Apr 20, 2025 | Mark T | 149 views
OHF Champions!
Congratulation North Stars, u18 OHF Champions!
What a ride for the 2024-25 U18 AA Stars. Another OHF championship for the MNS, our first since 2015.
The Stars started the tournament playing the #8 ranked Waterloo Wolves on Friday afternoon. After falling behind 1-0 in the first, the stars came storming back, scoring 3 unanswered ,and take the game 3-2. Next on tap was the #9 ranked Oakville Rangers. The game was a tight checking affair , after the North Stars conceded two quick goals. They managed to get within one . at 2-1 , before Oakville sealed the deal with an open netter 3-1 loss. This set up the important Saturday morning game against the #5 ranked, and tournament host Milton Menace. The packed arena saw a fast paced entertaining 0-0 tie with both goalies making 10-bell saves. The task was clear beat the Soo Jr Greyhounds at 4pm on three hours rest and punch your ticket to the semi-finals. Your Stars took care of business. Winning 1-0. Finishing the round -robin in third place with 5GF and 5GA. The opponent was set .The Waterloo Wolves at 8am Sunday morning.. The U18 Stars took care of the rematch with Waterloo winning 3-0 and punched their ticket into the finals at 4pm. The Stars opponent would be the Oakville Rangers. Time to payback their round robin loss. The Stars would score first, 5 minutes in, Only to see Oakville respond 3 minutes later. The second period would remain scoreless. Setting up a tension filled third for all of the hundreds of fans in attendance. The Stars would score in the first minute of third period and never look back, adding a third goal as insurance with 5 minutes remaining. The U18AA stars would finish the tournament with 11GF and 6 GA. Conceding only 1 goal in the last 4 games. Proving once again that Defence wins championships
The 17 players on the U18 North Stars end their minor hockey careers as OHF provincial champs. with a 59-12-7 record. Which also saw them be the champions of Mississauga Early Bird Tournament, The Sarnia Silverstick, the GTHL Regular season and GTHL play-offs. The five-fecta.
Congratulations; Captain Noah Heeringa, Assistants Chase Gillingham, Nick Daponte and Lucas Gracon, Forwards Matteo Frano,, Grahame Mitkiewicz, Travis Jones , Ethan Viveiros , Jesse Kaplan, James Dorcas, Marco Iannaco, Thomas Arciero, D-man Brody Charkiw, Joe Epstein, Artur Sushko and Goalies Adam Garraz and Ben Rigas.HC Donny Gillingham, AC Gerry Jones, Francesco Frano, TR Marek Mitkiewicz and Mgr Dave Larsen.
The torch has been passed carry it high North Star teams!!