Two Huron Heat teams make it to Fall Challenge Cup semifinals in Waterloo
BY SHAWN LOUGHLIN
This weekend, the U15 C Huron Heat will head to Fergus to play in the annual Remembrance Day Classic, beginning on Friday with games scheduled against the Kincardine Kinucks and South Huron/Lucan.
On Saturday, tournament play will continue for the team, with a mid-afternoon game scheduled with the Upper Maitland Mustangs before championship play, which is scheduled for the next day.
Also on Saturday, the U9 C Heat will play the Lambton Attack, the U13 B Heat will play the Owen Sound Ice Hawks, the U13 C Heat will play the Wilmot Wolverines, the U15 A Heat will play the London Devilettes and the Senior team will play the Lucknow Sepoys, all on the road. Meanwhile, at home, the U18 BB Heat will host the Ayr Rockets in Clinton, the U9 B Heat will play the Kincardine Kinucks in Seaforth and the U9 HL team will play the South Huron Sabres, also in Seaforth.
On Sunday, the U13 A Heat will play the Sarnia Sting, the U15 B team will play the Kitchener Lady Rangers, the U15 A team will play the Chatham Crush and the U11 A team will play the Sarnia Lady Sting, all at home in Clinton, while the U13 B Heat will host the Saugeen Shores Storm in Brussels.
The Senior C team will play the Wilmot Wolverines, also in Brussels, while the U18 C Heat will welcome the B.A.D. Blazers in Seaforth that night.
On the road, the U9 B Heat will be in Woolwich to play the Wild, the U11 C Heat will play the Twin Centre Hericanes, the U18 BB Heat will play the Guelph Junior Gryphons and the U13 C Heat will play the Stratford Aces.
The following weekend, Nov. 15-17, six Huron Heat teams will play in the Stratford Festival Cup tournament (U13 B, U13 C, U15 A, U15 B, U18 C and U9 B), while the U18 BB Heat will be in Barrie for Sharkfest.
Looking back, the U11 A Heat made it to the semifinals of the Waterloo Fall Challenge Cup, hosted by the Waterloo Ravens, but the team fell to the Lambeth Lancers by a score of 2-1, stopping them just short of playing in the final game of the tournament.
The team opened its tournament play with a 5-1 win over the Woolwich Wild on Friday morning, followed by a 2-1 win over the Lambeth Lancers that afternoon.
The team then continued its winning ways on Saturday morning, beating the Brampton Canadettes by a score of 5-0, followed by a 3-2 win over the host Waterloo Ravens that afternoon in the quarterfinals, sending them into the semifinals on Sunday.
The U13 A Huron Heat also saw Sunday action in their bracket at the Fall Challenge Cup, beginning with a 5-0 win over the Grand River Mustangs on Friday morning. That evening, the team tied the Napanee Crunch at two.
The Heat then lost by a score of 1-0 to the Toronto Leaside Wildcats on Saturday morning, followed by a 3-1 over the host Waterloo Ravens that afternoon in the quarterfinals.
It was an all-Huron County affair in the first semifinal game with the Heat taking on the South Huron Sabres, but losing to their local counterparts by a score of 5-0.
In regular season action over the weekend, the U15 B Heat lost to the Mount Forest Rams on Sunday in Clinton by a score of 7-2. Also that day, the U11 HL Heat lost to the Lucan Irish on the road by a score of 2-1, the U13 B Heat lost to the Walkerton Capitals by a score of 4-0 in Brussels, the U13 HL Heat beat the Bluewater Hawks on the road by a score of 2-0, the U15 C Heat ended their game with Lucan/South Huron on the road in a scoreless tie and the U18 C Heat lost to the Central Perth Predators on the road by a score of 3-1.
The U13 C Heat won their exhibition game with the Lambeth Lancers in Brussels that day by a score of 2-0, while the Senior team played the Lucknow/Wingham 86ers in Hensall, but a score for that game was unavailable at press time. The U9 B Heat played the Woolwich Wild in Clinton and the U9 C Heat played the Lucan Irish on the road, but scores were not kept for those games.
On Saturday, the U9 B Heat played the Cambridge Roadrunners in Seaforth, but a score wasn’t kept for that game.
Also that day, the U15 A Heat played the Devilettes in London and lost by a score of 6-1. The U13 C Heat beat the St. Marys Rock in Blyth by a score of 2-0, the U11 C Heat lost to the Woodstock Wildcats in Seaforth by a score of 9-2 and the U15 B Heat lost to the Saugeen Shores Storm in Southampton by a score of 2-0.
The U9 C and U9 HL teams played a pair of Ilderton Jets teams in Seaforth, but scores were not kept for those games.
On Friday, the U11 HL Heat trounced the West Oxford Inferno in Blyth by a score of 14-1 and the U13 HL Heat beat the St. Thomas Panthers in Seaforth by a score of 1-0.
On Wednesday, Oct. 30, the U15 C Heat lost by a score of 3-1 to the Mitchell Meteors on the road.
On Nov. 6, the U11 A Heat played the St. Thomas Panthers on the road and on Nov. 7, the U18 C Heat played the South Huron Sabres in Blyth, but scores for those games were not available at press time.