The Estevan Novice Vipers and peewee Voltz played a tournament last weekend at Affinity Place against teams from Regina, Moose Jaw and Weyburn.
The Voltz finished third in their tournament, with the Moose Jaw Mustangs winning and the Regina Honeybadgers placing second. The Vipers lost their game to Weyburn.
Voltz 6 Thrashers 2
Kersey Holligshead opened the scoring in the first period for the Voltz with a pair of goals assisted by Corby Lemcke. Nathan Wagstaff scored three before the end of the second period to stake the Voltz to a 5-2 lead. Chase Foord's late goal with under a minute left sealed the game for the Voltz.
Honeybadgers 7 Voltz 3
Regina had the Voltz' number in this game as the team surrendered five first period goals. Tallies from Seth Peters, Wagstaff and Hollingshead brought the game closer but the Honeybadgers shut the Voltz down the rest of the game.
Voltz 6 Mustangs 8
Battling one of the top teams in the province on their game, the Voltz did well out of the gate, ending the first period tied 2-2 on goals by Wagstaff and Hollingshead. The Mustangs took a 4-3 lead on the second, with Hollingshead scoring his second of the game. The third period saw the Mustangs take their game to another level, scoring four in the frame. The Voltz matched them for the most part, with Hollingshead and Wagstaff both completing hat tricks but were unable to win the game.
Playoff: Voltz 11 Thrashers 5
A five goal second period was too much for the Thrashers as the Voltz stomped off to an 8-2 lead after two frames. By the time the game was over, Wagstaff had four goals and an assist and Foord and Hollingshead each had two goals and an assist.
Thrashers (2) 5 Vipers 1
The Vipers got on the board early in this one but got into penalty trouble and couldn't recover in time.
Payton Phillips scored at 10:41 of the first period unassisted. Weyburn's Sawyer Leko scored a natural hat trick in the second period in a seven minute span.
Marcus Jumbe played the entire game in the Vipers net.
