Four Huron Heat teams heading for Exeter next weekend for Pink on the Rink

BY SHAWN LOUGHLIN

This weekend, the U11 HL Huron Heat will be in Durham for the annual Durham West HL Tournament beginning on Friday, Nov. 29.

 

Meanwhile, in regular season action, the U11 A Heat will be in Kincardine to play the Kinucks and the U15 A Heat will play the Bluewater Hawks in Hensall, both on Friday, Nov. 29.

 

The next day, the U9 C and U9 B Heat teams will play a pair of Lambton Attack teams and the U11 C Heat will play the Stratford Aces, all in Seaforth, while the U13 C Heat will welcome the South Huron Sabres north to Blyth for a game that afternoon.

 

On the road that day, the U18 BB Heat will play the Brantford Ice Cats, the U15 B Heat will play the Kincardine Kinucks, the U18 C Heat will play the Woodstock Wildcats, the U13 A Heat will play the Windsor Wildcats and the U15 A Heat will play the South Huron Sabres.

 

On Sunday morning, the U9 HL team will play an exhibition game with the South Huron Sabres in Zurich and the U15 C team will play the Stratford Aces on the road in regular season play. That afternoon, the U15 A Heat will play the Bluewater Hawks on the road and the U18 BB Heat will play the Stratford Aces, also on the road.

 

At home, the U13 B Heat will host the Mount Forest Rams, the U13 HL team will play the St. Thomas Panthers and the Senior C Heat will play Milverton, all in Brussels, while the Senior team will play Seaforth in Hensall and the U18 C Heat will play the London Devilettes in Seaforth. On the road, the U13 C Heat will play Ilderton/Lucan in Lucan and the U15 B Heat will play the Walkerton Capitals.

 

There is no regular season action throughout the week, but next weekend - Dec. 6-8 - five teams will head out on the road for tournament action. The U11 C, U9 C and U9 HL Heat teams will all head south for Exeter’s annual Pink on the Rink Tournament, while the U13 A and U15 A Heat teams will head to Guelph for that association’s annual tournament.

 

Looking back at the week that was, on Sunday, Nov. 24, the U13 A Heat beat the Bluewater Hawks by a score of 3-0, the U15 B Heat beat the Wilmot Wolverines by a score of 2-1 and the U11 A Heat beat the London Devilettes by a score of 4-0, all in Clinton. The U13 C Heat beat Ilderton/Lucan by a score of 1-0 in Brussels and the U18 C Heat lost to the Wilmot Wolverines by a score of 1-0 in Seaforth.

 

On the road that day, the U15 A Heat lost to the Lakeshore Lightning by a score of 6-1, the U11 C Heat beat the Central Perth Predators by a score of 4-0 and the U15 A Heat were shutout by the Lakeshore Lightning by a score of 7-0. The Senior C team played Monkton on the road and the Senior team played Seaforth in Seaforth, but scores for those games were unavailable at press time.

 

One day earlier, the U13 A Heat played the Lady Flags in Mooretown and won by a score of 5-0. Also that day, the U13 C Heat tied the Wilmot Wolverines at one in Blyth, the U11 C Heat beat the St. Marys Rock on the road by a score of 3-0 and the U11 HL team lost to the Mooretown Lady Flags on the road by a score of 4-3.

 

The U11 A Heat beat the St. Thomas Panthers by a score of 3-2 in Seaforth, the U13 B Heat lost to the Kinucks in Kincardine by a score of 5-2 and the U15 B Heat lost to the Mount Forest Rams, also on the road, by a score of 2-1. Later that night, the U18 BB Heat hosted the Guelph Junior Gryphons in Clinton and won by a score of 10-3. The U9 B, U9 C and U9 HL Heat teams played the London Devilettes, St. Thomas Panthers and North Middlesex Junior Stars, respectively, all in Seaforth that day, but scores were not kept for those games.

 

On Friday, Nov. 22, the U15 A Heat lost to the St. Thomas Panthers in Hensall by a score of 3-1 and the Senior C team played Milverton on the road, but a score for that game was unavailable at press time.

 

In Brussels on Nov. 21, the U15 C Heat lost to the Central Perth Predators in Brussels by a score of 6-0 and back on Monday, Nov. 18, the U13 HL Heat lost to the St. Thomas Panthers on the road by a score of 2-1.

 

On Tuesday, Nov. 26, the U18 BB Heat played the Wolverines in Wilmot and then on Nov. 28, the U18 C Heat hosted the Central Perth Predators in Blyth and the U15 C Heat welcomed the St. Marys Rock to Brussels, but scores for those games were unavailable at press time.