hunder Bay Kings AAA Hockey
Media Update
Release date: Wednesday, March 30, 2016
Thunder Bay improves to 2-2 at bantam provincials
ROCKLAND, Ont. – The Thunder Bay Kings reeled off their second consecutive victory at the all-Ontario AAA bantam championship in Rockland, Ont., after slamming the Ottawa Senators 6-2 Wednesday afternoon.
Thunder Bay came out flying in the opening period as they struck three times in less than a four-minute span to take early control of the contest.
After Joseph McCollum put the Kings in front at 4:57 of the first, Owen Perala added to the margin 2:02 later.
The bantams kept coming and picked up another 99 seconds later courtesy of a Christian Veneruzzo effort.
Levi Siau made it 4-0 Thunder Bay in the first minute of the second stanza.
Ottawa would get one back thanks to a power play marker at 5:32 of the frame.
The two sides then traded tallies later in the middle session with Owen Belisle putting one in the back of the net at 9:34 while the Senators got their second of the day with 48 seconds remaining in the period.
In the third, Keighan Gerrie notched another with 6:42 to go to round out the scoring.
Anthony Binaris dished out two assists to aid the Kings offensive cause.
Shots on goal in the contest were 23 apiece with Christian Cicigoi picking up the victory in net for Thunder Bay.
The Kings wrap-up round robin play with two games Thursday beginning with a 9 a.m. face-off with the Mississauga Rebels before finishing up against the North Bay Trappers at 3 p.m.
The top four teams in the seven-team provincial championship will advance to semifinal play on Friday, April 1.
Medals will then be contested for on Saturday, April 2 with the third place game going at 11 a.m. followed by the final between the semifinal winners at 2 p.m.
Thunder Bay captured a silver medal at least year’s all-Ontario bantam championship in Timmins.
