners (6-4 over Copper Cliff Redmen)

Following is a cross-section of scores from various divisions that competed on the weekend:
Bantam II
West Ferris Trappers 6 (Connor Moore, Kyle Armstrong, Owen Wells, Ryan Yeo, Ryan Ouellette, Dryden Rivet)
Nickel City Storm 5 (Alex Tassé-2, Austin Hallett, Patrick Langis, Evan Lamarche)

Nickel City Jr Sons 3 (Brennan Charbonneau-2, Linden Shanks)
West Ferris Trappers 3 (Dryden Rivet-2, Owen Wells)

Manitoulin Panthers 3 (Kennedy Sintal, Cole King, Jalen Waindebence)
Copper Cliff Redmen 1 (Ryder Johnston)

Nickel City Storm 1 (Nathan Drolet)
Nickel City Jr Sons 1 (Colin Withers)

Copper Cliff Redmen 4 (Louis Mullin-Belanger-2, Joseph Guzzo, Nicolas Quenville)
West Ferris Trappers 1 (Jakob Girard)

Manitoulin Panthers 5 (Jayden Little-2, Kyle Debassige, Kennedy Sintal, Ethan Corbiere)
West Ferris Trappers 2 (Adam Howe, Jackson Downey)

Nickel City Jr Sons 7 (Cole Hamilton, Josh Boucher, Joel Martin, Cameron Mundy, Mathieu Gaudet, Linden Shanks, Kyle Heighington)
Copper Cliff Redmen 1 (Tyler Dunn)

Peewee I
Sudbury Lady Wolves 5 (Joelle Dubois-2, Millana Marcon, Cassy Watters, Montana Onucky)
West Ferris Trappers 2 (Cameron Pariseau, Nick Cundari)

West Ferris Trappers 4 (Nick Cundari-3, Cameron Pariseau)
Nickel City Jr Sons 4 (Jadon Marmean-2, Justin Hallett, Joel Robillard)

Sudbury Wolves 4 (Max McCue-2, Brett White, Justin Vaillancourt)
Sudbury Lady Wolves 1 (Danika Loiselle)

Peewee II
Manitoulin Panthers 1 (Sam Assinewei)
Nickel City Jr Sons 1 (Tanner McCosham)

Nickel City Jr Sons 5 (Finn Bonany-2, Hunter Clarke, Ty Bonsall, Sebastien Whissell)
Sudbury Wolves 1 (Jake Pinkerton)

Peewee III
Nickel City Atom Jr Sons 3 (Wilson Farrow, Scott Rienguette, Matthew Vehkela)
Nickel City Miners 2 (Ty Bonsall, Preston Robert)

Atom II
Nickel City Flyers 10 (Vincent Lavoie-3, Simon Pominville-2, Brayden Bourque-2, Owen Pawluk, Thomas Moggy, Cooper Molyneaux)
Nickel City Novice Jr Sons 3 (Cain Savage, Nolan Lafrance, Yves Doiron)