Inaugural U12 Championship Tournament
Timmins Ringette Association’s U12A team attended the inaugural Ringette Ontario U12 Championship Event this weekend, in the U12A tier 1 division, playing a 5-game round robin.
The first game of the round robin against Ottawa Ice - Gore was a challenging one. Ottawa Ice was the first on the board with a goal 36 seconds into the first. Timmins played defensively and scored the second goal of the game with 9:27 remaining in the first. Ottawa Ice was able to answer that goal with another at 2:37 left in the first. Timmins was able to hold them off for the remainder of the period, ending the first 2-1 for Ottawa Ice. In the second period, Timmins played a defensive game, but was unable to keep up the stamina as Ottawa Ice scored 3 more goals coming out with 5-1 win over Timmins.
These players didn’t let a tough first game dampen their spirits as they hit the ice for game 2 against Greater Sudbury. They played a hard back and forth game for most of the first period and Sudbury was the first on the board with a goal 7:42 remaining in the first. Sudbury scored again with 5:06 on the clock left in the first. With the first period over and Sudbury up 2 goals on Timmins, Timmins came back fighting hard in the second half. Timmins scored their first goal of the game just 36 seconds into the second period. The game continued with a tough back and forth between the teams with Timmins scoring again with 1:05 remaining in the game ending the game in a tie 2-2.
Game 3 saw Timmins up against Gloucester Cumberland Devils - McDonald. Timmins played a defensive game, but Gloucester Cumberland was able to get 2 goals in the first period. In the second period, Timmins fought hard, scoring a goal with 13:32 on the clock. Unfortunately, Timmins was unable to keep up the stamina and Gloucester Cumberland was able to score 4 more goals ending the game in a loss for Timmins 1-6.
Game 4 Timmins faced the Guelph Predators. The Guelph Predators came out strong scoring 4 goals in the first period, but Timmins kept the pressure, and scored their first game goal on a power play with only 0:35 remaining in the first. In the second period, Timmins played hard trying to take back Guelph’s lead, scoring the first goal of the second period with 13:41 remaining on the clock. Guelph came back with a goal at 11:19. Timmins quickly answered their goal with 9:59 remaining in the second. Timmins fought hard but were unable to keep Guelph out as they scored 2 more goals ending the game in a 3-7 loss for Timmins.
For the last game in the round robin, Timmins was up against Oshawa Storm. Timmins played a defensive game keeping Oshawa’s attempts on net out for most of the first, but with 5:41 remaining in the first Oshawa scored the first goal. In the second period, Timmins kept most goal attempts out of the net, but the team was unable to keep up the stamina and Oshawa scored 3 more goals in the second. Oshawa Storm took the game with a 4-0 win over Timmins.
These ringette players didn’t let a tough tournament dampen their spirits and they kept fighting hard right until the end in every game. These young athletes displayed great sportsmanship over the weekend, learned a lot about the game and had so much fun at the provinces first U12 Championship Event. They have made their coaches proud! Great work Tornadoes!
