Weekend of Hockey - Nov 8-9, 2008

This weekend saw the beginning of the many, many hockey tournaments, both national and international, that take place every year. Here is a very brief summary of each event.

Team USA defeated Team Canada West 7-1 to capture the 2008 World Jr A Challenge. Team Canada East was able to give the host country something to cheer about as they won the bronze medal in a dominating 9-1 win over Team Belarus. Mike Cichy from the American team won the tournament MVP.

Team Ontario Red came out on top of Team Quebec for a thrilling double overtime victory to win the 2008 National Women’s U18 Championship. Just over a minute into the second overtime period, Brianne Jenner found herself all alone against the Quebec keeper after picking up the puck in the neutral zone and scored the winner in a 2-1 game. Team Manitoba came away with the bronze in the tournament after they defeated Team Ontario Blue 3-1 on the strength of two second period goals.

Team USA took their second gold of the weekend as they defeated Team Canada 3-2 in a shootout to win the 2008 4 Nations Cup. Team Sweden beat Team Finland 3-1 for the bronze.

And finally, Team Canada shutout Team Germany 3-0 to take the 2009 Deutschland Cup. The opened the tournament by defeating Team Slovakia 5-2 while they defeated Team Switzerland 3-0 in the second game. This was the third Deutschland Cup for Team Canada.