{"id":25982,"date":"2017-01-19T11:08:24","date_gmt":"2017-01-19T16:08:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/huntsville.dopperonline.ca\/?p=25982"},"modified":"2017-01-19T15:08:16","modified_gmt":"2017-01-19T20:08:16","slug":"huntsville-girls-hockey-association-40th-annual-hockey-tournament","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/doppleronline.ca\/huntsville\/huntsville-girls-hockey-association-40th-annual-hockey-tournament\/","title":{"rendered":"Huntsville Girls Hockey Association 40th Annual Hockey Tournament"},"content":{"rendered":"

On Friday, January 13, the Huntsville Girls Hockey Association welcomed almost 70 teams from across Ontario for its 40th<\/sup> Annual HGHA Tournament. Tournament Director, Kerri Valentin, estimated that more than 2500 people, including 1000 players and 300 staff plus parents and siblings, arrived in Muskoka for this year\u2019s event. Games were played in Huntsville, Baysville and Burks Falls from January 13 to 15. Games started in Huntsville at 9am on Friday with the opening ceremony to welcome everyone and to see the first puck drop.<\/p>\n

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The weekend was a busy one as teams arrived, played and exited the arenas in Huntsville, Burks Falls and Baysville. The Huntsville Sting girls\u2019 teams skated their best and worked together in every game until the very end of the third period in their final games but no teams moved forward to the finals. Way to represent your teams and your town, Huntsville Sting Girls!<\/p>\n

Here\u2019s an overview of the results:<\/p>\n

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  • Novice HL Huntsville Sting played in three games, tying their first game against the Caledon KC Swim, and losing against Ayr Rockets and Caledon Scotia McLeod.<\/li>\n
  • Atom Division had two girls team enter in the tournament \u2013 Atom 4 Huntsville Sting Gold and Atom 9 Huntsville Sting Black. The Sting Gold won their game against the Sudbury Purple Tornados, tied their game against Lindsay Lynx Purple and lost to the Leaside White Wolves. The Sting Black tried their hardest while playing against Caledon Cairns Roofing, Leaside Black and Leaside Sky Blue Sharks but lost their games.<\/li>\n
  • Pee Wee Huntsville Sting also fought hard playing against the Caledon Garden Foods, Leaside Chili Peppers and Leaside Navy Thunder but lost their games.<\/li>\n
  • Bantam Huntsville Sting tied their game against the Blue Heron Flyers and lost their two other games against Oakville Purple and Leaside Teal.<\/li>\n
  • Midget HL Huntsville Sting played all three games with strength as a team but lost against the Erin Shamrocks, Pembroke and Nepean Kavanagh.<\/li>\n
  • Senior C Huntsville Sting won two games against Kirkland Lake Blast and Newtonbrook but lost to West Northhumberland.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\t\t