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Mar 14, 2017 | Karin Stockwell | 707 views
And just like that, it was over.
With back-to-back games this past weekend against Blyth-Brussels Black and Mt. Forest, the 2016-17 hockey season came to a close for the Moggie Valley Timber Midget LL Rebels.

The Rebels put up two goals, one by captain, Matt Woodroffe (unassisted and on his knees!) against Blyth-Brussels, and the other by Mason Hanna from a blast from defenceman, Jack Scott, against Mt. Forest.  The final scores were 5-1 and 3-1 respectively.

Looking back on the season, it is clear how far these boys have come, both as a team and as individuals.  Just two players returned from the 2015-16 Midget LL championship team to play in the current season, and ten of the remaining 13 players were all first years.  To top it off, few of the boys knew each other; at the 11th hour, a team was glued together, pulling together players and bench staff from every corner of the district and beyond. 

This group has seen their share of heartbreaking close games and staggering blowout losses this season, but they knew from the start they had their work cut out for them.  Effort and determination definitely wasn’t the issue; they came to each game intent on winning and to each practice bent on improving.  Over time, the rookies started playing more like veterans and the veterans started playing more like pros.  Forwards started to drop back to cover pinching defencemen, the goalie tipped off his D about the lone man in front who had sneaked in from the point, and the wingers blocked shots.  The defencemen and centremen moved out players to give their netminder clear line of sight, and the forwards started passing back to the point in the offensive end while they crashed the net to screen the shot.  Somewhere along the way, this jigsaw puzzle group – pieced together with players from Allenford to Markdale, and Tara to Meaford – had started to play like a team.

Congratulations to the Moggie Valley Timber 2016-17 Midget LL Rebels hockey TEAM for a great season:

Captain Matt “Jet Engine” Woodroffe
Assistant Captain Brodey “Upper Cut” Barwick
Assistant Captain Josh “Cool Cat” Fritz
Brody “Quick Draw” Elliot
Gerett “Overdrive” Cottrell
Jay “Pitbull” Rourke
Mason “Volcano” Hanna
Jake “Smooth Moves” Hartman
Connor “Rocket Launcher” Woodroffe
Noah “Superman” McNab
Brock “Breakaway” McIntosh
Jack “Hammer” Scott
Johnny “Bulldozer” Bumstead
Andrew “Breakdance” Stockwell
Theodore “Home Run” Stockwell  

and last, but definitely not least, honourary team member, Garrett McNabb, who played just one game (scoring bar down!) with the team before being sidelined for the rest of the season with an injury received playing a sport that is way less cool than hockey.
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