Winter Provincials - Men's E Results

2016 OBHA WINTER PROVINCIALS

All Ontario Cup - April Fools Tournament

 

This past weekend, London played host to the 2016 OBHA Winter Provincials and All Ontario Cup April Tournament which saw 20 teams take to the floor, spread out over 3 divisions. The weather was warm and the competition was fierce as some of Ontario’s finest ball hockey players battled for the title of Champion.

 

Men’s E Division Recap

The Barn Division saw the Hamilton Lightning (3-0-0) finish atop the standings with the End 2 End All-Stars (2-1-0) not far behind them. Things kicked off with a 1-1 draw between the South Kent Torment and the Lorne Ave Stars, followed by a 4-0 Ringers shutout over Thunder Buddies.

Quarter Final #1 saw the End 2 End All-Stars and the Hamilton Haze go to a shootout, with the All-Stars coming away with a 4-3 victory. Justin Hancock had a two-goal game for End 2 End and Jon Nicholson had a pair of assists for the Haze. Quarter-Final #2 saw the Lorne Ave Stars beat the South Kent Torment 4-1 after getting a 3-point performance from Cody Hallett.

 

The Stars then went on to face the top seeded Hamilton Lightning in Semi-Final #1. The Lorne Ave Stars were never really in this game as Hamilton scored early and often on route to a 7-2 victory. Mike Galan had a massive game with 2 goals and 3 assists, garnering him First Star honours. The End 2 End All-Stars squared off against the Ringers in the second Semi-Final and the Ringers also won by a score of 7-2. PJ Fulsom had 2 goals and 3 assists and Nolan Girard had 1 goal and 4 assists for the Ringers.

 

The Barn Division Final was set for the Hamilton Lightning and the Ringers and, while they put up big numbers in their semi-final games, this one was a low scoring game.

 

Hamilton’s Michael Rosati opened the scoring in the first period and Nolan Girard answered for the Ringers in the second. The final frame solved nothing, and the game fittingly, headed for OT. The Hamilton Lightning saw a major challenge to their ability to take home the throne when their starting goaltender went down with an injury to start the OT period. The Lightning were able to suit up a replacement in under the 5-min allotted time frame, and in the end Aaron Di Carlo was able to secure the victory for the Lightning as he scored the winner 6:41 into the first OT frame, earning a 2-1 Lightning victory. Hamilton’s Wes Morrison was named the game’s First Star.

 

 

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