Midget Rep, 2016-2017 (Central Perth Minor Hockey)

The Central Perth Midgets had a successful weekend picking up five of six points in three weekend road games.

The Central Perth Midgets had a successful weekend picking up five of six points in three weekend road games.

The Midget rep team travelled to Lucknow on Monday night looking for the series sweep.  The boys battled a short bench, some key injuries during the game and a physical Lucknow squad to come out on top in a 6-2 victory.  The team came out strong with three first period goals scored by Jaxon Gilbert, Colton Quipp and Derrick Knill and never looked back taking a 3 goal lead into the second and a 4-1 lead into the intermission on Quipp's second goal of the night.  Central Perth battled penalties in the third and scored twice more in the final frame on Gilbert's second goal and Sammi Roes ...

The Midget Rep team returned to league action at home on Friday night extending their league record to 5-1 with a 4-1 victory over the visiting Kinucks.  Leading the way was Aaron Tollenaar with two goals and one helper.  The visitors struck first at 5:19 of the first but didn't hold the lead long when Derrick Knill tied the score 14 seconds later assisted by Jaxon Gilbert and Tollenaar.  The boys didn't look back with Gilbert and Tollenaar striking for second period goals with helpers going to Jeremy Scheerer and Dana Smith.  Tollenaar rounded out the scoring in the third assisted by Colton ...

The Midget Rep team participated in the Regional 'C' Silverstick tournament held in Wingham over the past week.  Game one saw the team take on a strong South Bruce squad.  While the boys played hard, they dropped a 3-0 decision.  In game two, the team did not have the intensity needed and lost by a score of 5-1 to Wingham.  In the final matchup versus West Grey, the boys held a 1-0 lead until the final five minutes of play with the game ending in a tie.  The team returns to league action on Friday, December 2nd at 7pm at the PERC against Kincardine.