Congrats to the PeeWee A team for making a difference in their own community.  The boys teamed up with the Rosemount Police Department bagging groceries at Cub Foods for 2 hours over Superbowl weekend.  They ended up raising $1112 and the funds were used to purchase 47 pairs of Nike shoes and 50 pairs of socks.  The shoes and socks were donated to Rosemount Middle and High Schools for the counselors to distribute to children as needed.  Way to go PeeWee A’s!

The Peewee A boys closed out their tourney season with a Bus trip up to Hockey Town USA in Warroad MN.  A tough test was ahead of the #21 ranked Irish with 4 of the 6 opposing teams being ranked in Youth Hockey Hubs Top 20 and Roseau, Alexandria and Warroad all in the Top 10.  The Irish Pool would consist of International Falls, Alexandria and Warroad.  The Irish opened with a nice 2-1 win over #8 Alexandria and then put the “Hurt” on International Falls 14-2.  This setup a bout with host Warroad who came into the tournament ranked #1 in State.  Rosemount would skate with them for a period, but didn’t have the man-power to keep up with their three high end AA quality players eventually falling 7-1.   Back to the hotel for some fun while we wait for the 4 remaining games to play out for Championship Sunday match-ups.  Good news and bad news would come down the pipes as we earned the  3rd overall seed in the 7 team tournament (Yes a team dropped out last minute).  That meant a guaranteed trophy, but also meant a rematch with Warroad as Roseau grabbed the #1 seed on goals against tie-breaker.  So a rare semi-final game with the winner going to the Championship and loser taking 3rd was on tap at Warroads awesome Gardens Arena.  Much of the same dominance from Warroad again would be too much for the Irish to overcome, this time in a 5-1 defeat.  The loss meant ANOTHER 3rd Place Trophy and the boys were called one by one to accept their medals.  FOUR Scheduled Tournaments for the Peewee A boys in 2016-17 and FOUR 3rd Place Finishes with many of the games against associations that do not have AA teams.  We would have liked to get over the trophy hump, but the boys worked hard and earned every one of those 3rds.  Congratulations to all the players and coaches on a great tournament run.  Head Coach Brian Depaulis, Assistants Jeff Tuccitto, Stacy Johnston and Tony Hekrdle.  Team Members Michael Nelson, Tysen Kalata, Jair Carlson, Ryker Sabo, Will Pasch, Cam Johnston, Ethan Smith, Caden Hegarty, Carson Blume, Chase Tuccitto, CJ Schwab, Jake Toll, Riley Depaulis, Carsen Brandt, Grant Ancheta, Drew Gullickson and Chris Hekrdle.