Stettler hosted a well-organized minor hockey tournament over the weekend with three local bantam teams competing with teams coming from as far away as Calgary.
Bantam AA Storm finished their games as the winning team of their division after overpowering Westwoods Warriors of Calgary 4-1 despite having lost to them 8-5 in their opening game earlier. They also beat Edmonton 5-3.
The Stettler Bantam A Storm finished the tournament with a three-win and one- loss record.
In the first game, Stettler won by a score of 3 -2, with Jordan Fisher scoring the game winning goal against St. Albert. Tanner Steinwand received the game star. The second game was won by a score of 4 -3 versus the Westlock Warriors. The game winning goal was scored by Landon Barnes, with the game star going to Chase Mcgonical. The third game was won by a score of 3 -2 versus the Doran Stewart Bantam Sabres from Grande Prairie. Game winning goal won the game star for Jordan Fisher. The only loss came in the final game against the St. Albert Flyers. The final score was 5 to 1, with Chase Mcgonical scoring the lone Stettler goal Goaltender Ben Nichols received the game star.
The Bantam B Storm lost 7-0 to Lethbridge Warriors Saturday morning and lost with the same score to Lethbridge Renegades in the afternoon. Riley Coppock was an outstanding goalie in these matches against two very strong teams. They played in the in the B Division finals against Olds Ice Warriors on Sunday. The game remained tied 2-2 at the end of regulation and the balance remained at the end of the overtime. Olds won the shoot-out.
Scoring for the Storm were William Whiteside and Jordan Smyth.
Bantam B Storm coach Greg LaRose said the game against Olds was the best of the team this season.
Outside the tournament, the midget B Storm had a strong game both defensively and offensively allowing only one goal and 22 shots against Hobbema with 13 goals for on 55 shots, in a very disciplined game. Goal scorers for Stettler were Tanner Duncan (3), Parker Cassidy (3) Nick Nelson (2), Brock Prescott (2) and Lucas Smith (2) and Riley Anderson. I am looking for more of the same strong effort next weekend against Bashaw and Red Deer
The Well’s Furniture Stettler Bantam girls first home game Oct. 30 ended in an 11-1 win for the local girls over Sylvan Lake. Goals scorers were Harlee Avramenko (2), Jayden Hogg (3), Melanie Verhoeven, Morgan VanDusen, Autumn Woelk, Sarah Imbery, Kaitlin Fisher, and Grace Chapman.
On Nov. 7 the girls faced the Innisfail Flyers and suffered their first loss of the season. Final score was 5-3. Goal scorers were Sarah Imbery, Jayden Hogg and Autumn Woelk.
The girls will face the Lacombe/Bentley team on Sunday, Nov. 14 in Stettler.
Stettler Elks Atom AA played against Olds Atom A on Saturday Nov. 6, in an away game with final score tied at 6-6. Scorers for Stettler were Alex De Young (2), Rhett Shingoose, Kameron Bainbridge, Sam Hamelin and Brady Turner.