U13 Green (Durham Crusaders Hockey)

Our third tournament of the season was a short trip slightly north of Peterborough to Apsley, to compete in the Apsley Flames Fall Classic 2025.  The tournament consisted of four teams from the League of Eastern Ontario (Apsley, Bancroft, Havelock and Lakefield), with three teams from Three County (Durham, Highland and Sturgeon) together with Stirling Blues from the Inter-Community Hockey League.  The format consisted of four Round 1 games with the winners moving onto the Semi-Finals for the A and B Championships and the winner of those games making the A Championship Final.  The team that ...

Green arrived Friday with high hopes of making it deep into the Tournament, and that they did with some stirring performances along the way.  They were pitted against three teams from the Georgian Bay Triangle Local League in the group stage.

The Durham Crusaders Green team arrived in Millbrook to compete in their first tournament of the season full of excitement, energy and hope.  A significant number of the team had played, and succeeded, at this tournament in years gone by and expectations were high on arrival Friday morning.