Rebels Miss Their Chance at Founders

SIX NATIONS – With newer and younger players; Rebels fans have known that this season was a lot tougher than previous years, with many other competitive teams holding onto players nearing their end of the junior division.

So, it wasn’t too much of a heart breaker that the Rebels lost their chance at the Founders Cup on Friday, July 15 versus their long time rivals, the Orangeville Northmen.

Tanner Baldin makes sure an offender curls away from a pick in the third period, during the point when the Rebels kicked their defence into high gear. Photo by Chezney Martin
Tanner Baldin makes sure an offender curls away from a pick in the third period, during the point when the Rebels kicked their defence into high gear. Photo by Chezney Martin

With their full-grown and experienced team, the Northmen quickly racked up three goals halfway into the first period. Their offensive power came from their speed and sturdy cutters that would power through and receive passes to side arm passed the Rebels goalie. This set a nervous precedent for the next period for the Rebels.

But, within a minute into the second period Kevin Owen Hill received a pass from Captain Danton Miller and fed it into the net; however, the rest of the period was dry for the Rebels as they didn’t seem to connect on passing with the Northmen pressuring hard with man-on-man defence. The turn overs the Northmen received with their hard defence earned them two more goals by the end of the second.

During the third period; however, the Rebels upped their defensive game and made sure the Northmen had to stick to outside shots. This turned the game in their favour as the Northmen seemed to lose a lot of gusto, and gave the Rebels an energetic advantage.

Jeremy Bomberry fought to get to the net and scored after a pass from Kevin Owen Hill and about five minutes later, Chayton King shot from the top right and scored on the Northmen goalies stick side.

But, the rest of the period seemed to race by as both teams would gain possession, run it up, shoot and switch to defence only to start the cycle over again. After a couple of nice try’s by by Miller and some shots that could have snuck inside the net, it was obvious the Rebels had been led to defeat.

Watching the Northmen celebrate early on with two minutes left in the game would probably make anyone wish the Rebels could pull it together to bring the game to a tie. But, the buzzer went with the score at 5-3 for the Northmen.

Still showing sportsmanship, the Rebels shook hands as spectators left the building disappointed. But, not to worry. The talent within the Rebels is obvious, it’s just that a lot of the talent is new to the division. Any fan knows that they can only get better in coming seasons.

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