Milton Winterhawks Atom Select

The Winterhawks faced off against their season rivals the Brampton Spitfires during the Brampton Youth Intra-City Championships Sunday March 28 and came away victorious with a 3-1 win. Milton led the league during regular season play with 16 wins, 2 losses and 2 ties, but stumbled early in the playoffs with two back to back losses. They came into the Championship game in second place behind a tough Brampton squad.
Both teams came out strong, but it was Milton that applied the most pressure from the first puck drop. In the bottom half of first period play Zachary Harrison drove into the Spitfires’ zone and fired a quick shot at the Brampton netminder. He blocked the shot, but Connor Michailoff came in on Harrison’s heels and picked up the rebound to put Milton on the board.
Early in the second Milton took a penalty deep in their zone. With one man down and looking to clear the puck, Matthew Evans saw an opportunity, flew down the ice and fired it high for the Winterhawks’ second point. Minutes later with both teams at full strength Brampton was fighting to get the play out of their zone, but Matthew Di Biasio kept the puck in with a pass to Callum MacGregor. A scramble in front of the Brampton net gave Matthew Evans the opening to score his second of the game. The Brampton Spitfires tallied one point early in the third.
Milton forwards kept the pressure up through all three periods and the passing was crisp and fast. Strong defence kept much of the play in the neutral and opponent’s zone and limited shots against to 14. Joshua Schaap and Braden Corp were solid between the pipes stopping all but 1. Today was a real team effort with every boy contributing 100%. Congratulations Winterhawks on winning the Division and Championship!