Game 4 in San Diego vs Penguins at KROC Center Sun 5pm

Down three gritty, talented players, Justin, Rey and Jeffrey, the Bantam Maple Leafs held the game scoreless thru the first 15 minutes. Blake moved to forward, and went nose to nose with their taller defenseman. Things fell apart a bit in the second, as the Pens were able to get four behind Roman, as they began to pressure the Leafs and put them back on their heels. Blake worked hard back-checking, and blanketed the point men for the Pens, and made a nice recovery along the boards and pass in front to Jaxon all alone, who was denied on a pad save by the goalie late in the second.

In the third, it was a 4-0 game, as Ryan took a drop pass from Julian and beat the Pens goalie for our lone tally of the game, ending the shutout bid.

After two games, the Leafs had been outscored 5-3, but had played pretty evenly, and deserved at least a win if not more. But games three and four were a combined 12-1, as we ran out of steam. The feeling is we can play with all of these teams, and the Ducks and SDIA may be two of the tougher teams in our Bantam B division.

Time to get ready for the pre-season and work on the things that the tournament showed us we need to improve on.



Keep working Leafs--we have a tough team if we play like we are capable!