Pee Wee Game Day - Penguins (4) t Oilers (4)

On Sunday morning me and Nancy went down to the Ice Arena for the first game of the day to watch Blake's Penguins take on the Oilers.  It was a really good game, hard fought nil all at the end of the first, a burst of three Penguin goals within two minutes half way through the second with the Oilers getting one back in the dying seconds of the period.  Oilers score again, answered a minute later by the Penguins with five minutes to go, draw within one goal with two and a half minutes on the clock, equaliser in the final minute, and a shot on the buzzer that the Oiler's goalie only just stopped on the line with a fast glove.  No penalties.  Very intense play.

Post Game: From 3-0 lead to 4-4 draw.

The Oilers looked stronger than they did last week, a couple of their older/larger players finding their legs and driving to the goal on several occasions.

The Penguins continue to evolve as a team, Blake was played in defence this game.  He was pretty effective at it also, preventing several threatened breakaways, putting his body in the way in the scrum, taking the competition to the boards, manning and defending the blue line, clearing the zone.  Although he only had light minutes in the first period, by the third he was getting consistent defensive zone starts and was playing when the game was in the balance via double shifting.

We videoed several of his shifts, gives an idea of the pace of the game.

3 May, 2015 - Penguins v Oilers Highlights

I've put a link in the sidebar to this blog to the Pee Wee stats.  They're not totally accurate (eg. Blake has played 4 games, not the reported 3) so take them with a grain of salt.