Atom Development

The Merritt Foun-tain Tire atom development team fell 8-4 to West Kelowna on the weekend. Max Graham had all four goals for the home side, with assists going to Lucas Schmid, Karson Peat, Cortez Charters and Ostyn Fox.

The local atom squad travels to Penticton this weekend for their first away game of the regular season.

Peewee Girls

The Joco Transport peewee girls went to Vernon on Saturday and came away with an 8-0 victory over the hosts. Talyn Ferch posted the shutout.

Merritt goal-getters were Taylor Shackelly (5), Ashley Cavaliere, Ivy Smith and Taylor Nicholls. Cavaliere was also credited with her team’s only assist.

The game in Vernon was part of Hockey Canada’s ‘Long Game’ initiative and the 2014 World Girls Hockey Weekend.

Peewee Rep

The Ramada peewee reps went 3-1 on the weekend to place third at a 12-team tournament in Squamish.

Merritt opened the three-day tournament with a 5-4 shootout win over the Cloverdale Colts. In other round-robin games, they defeated Hollyburn 4-0 and lost to North Delta 6-3.

In the bronze medal game on Sunday, the Ramada team rolled over Burnaby 7-0.

Goal scorers for Merritt were Talon Zakall, Spencer Vaughan, Atrayu Johnny, Divaan Sahota, Chase Cooke, Matthew Newman, Anthony Michel and Breanna Ouellet.

Assists went to Zakall, Vaughan, Sahota, Ouellet, Newman, Jordan and Jayden Story, Azaria McDonnell and Allison Moore.

Bryce Garcia and Troy Holmes shared the goaltending duties all weekend.

Midget Rep

On home ice, the Merritt Tracker Sportswear midget reps settled for third place in their own five-team tournament on the weekend.

In their opening game on Saturday, the local midget reps got two goals from Grayson McMaster and one from Eric Lalonde in a 3-1 victory over Saanich.

Merritt lost their second game 6-2 to Coquitlam. Baley Tomkinson and Jesse Kane tallied for the Jr. Cents.

In the roughest game of the tournament on Sunday, the Tracker Sportswear team managed to squeeze by Burnaby 3-2. Kane had a pair of goals while defenceman Aaron Montreuil added the other.

In Merritt’s final round-robin game Sunday evening, they lost 4-3 to the Sunshine Coast — the eventual tournament champions. Tracker scorers were Lalonde (2) and Dakota Wudrich.

With a 2-2 record, Merritt played Coquit-lam again for the right to meet the Sunshine Coast in the final. Unfortunately, Coquitlam won by a narrow 3-2 margin. Brayden Thormoset and Marcelo Bose had Merritt’s goals.

Netminder Sam Suzuki played in all five Merritt games and was outstanding.