Quinte Red Devils weekend report

Posted Feb 16, 2012 By EMC News

EMC Sports - Five of eight Quinte Red Devils teams have qualified for the play-offs. The Minor Atoms will play first-place Clarington, and the second-place Major Atoms will also face off against the Toros. After finishing second, the Peewees will have a first-round rematch with Whitby. The Minor Midgets will face the first-place Peterborough Petes, and the second-place Major Midgets will battle Clarington in first-round play-off action.

Sidney Inn Carpet One The Minor Atoms managed to eliminate the Peterborough Petes on Saturday. Going into a crucial weekend and having to come out with at least two points, Quinte travelled to the Evinrude Centre and punished the Petes with a dominating 6 -2 win. The Red Devils pounced on their opponents early and never looked back. The deflated Petes seemed overwhelmed by Quinte's attack and just couldn't gain momentum.

Having a big day for Quinte was Marshall McFarland who recorded two goals and an assist. Also scoring for the Red Devils were Jacob Gilbert, Adam Thistlethwaite, Karsten Leonard and Jagger Cassidy. Assisting on the goals were Gilbert with two, Jaxen Boyer, Cole Mcguire, Karsten Leonard and Jacob Vreugdenhil chipping in with one apiece. In goal was Nicholas Mcgowan who turned away several shots, and looked very strong as he backstopped the Devils to a big win. A big thank-you to the Evinrude Centre pro shop, as they helped one of the Quinte players in need of some equipment.

ONE TO ONE FITNESS

Over the weekend the Devils played a home-and-home series with the Central Ontario Wolves. First was a home game at the RCAF Arena on Saturday afternoon where the Red Devils lit up the scoreboard with an 11 -2 win. Leading the way for Quinte were Cameron Supryka and Dalton Bancroft each scoring a hat trick. Emmet Pierce had one goal and three assists, Landon McLellan had two goals, Zach Uens had one goal and one assist. Keegan Hunt had one goal while the other assists went to Cole Leal (4), Ryan Kirkpatrick (3), Daniel Panetta (2), Jake Campbell (2), while Bancroft, Colby Crowe, Connor Kennedy, and Derrick Vos had one each. Mark Rosatte was in goal for the win.

Sunday, the Atom Red Devils travelled to Little Britain for a road game with the Wolves.

This game had a much different outcome than the previous day's high scoring penalty filled affair, ending in a 1 -1 draw. Quinte's lone goal came from Cole Leal and was assisted by Emmet Pierce. Ethan Taylor was between the pipes

CORNERSTONE BUILDERS

The Peewees finished off the regular season with a convincing 6 -2 road victory over the Clarington Toros. Riley Manion, Dominic Della Civita, Ryan Smith, Shelby Reinstra, Jakob Brahaney and Mac Lowery scored for the Devils. Assists came from Brady Gilmour (2), Aidan McFarland, Della Civita (2) and Brahaney. Anthony Popovich handled the goaltending duties.

The Peewees finished second overall in the ETA in regular season play, a mere four points behind Peterborough. They will face Whitby in the first round of the playoffs.

MCINROY MAINES

The Minor Midgets will take on the Peterborough Petes this week in the first round of the OMHA play-offs. Quinte finished the season with two losses this past weekend in games that had no impact on the standings. On Friday night Clarington defeated the Minor Midgets 3 -0. Josh Lasher was solid between the pipes.

On Saturday, the Devils gave up a short-handed goal and three five-on-three goals to lose 4 -3 to Central. Grant Fry scored his first two goals of the season and TJ Patterson added the other. Assists went to Curtis Smith, Matt Laidley, Mason Conley, Josh Maguire, Luc Brown and Jordan Boutilier. The Devils finished the season 17-16-3.