Durham Crusaders @Haliburton Silver Stick Tournament, News, U11 Atom Blue, 2021-2022 (Durham Crusaders Hockey)

This Team is part of the 2021-2022 season, which is not set as the current season.
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Nov 28, 2021 | Jennifer LeLievre | 674 views
Durham Crusaders @Haliburton Silver Stick Tournament
The U11LL team had there first tournament of the year this past weekend at the Silver Stick Regional Qualifier in Halliburton.
This two-day tournament would see an action packed Saturday with 3 games on the schedule.
The first game of the day was bright and early, but the boys came ready to play!


Game 1 at 8am vs. Highland Storm
Your Durham Crusaders came ready to play racking up a 12-1 win versus the Storm. 

Game 2 at 1pm vs. Tweed Hawks
Our Crusaders were already becoming the talk of the tournament and by the time the buzzer finally rang the final score was 7-2.

Game 3 at 5pm vs. Douro Dukes
Keeping the boys focused on this final game of the day was pretty easy but they were also looking at advancing to semi’s in either 1st or 2nd in their division. This game saw both teams a bit tired from the long day but your Durham Crusaders won 8-0 setting them up as first in there group and playing in the 830am Semifinals vs. Mariposa.

Semifinal at 8:30am vs. Mariposa Lightning
The nerves were high but so was the excitement when arriving at the rink to play league rivals Mariposa to try to advance to the Silver Stick finals.  Durham was looking to get back at the Mariposa from our tie game a few weeks earlier. The game was intense to say the least with Durham going up 2-0 until some penalty issues caused them to give up a goal. Mariposa quickly tied the game and although Durham had many chances to score, could not get the puck across the goal line. The 3rd period ended with a tie and a 3 minute period of 3on3 once again saw neither team beat the outstanding goaltenders. A second sudden death period was needed- 2 minutes of 2on2 and this is where the Crusaders just couldn’t keep the fast skating Mariposa skaters from putting one past our goalie. Sadly our run was over.  Some tears were shed but no one can take away the fun, memories and sportsmanship that took place over the weekend in Halliburton.

Excellent effort Team!! Can’t wait for tournament #2 in January!