SCTA Qualifier, News, Atom, 2017-2018 (Grey-Bruce Highlanders AAA Minor Hockey Association)

This Team is part of the 2017-2018 season, which is not set as the current season.
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Feb 28, 2018 | ariddell | 1398 views
SCTA Qualifier
With the regular season in the books the AM Contracting Atom Highlanders found themselves seeded 9th heading into the SCTA Qualifier weekend 

With a 9th seed the the team was placed into a pool against the 1,2,8,10 seeded teams from the regular season.  The first game on Friday morning was against the number 1 seeded Halton Hurricanes.   Falling behind 1-0 early the Highlanders managed to push back and held a 2-1 lead late into the second.  Halton scored 2 late goals in the second and pushed ahead to win the game 6-2.  The second game of the day was against the number 2 seeded Niagara North Stars. With a chip on their shoulder and something to prove the Atom Highlanders came out skating hard in the second game of the day.  With the teams tied 1-1 into the third,  The Niagara managed to get the go ahead goal and added an empty netter to take the game 3-1.   Day 2 of the tournament saw the team face the Buffalo Regals,  after a very tight checking game the teams managed a 2-2 tie.  The final game of the day saw the Atom Highlanders face the Oakville Rangers,  with the Atom Highlander team being mathematically eliminated,  the determined boys still could spoil the chances the Oakville team moving on to the playoffs.  The end result was a 3-0 well deserved Highlander win.

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