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13U Tbirds Claim AEB Tournament

09/30/2014, 2:15pm MDT
By Admin

The Colorado 13U Thunderbirds claimed the championship in their first tournament of the season. The 13U Thunderbirds played in the Arapahoe Early Bird Tournament at the Bantam AA level. The T-Birds started the tournament against the host team, Arapahoe Warriors. The game was played fast and physical by both teams. The Thunderbirds took home the hard fought win 3-2. Game two was against the CO Evolution 2000 team, the game was over quick with 4 goals in the first ten minutes of the game. The Thunderbird men took home their second win of the tournament 9-1.  Game 3 would prove to be a tough one against the Littleton Hawks. The Hawks came out hitting hard and playing a very aggressive, physical game. The Thunderbirds  played hard and physical back, keeping their game clean.  The Thunderbirds scored 3 power play goals and took home win #3 by a score of 4-0.  Game 4 was against an out of state team, the Idaho Steelheads. The Steelheads had a solid squad with good size. The speed of the Thunderbirds proved to be too much and put in 6 straight goals and earned their way into the Championship by winning 6-0.

In the championship game, the Thunderbirds had a rematch against the Littleton Hawks for the Bantam AA Championship.  Littleton came out fast scoring the first 2 goals. The Tbirds responded with a goal of their own closing the gap to 1.   Littleton would strike again with under a minute left in the 1st period taking a 3-1 lead. The Tbirds responded with 2 goals knotting the game at 3-3.  Both teams traded 2 more goals keeping the game tied and intense. With 51 seconds left the Thunderbirds scored the game winner, and earned themselves the 2014 Early Bird Bantam AA Championship.  Congrats to the players and staff!
 
The 13U Tbirds finished the month of September 9-0, outscoring their opponents 51-9.
 
The Colorado Thunderbirds 13U team will be in action Friday and Saturday, October 4-5 against their in-state rival the Colorado Rampage. Friday's game will be played in Monument Colorado at the Colorado Sports Center. The Thunderbirds will host the Rampage on Saturday at the Ice Ranch in Littleton.

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