Day Seven

Wednesday, February 18th

With a handful of days left, the boys readied themselves for a critical elimination game against Baie-Comeau Drakkar, a team from the suburbs of Quebec.  This was a well fought battle against two evenly matched teams.  The scoring went back and forth until the final seconds.  Unfortunately, for our beloved Jr. Los Tiberones...er.... Les Requins, they came out on the short end with the final being 4-3 for Baie-Comeau Drakkar.  Officially eliminated from the tournament, the boys should not hang their heads.  They fought like sharks and a bounce or two against them, tipped the scales in the opposition's favor...  This is definitely not the end of their hockey adventure, there are plenty more games planned against new teams in new venues.  There is also the pin trading.  Speaking of pin trading, I want to pass some valuable advice on to future Jr. Sharks PeeWee teams coming to this tournament.  Make an effort to design or collaborate with the official pin supplier of the tournament, Concept 2001 and get a special commemorative pin for your team.  The teams and traders were wary of our stock pins for several years and did not want to trade for them.  However, once our commemorative pins surfaced, it was like gold.  Talk to me if you want more info but I believe your players will have more fun and better success.  The cost of the custom pins are actually cheaper than our stock pins.

After the game, Coach Curtis brought some of the boys to visit L'Entrepot du Hockey, a hockey megastore.  I was told that this helped to take some of the sting out of the earlier loss.  I visited one in Calgary last year and it was crazy big with every possible piece of equipment by every manufacturer.  I was told all the boys had smiles on their faces as evidenced by the pictures below.

Proudly displaying the banner signed by the San Jose Sharks

Getting ready to visit L'Entrepot Du Hockey Megastore

Smiles abound