March 26, 2018

Immediate Release

Grand Falls-Windsor, NL- St. John’s Hitmen got goals from five different players to beat the Tri Com Thunder 5-2 to claim the 2018 Marco Bantam AAA provincial championship Sunday afternoon.  The Hitmen are the host for 2018 Atlantic Regional Championship being held in Torbay, NL from April 5-8, 2018, while the Thunder will represent NL.

Jordan Winter, James Clarke, Drew Locke, Zachary Hawco and Patrick Hurley scored for the Hitmen. Jack Connors and Ryan Greene responded for the Thunder.

Four teams competed in a single round robin prior to the championship game over the weekend played at the Trinity Placentia Arena. The four teams that competed and that featured the top 13 and 14 year old players in the province were the Thunder, Hitmen, Tri-Pen Ice and Central Ice Pak.  The Ice Pak were the bronze medal winners.

For a complete list of Results, please visit Hockey NL’s website http://www.hnlprovincials.ca/index.php

The Bantam AAA program is the second step in the AAA program in the province with players developing and potentially graduating to Major Midget, Junior A, and Major Junior in years to come. 

 

For more information, please contact:

 

Craig Tulk

Executive Director, Hockey NL

P.O. Box 176

Grand Falls-Windsor, NL

A2A 2J4

[email protected]

709-489-5512 office

709-486-0442 cell

709-489-2273 fax