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POSSE HONOURS PLAYERS
A total of nine major awards were presented Sunday night at an informal Awards Dinner hosted by the Princeton Posse Junior B Hockey Club at Billy's Restaurant.
In opening the presentations, General Manager Blair Noel listed off an impressive collection of names - mostly volunteers - who have had something to do with the team's success in the past season.
He also thanked the players, "I don't think I've worked with a better group of guys in the four years I've been involved."
The Best Offensive Player Award went to Chad Hohmann with Best Defensive Player Award going to Conner McGarry.
Adam Coates was named Hardest Working Player and David Wyman the Fan Favourite.
Sam Penny was named Most Sportsmanlike Player with Jeremy Wagner earning the Most Improved Player Award.
Mike Salter was chosen Unsung Hero with Rookie of the Year going to Chad Hohmann.
The final award, Most Valuable Player, was presented to Brad Davis.
Coach Dale Hladun was visibly touched when he thanked the players, "I've got a good group of guys here and I keep hearing it from everyone in town. So thanks for being on my team."
POSSE STUNG ONCE AND MAUL OTHERS
Last Wednesday night's game between Princeton Posse and Summerland Sting started with a bang.
Princeton came out of the gates firing on all cylinders and scored first at 2:01 when Chad Hohmann took a pass from Jordan Kerr at centre ice, got past a Sting defenceman and flicked a wrist shot high into the top left corner over the Summerland goalie's shoulder. Posse goaltender Brad Fraser earned an assist on the play.
The Posse added their second marker when Hohmann fired one in from in front of the goal. The shot had such force that it sent the goalies water bottle, sitting on top of the net, spinning a couple feet in the air.
Assists on the power play goal went to Anthony Leardo and Micah Anderson.
Then Summerland started to score adding their first goal at 12:24.
A penalty shot was awarded to Summerland at 14:07 after the Sting's Stephen Mussell was tripped on his way to the Posse goal. Fraser easily stopped the shot.
The Sting tied the game at 2-all with only 37.9-seconds left in the period.
The second period was all Summerland with goals at 6:04 and 14:38.
Princeton was tired by the final period and it showed. It looked at times as if some players had given up trying, which didn't help those who were still putting in the effort.
In the final two minutes of the game, Princeton pulled Fraser for an extra man, but Summerland could not score on the empty net. One attempt was stopped by Adam Coates who stood in the goal crease and deflected the shot off his glove.
As for penalties, there were few with a total of 26-minutes split almost evenly between the two teams.
Final score: Summerland 4, Princeton 2. Shots on Goal: Summerland 46, Princeton 25.
Princeton's Friday night match against Revelstoke was a completely different game.
The Posse was fired up and just beat Revelstoke senseless at the net opening the game with a goal by Jordan Lane at 6:08. Assists came from Dave Wyman and Chad Hohmann.
Just over a minute later, at 7:23, Princeton scored their second goal with credit going to Sam Penny who was assisted by Cody Devitt.
Revelstoke tried to come back, but Greg Sentes was amazing in goal stopping everything that came at him.
Princeton finished the period with another goal, with 57.6-seconds to play when Dave Wyman managed to slip one past Princeton's former goalie Tony Johnson. Assists went to Anthony Leardo and Jordan Kerr.
The second period was all Princeton. The Posse dominated the face offs, and kept the puck in front of the Revelstoke net.
Princeton's fourth goal was scored by Sam Penny at 3:42 and Cody Devitt added one at 6:03.
At 12:14 Revelstoke Coach Steve Miller voiced his displeasure at Referee Yanic Harrison over two penalties and got tossed out of the game.
By this time is was already too late for the Grizzlies as Princeton continued to score goals at 13:34 (Conner McGarry), 15:05 (Dave Wyman) and with 1:53 left (Shawn Carr).
Revelstoke pulled Johnson for the remainder of the period, but he was back between the pipes for the third period. By this time Princeton was leading 8 to 0.
Revelstoke did manage a goal at 3:33, but Princeton came back with goals at 7:48 (Dave Wyman) and 9:26 (Cody Devitt).
Revelstoke scored their second goal at 11:00 and Princeton added two more at 12:25 (Sam Penny) and 13:52 (Chad Hohmann).
The Grizzlies were beat and worn out. They scored their third and final goal at 14:19. Princeton replied at 14:44 (Cody Devitt).
Three stars were announced for the game, Sam Penny and Dave Wyman (each with hat tricks) and Jordan Lane for scoring his first goals as a member of the team.
Final score: Princeton 13, Revelstoke 3.
