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FESTIVAL MEDIA RELEASE August 15th, 2014

WHITBY WARRIORS DEFEND TYKE A TITLE FOR THIRD YEAR IN A ROW

The Warriors opened the scoring with a goal by Captain, and scoring leader for the game, Jack VanVolsen. The Braves responded with one of their own, but the Warriors scored four more to end the first period with a 5-1 lead. The Warriors logged another goal in the second period, but the Braves battled back with three goals, diminishing the Warriors’ lead to 6-4. VanVolsen reinforced the Warriors lead early in the third period with his third goal of the game, which was followed up by two more goals from Keegan Bernier and Aidyn Urback. The Warriors took their third straight Tyke A Provincial Title with a 9-5 win in the final.

The Six Nations Warriors took on the Orangeville Northmen, who went undefeated in round robin play, for the Tyke B Provincial Championship title. Orangeville took the lead in the first period, logging three goals to the Warriors’ one. The Warriors staged a comeback in the second period, however, tying the game 5-5 with goals from Kamren Powless, Dayton Martin, and two from Andrew Vermeulen. The Warriors shut the Northmen out in the third period, with Vermeulen scoring his third and fourth goals of the game to push his team ahead for the 7-5 victory.

The Kahnawake Mohawks faced the Clarington Gaels 2 for the Tyke C Provincial Championship title, looking to redeem two years of losses in the Tyke C final. Though the Gaels 2 took a 3-2 lead after the first period, the Mohawks fought back with four goals in the second period to make the score 6-4 in their favour. Trenton Bonneveld struck early in the third to bring the Gaels 2 within one point of the Mohawks, but goals by Shatekaienthon Vandommelen and Owen Rice solidified the Mohawks victory in an 8-5 final score.

The Tyke D final took off between the Oshawa Knights 2 and the Nepean Knights 2, ending in a close 4-3 win for the Blue Knights 2. Holden Ranta opened the scoring for the Blue Knights 2, scoring 5:30 into the first period. Miller Kay responded for the Knights 2, to tie the game 1-1 at the end of the period. Oshawa shut out Nepean in the second period, and scored another goal to stretch a 2-1 lead. The Blue Knights 2 scored again early in the first, but the game was tied up by Kay who scored his second goal of the game with 2:17 left. Dylan Waduck logged his second goal of the game with 41 seconds left to play, breaking the tie to give the Blue Knights 2 the game-winning 4-3 lead.

The Toronto Beaches 2 came from behind in the third period to win the Tyke E Provincial final against the Gloucestor Griffins, 6-4. The teams tied the first period 1- 1, and the Griffins pulled ahead in the second with an early goal by Rowan Toner. The Griffins scored again early in the third period, but the Beaches 2 pulled ahead 4- 3 with three goals in just over three minutes. Zachary McLean logged his second for the Griffins to tie the game, but the Jensen Richards and Alex Pho scored their second goals of the game for Toronto, to bring home the Tyke E provincial title with a 6-4 win.

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