East Gwillimbury Minor Hockey Association

The Minor Atom 'A' team won the York Simcoe Championship on Saturday in a series that went 4 games. Saturday's game was a decisive 4-1 win over Stouffville in the brand new Stouffville Arena. Congratulations Eagles!

Our Association was honoured at the Newmarket Hurricanes game on Sunday and presented with a plaque to help celebrate our 50th anniversary. The Hurricanes gave the EGMHA free entry to anyone wearing Eagles attire, plus an additional 1,600 tickets for our association to distribute among friends and family.

The tyke division had a short game between the first and second periods where the kids enjoyed an aggressive battle for 6 straight minutes. All the kids were on the ice simultaneously, so the competition was intense. It's hard to believe that many of these kids didn't know how to skate back in the fall!

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Congratulations to the EG Minor Bantam A Eagles who captured the Championship at the Aurora Minor Hockey Association Minor Bantam Tournament on the weekend ( Jan. 8- 10). The Eagles advanced to the playoff round with a 2-1 record in the preliminaries. A shorthanded overtime goal by Tyler Varga pushed the Eagles past the Quinte Hawks in a thrilling 2-1 semi final victory with Jack Forster netting the other Eagle's goal.  

The Eagles pounded out a 4-0 victory over Pickering to win the final game having outshot their opponents in the final 32-7.

Overall it was defensive team effort that earned the trophy as the Eagles Out-Scored their opposition 13-6. Goaltender Davis McLean earned 2 shutouts for the Eagles and Dylan Hunt stood tall in the semi final overtime thriller turning aside 20 of 21 shots.