Neepawa Bantams win silver

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Published on Thursday, March 15, 2018

By Eoin Devereux

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It was a silver medal showing for the Neepawa Bantam Boys hockey team at the annual Bantam Rural ‘B’ Tournament, held this year in Teulon. 

In the round robin portion of play, they defeated Brandon 9-4, lost to Killarney 2-0 and then defeated Lake Manitoba 11-6. Ayden Atkey lead the way in the round robin for Neepawa, with a total of 11 points (7 goals - 4 assists) over the course of just three games. Shane Byram also had sold tournament numbers, with six points (3G - 3A) in three games.

In the semi final, Neepawa defeated Lac Du Bonnet 5-2. For this game, it was Konur Gork who came up big, with a four point performance (1G-3A). The gold medal match would see Neepawa face Killarney, the only team to defeat them in the round robin.Unfortunately, was a simpler result once again in the rematch, as Killarney  claimed the gold with a 5-2 win. The list of goal scorer for Neepawa in this final game was not available from the Hockey Manitoba website.