Major Bantam, 2011-2012, AAA (Cambridge Minor Hockey)

On Sunday the Bantam Hawks made like the pros and held their own version of the NHL's All Star skills competition. The day opened with the fastest skater competition. Taking the honours in this event was Jacob Younger who completed the lap in 15.18 seconds. Finishing second with a time of 15.36 seconds was Tyler Gagne who just clipped third place finisher Alex Black who recorded a time of 15.37 seconds.

The Bantam Hawks' playoff run was short-lived as they fell 4-1 last night to the Kitchener Rangers. Kitchener wins the best of 5 series 3 games to 1. The lone Hawk goal came in the final two minutes of the game ending what would have been goal tender William Rawski's third consecutive playoff shutout.

The Hawks will head to Kitchener tomorrow evening to try and take game 3 of the first round. The series currently sits all tied up at one game apiece. In game one the Hawks appeared a little nervous, but in the end, this one turned into a goaltender battle. Both teams had some excellent scoring chances throughout the game but it was the Junior Rangers that managed the only goal of the game resulting in a 1-0 final.

After defeating Brantford by a score of 5-1 on Thursday evening, the boys had the challenge of facing the second place London Junior Knights and third place Waterloo Wolves on the weekend. On Saturday the Hawks were left shorthanded for virtually the entire game when Paul Morra and Tyler Gagne were both forced to leave due to injury early in the first.

The Bantam Hawks travelled to Brantford to take on the struggling 99ers yesterday evening. This one got off to a good start with the boys taking a 2-0 first period lead. Scoring for the Hawks were Nathan Bastian and Alex Ritchie, with assists going to Alex Black, Tyler Martin and Austin Sine.