St. John’s Ice Breakers Win the 2013 Irving Oil Bantam AAA Provincial Championship – Books their ticket to Atlantics

Mount Pearl  – The St. John’s Ice Breakers defeated the Central Icepak by a score of 4-1 to claim the 2013 Irving Oil Bantam AAA Provincial Championship.  The two teams skated to a scoreless draw after the first period of play.  St. John’s opened the scoring in the second with two goals and the first in the third period.  The Icepak answered back in the third but St. John’s would answer again to make it a 4-1 Final.

St. John’s had a perfect record of five wins and zero loses during round robin play. With the victory St. John’s will now represent Hockey Newfoundland and Labrador at the Irving Oil Bantam Atlantic Challenge Cup in Montague, Prince Edward Island, from March 21-24, 2013.

Hockey NL would like to thank the organizing committee for their hard work towards making this event successful and Irving Oil for their continued dedication and support. The Glacier Arena in Mount Pearl was home to some very exciting hockey action this past weekend.  The following six teams competed for the Provincial crown (Tri Pen Ice, Western Oil Kings, Central Icepak, Northern Huskies, St. John’s Ice Breakers and the Host-Tri Com Thunder).

The results from this past weekend are listed below:

Friday, February 22:

Game #1:  Central 3 vs. Tri Com 0 – Final

Game #2: Tri Pen 7 vs. Labrador 2 – Final

Game #3: St. John’s 7 vs. Western 0 – Final

Game #4: Tri Com 11 vs. Labrador 1 – Final

Game #5: St. John’s 5 vs. Central 4 – Final

Game #6: Western 4 vs. Tri Pen 2 – Final

Saturday, February 23:

Game #7: St. John’s 4 vs. Tri Pen 2 – Final

Game #8: Tri Com 4 vs. Western 1 – Final

Game #9: Central 10 vs. Labrador 0 – Final

Game# 10: Tri Com 8 vs. Tri Pen 3 – Final

Game #11: St. John’s 10 vs. Labrador 0 – Final

Game #12: Central 4 vs. Western 1 – Final

Sunday, February 24:

Game #13: Western 10 vs. Labrador 0 – Final

Game #14: Central 6 vs. Tri Pen 4 – Final

Game #15: St. John’s 4 vs. Tri Com 0 – Final

Championship Game: St. John’s 4 vs. Central  1 – Final