RED vs GREEN

Team Red had the early wakeup call as they came out firing in the first matchup of the day. 19 year old Jr. B star Sellek Bunn finished off a one timer one minute into the opening period. Less than 90 seconds later Shawn Bates showed the moves he was capable of producing making the goaltender commit before taking the puck all the way around the net and sliding it into the open side. 2-0 Red. Green would get on the board before the period was out to pull to within one. A little tussle with 8 minutes left in the first saw Josh Evans and Daine Franklin renew their RAMHL rivalry. Both players were wearing full face cages so not much was accomplished. Evans might be prepared to fight his way onto this team as he goes with Matthew Ketsa with 6 minutes left in the second. This time both were wise enough to remove their helmets before the fight. A good move for training camp but remember taking your own helmet off before a fight is a match penalty in the AJHL. Celebrity guest judge Michael Drader gave the pair the bronze for form but took off points for the landing. Just before the period was over Tyler Henry finished off a nice play between linemates Marc-Antoine Juneau and Beau Bertagnolli by lifting a puck over top of Adam Gingras to tie the game at 2 heading into the third.
You can tell the intensity is starting to pick up a little bit more in camp as both teams started playing a little more defence and scoring chances were hard to come by in the third until Shawn Bates almost broke through on a breakaway with 2 and half to go but was brought down from behind. On the ensuing penalty shot Bates had the game on his stick and wond up for the big slapshot but was denied. Landon Noyes made another big save and an old school save at that coming across and stacking his pads just as the buzzer sounded to end the game in a tie.