Three Huron Heat teams headed to Buffalo for international tournament action
BY SHAWN LOUGHLIN
This weekend, three Huron Heat teams - the U13 A, U15 A and U18 BB squads - will be crossing the border to Buffalo, New York to take part in an international girls’ hockey tournament there.
On the morning of Friday, Feb. 7, the U13 A Heat team will take on the Mooretown Lady Flags, the U15 A Heat will play the North Bay Junior Lakers and the U18 BB Heat will play Gilmour, followed by a second round of games for the U13 A team with the Burlington Barracudas, the U15 A Heat with the Mooretown Lady Flags and the U18 BB Heat with the Barrie Sharks.
On Saturday morning, bright and early (the puck is scheduled to drop at 6:30 a.m.), the U13 A Heat will play the Potomac Lady Patriots, followed by a game later that day with the North Halton Twisters. Tournament action in Buffalo will continue for the U15 A Heat with a game against the Oswego Lady Buccaneers, while the U18 BB Heat will play the Scarborough Sharks.
As for local action on the weekend, on Friday, the U11 HL Heat will host a playoff game with the Lucan Irish in Blyth, while the U9 B Heat and the Senior C Heat teams will play regular season games with the Lambton Attack in Hensall and Belmore on the road, respectively, that night.
The next day, the U11 C Heat will play the Devilettes in London as the playoffs continue. In other playoff action, the U11 HL Heat will play the Lucan Irish, the U13 C Heat will play the St. Thomas Panthers and the U13 B Heat will play the Mount Forest Rams, all on the road. In regular season action that day, the U9 C Heat will play the South Huron Sabres on the road, the U7 Heat will play the Devilettes in London, the U11 A Heat will play the Bluewater Hawks on the road and the Senior team will play the Twin Centre Hericanes at home in Clinton.
To round out the weekend on Sunday, the U15 B and U13 C Heat teams will host playoff games in Clinton with the St. Marys Rock and St. Thomas Panthers, respectively, while, over in Brussels, the U13 B Heat will host a playdown contest with the St. Marys Rock and the U13 HL Heat will welcome the Central Perth Predators to the village for a playoff game.
Late that night, the U11 C Heat will host the South Huron Sabres in Hensall for playdowns, while the U15 B Heat have a playoff game with the Central Perth Predators on the road.
In regular season action, the U9 B Heat will play the Grand River Mustangs in Clinton, the U9 HL Heat will play the Panthers in St. Thomas, the U9 B Heat will play the Lambton Attack in Alvinston and the U11 A Heat will play the Lambeth Lancers, also on the road.
On Tuesday, Feb. 11, playdowns continue for the U13 C Heat with a game against the St. Marys Rock in Brussels, with a regular season game between the U9 B Heat and the Wilmot Wolverines on the road also scheduled for that night.
The next day, the U13 A Heat will play a regular season game with the Devilettes in London, while the U18 C Heat will head to Howick for a playdown game with the Upper Maitland Mustangs.
On Feb. 13, the U18 C Heat will host a playoff game with the Lucan Irish in Blyth, while, the next day, the U15 A Heat will host a playoff game with the Stratford Aces in Hensall.
That weekend, also Family Day weekend, the Huron Heat will host its Bring The HEAT Tournament for the U11 HL and U11 C divisions with all of the games being played in Seaforth over the course of the weekend.
Looking back, on Monday, the U13 C Heat beat the Woodstock Wildcats in a playoff game on the road by a score of 1-0.
In playoff action one day earlier, Sunday, Feb. 2, the U15 B Heat lost to the Kitchener Lady Rangers by a score of 3-2, the U13 B Heat lost to the Central Perth Predators in Brussels by a score of 2-0, the U13 C Heat beat the Stratford Aces by a score of 2-0 in Brussels and the U11 HL Heat lost to the Central Perth Predators on the road by a score of 4-1. The U11 C Heat and the Woodstock Wildcats, the U13 HL Heat and Lucan/Ilderton and the U15 C Heat and Lucan/South Huron, all played on the road, all ended their playoff games tied at one, while the U15 B Heat and the Central Perth Predators, also on the road, ended their playoff game in a scoreless tie.
In regular season action, the U13 A Heat beat the Bluewater Hawks in Clinton by a score of 6-0, the U15 A Heat lost to the Bluewater Hawks, also in Clinton, by a score of 4-1 and the U9 C Heat lost to the Panthers in St. Thomas by a score of 6-4. The U18 BB Heat played the Junior Gryphons in Guelph that day as well, in addition to the U11 A Heat hosting the Kincardine Kinucks in Clinton, the Senior C team taking on Belmore in Brussels and the Senior team playing the Woolwich Wild in Seaforth, but scores for those games were unavailable at press time.
On Saturday, the U15 C Heat lost its playoff game with Lucan/South Huron in Goderich by a score of 1-0 and the U11 C Heat lost its playoff game with the Lambeth Lancers in Seaforth by a score of 5-0, while the U13 C Heat were in Wilmot for a playoff game with the Wolverines and lost by a score of 1-0.
In regular season action that day, the U9 C Heat lost to the Lucan Irish by a score of 2-0 in Seaforth, the U13 A Heat beat the Sarnia Lady Sting on the road by a score of 2-1 and the U18 BB Heat beat the Brantford Ice Cats in Clinton by a score of 2-0. The Senior C team played Monkton on the road, the U11 A Heat played the Kinucks in Kincardine and the Senior team played the Kitchener Lady Rangers on the road, but scores for those games were unavailable at press time.
The lone regular season game last Friday was the U15 A Heat hosting the Woodstock Wildcats in Hensall in what would end up being a 2-0 win for Woodstock.
The U9 B and U18 C Huron Heat teams both took part in the annual London Devilettes Tournament over the weekend, with the U9 B Heat beating the Oakville Hornets (2-0) and London Devilettes (4-2) on Friday, but losing to the Stoney Creek Sabres (4-3) and then beating the Burlington Barracudas (10-0) on Saturday. The U18 C Heat team played the Woodstock Wildcats and London Devilettes on Friday and the Twin Centre Hericanes on Saturday, but scores for those games were unavailable at press time.
On Jan. 30, the U15 C Heat beat the Ilderton Jets in a playoff game in Brussels by a score of 2-0, while, on Jan. 28, the U11 C Heat lost its playoff game with the South Huron Sabres in Seaforth by a score of 2-0 and the U9 B Heat won a regular season game with the Wilmot Wolverines on the road by a score of 4-2.
The U11 C Heat hosted the Central Perth Predators for a playdown game in Seaforth on Tuesday, Feb. 4, but a score for that game was unavailable at press time.