Bantam Rep
Merritt’s Murray GM bantam reps got five goals from Eric Lalonde on Sunday in a 10-5 exhibition win over Vernon. Other Merritt marksmen were Keyton Laupitz and Cameron St. Louis (two apiece) and Travis Sterling.
Saturday, the Murray GM team battled to a 4-4 tie with Kelowna in league action. Noah Racine had two goals, while Sterling and St. Louis tallied singles. Kristian Stead was his usual ‘steady’ self in net in both games.
Peewee Rep
The Ramada Inn peewees had to settle for a tie and a loss from their two league games on the weekend.
Saturday, at home, a hat trick by Spencer Vaughan paced the Jr. Cents to a 6-6 draw with Kelowna. Also scoring for Merritt were Talon Zakall, Nicholas Anscomb and Austin Hawkins.
On Sunday, Zakall was the only Merritt player to find the twine in a 4-1 setback at the hands of the West Kelowna Jr. Warriors. Tristan Bjarnason and Colton Macauley shared weekend netminding duties.
Atom Development
The Fountain Tire atoms split their pair of weekend exhibition games. On Saturday, the Jr. Cents fell to Kelowna’s tier two team, 7-5. Local goal scorers were Matthew Newman (2), Breanna Ouellet, Chase Cooke and Max Graham. Divaan Sahota had a pair of assists.
Sunday, Graham racked up four goals and just as many assists in a 10-0 home ice win over Kelowna’s tier three peewee rep squad. Joining the Merritt scoring parade were Ouellet (3), Cooke (2) and Newman. Azaria McDonnell, Allison Moore, Wyatt Smith, Cortez Charters and Sahota all picked up assists. Bryce Garcia and Carson Lang split the goaltending chores.
Home Games This Weekend
Merritt’s three novice teams take to home ice this weekend for their first action against out-of-town teams. Here’s the complete minor hockey schedule:
Saturday
9:45 Novice Black exh. game (Merritt)
11:15 Atom House vs. Chase (Shulus)
11:30 Novice Red exh. game (Merritt)
1:00 Sr. Girls vs. Kamloops (Shulus)
1:15 Jr. Girls vs. Vernon (Merritt)
2:45 Midget Rep vs. Summerland (Shulus)
3:30 Novice White exh. game (Merritt)
5:15 Midget House 1 vs. 2 (Shulus)
Sunday
1:15 Atom House vs. Lillooet (Shulus)
3:00 Midget House 2 vs. Logan Lake (Shulus)
