Osseo Maple Grove Hockey Association

Congratulations to the Bantam B2 White Team for winning the District 3 Championship on Saturday afternoon by beating the Wayzata Yellow Team 3-2 in a tight overtime game.

The Maple Grove Bantam B2 White Team finished regular season with the best record in the District 3. They finished the season with a 13–2–1 record. Due to some early season penalties the team failed to get a few Fair Play Points and dropped to 2^nd Place in the final standings. The team was seeded #2 for the District 3 Tournament that started on Saturday February 16^th.

GAME #1 – Their first test was against the Armstrong-Cooper team. As our team found out in this first game, teams come ready to play in the District Tournament. The teams skated to a 0–0 tie in the first period. Maple Grove then took a 1–0 lead in the second period with a goal by Kyle Sullivan assisted by Shane Huseboe. In the third period Maple Grove extended their lead to 2–0 with a goal by Spencer Draayer assisted by Zach Gardner. Armstrong-Cooper was not going quietly coming back with 2 goals tying the game 2–2. With just 1:59 to go Sullivan put the team back in the lead with his second goal of the game assisted by Draayer and Jack Hinton. They held onto the lead and won the game 3–2.

GAME #2 – Their next game was against Wayzata Royal. Again Wayzata also came to play. Maple Grove got the first goal of the game scored by Alex Bare and assisted by Brandon Eklund. However Wayzata came back with a goal at the end of period one to tie the game. Both teams skated hard through the second period and both got great goaltending with no one scoring in the first 10 plus minutes of the period. At the 4:22 mark Wayzata took a 2–1 lead. Less then a minute later at the 3:39 mark Maple Grove came back and tied the game 2–2 with a goal by Zach Gardner and assisted by Reid Mordhorst. With just 8 seconds left in the second period Brandon Eklund scored the game winning goal to take a 3–2 lead assisted by Bare and Tyler Toskey. Travis Hemingway made some great saves keeping Wayzata from any more scoring. Maple Grove got their second win in Districts and sent them to the Championship game on Saturday February 23^rd.

GAME #3 – District 3 Championship Game against Wayzata Yellow.

The Championship game was a great game with a lot of good skating and goaltending by both teams. Neither team was able to get one in net due to good defense and goaltending. The first period ended in a 0–0 tie. Maple Grove took the first lead at 10:10 in the second period with a goal by Kyle Sullivan and assisted by Sam Shepard and Jack Hinton. Wayzata came back and tied it up at the 5:02 mark of the same period. Going into the third period tied 1–1, both teams continued to work hard. At 12:23 Maple Grove took a 2–1 lead with a goal by Alex Johnson and assists to Shane Huseboe and Reid Mordhorst. Wayzata was not giving up and tied the game 2–2 at the 6:23 mark. Both teams skated hard but failed to score sending the game into overtime. Only 1:30 into the OT period Maple Grove’s Spencer Draayer scored the game winner with an assist going to Sullivan. The team played hard and never gave up winning the District 3 Championship Trophy with a 3–2 victory over Wayzata Yellow.

CONGRADULATIONS ON A GREAT TOURNAMENT !!!!!!!!!!